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[The JRB Daily] Rabih Alameddine wins Lambda Literary Award for his novel The Angel of History

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Rabih Alameddine wins Lambda Literary Award for his novel The Angel of History

Lambda Literary, an organisation advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) literature, has announced the winners of the 29th Annual…

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[The JRB Daily] Israeli author David Grossman wins Man Booker International Prize for A Horse Walks Into a Bar

June 15, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Israeli author David Grossman wins Man Booker International Prize for A Horse Walks Into a Bar

Bestselling Israeli writer David Grossman has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for his ‘ambitious high-wire act of a…

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[The JRB Daily] UJ Prize shortlists announced: Fiction, poetry, short stories, essays and biography feature

June 6, 2017August 4, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] UJ Prize shortlists announced: Fiction, poetry, short stories, essays and biography feature

The shortlists for the 2016 University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English have been announced, with works…

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Africa

The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 2 (June 2017)

June 5, 2017January 22, 2018Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 1, Issue 2 (June 2017)

The second issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books is here—replete with some of the finest writing on books and…

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‘Writing is sometimes like a thread that weaves all our hearts into one’: Lidudumalingani reflects on his Caine Prize visit to the United States

June 5, 2017June 7, 2017LidudumalinganiLeave a Comment on ‘Writing is sometimes like a thread that weaves all our hearts into one’: Lidudumalingani reflects on his Caine Prize visit to the United States

Lidudumalingani won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘Memories We Lost’. As part of the…

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Africa

English here is the foreign language: A conversation with Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, author of Season of Crimson Blossoms

June 5, 2017April 18, 2018Jennifer Malec3 Comments on English here is the foreign language: A conversation with Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, author of Season of Crimson Blossoms

Season of Crimson Blossoms Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Cassava Republic Press/Pan Macmillan South Africa 2016 Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, winner of the…

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Africa

Lagos, one long literary and artistic lime: Etisalat Prize judge Elinor Sisulu reflects on a trip of note

June 5, 2017July 25, 2019Elinor SisuluLeave a Comment on Lagos, one long literary and artistic lime: Etisalat Prize judge Elinor Sisulu reflects on a trip of note

The Etisalat Prize for Literature, established in 2013, awards £15 000 for a first novel from Africa, and has grown…

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It was a hard book to write: Kopano Matlwa discusses her latest novel, Period Pain

June 5, 2017January 12, 2018The JRBLeave a Comment on It was a hard book to write: Kopano Matlwa discusses her latest novel, Period Pain

Period Pain Kopano Matlwa Jacana Media 2017 Kopano Matlwa burst onto the literary scene in 2007 with the publication of…

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