ANFASA, the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa, announces the start of a ground-breaking Grants Scheme to benefit South African authors of academic, educational and general non-fiction works.
The Grants Scheme owes its existence to the generosity of the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association, Kopinor and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In the first year of the three-year scheme, ANFASA will be able to make up to ten awards of approximately R25 000 each. This sum of money would enable an author to take leave, for instance, and devote herself or himself to the writing or the preparation of a manuscript, or to travel, or to undertake research.
The ultimate objective of the scheme is to develop writing and knowledge production in South Africa and to encourage the writing and publishing of high-quality non-fiction works, especially by young authors.
An independent Grants Committee will be set up to determine criteria and select the successful candidates. At this point, however, the only criterion that has been set is that applicants for awards should be members of ANFASA.
ANFASA's mission is to promote the recognition and fair remuneration of authors, and respect for their rights, and to facilitate the creation, publication and dissemination of quality works by both published and aspiring authors.
Applications for grants will open in mid-year, and an announcement will be made at the Cape Town Book Fair, 16-19 June 2007, and in the media.
ANFASA Dedicated to empowering authors
ANFASA membership application forms may be obtained by sending an e-mail to info@anfasa.org.za. The membership fee is R50 per annum.
Monica Seeber, Director: ANFASA
monica@anfasa.org.za
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
*New* poetry: the night at gloria’s by Abbey Khambule
Abbey Khambule is a Johannesburg resident, born in 1981 in Warmbath North West, raised and schooled in Cyverskuil, Atteridgeville, Pretoria and later Alexandra Township. He grew up aspiring to be a well known painter but in recent years has lost himself to poetry. He is studying towards a BA in Creative Writing and makes a living working for a law firm in Sandton.
the night at gloria’s by Abbey Khambule
the night at gloria’s by Abbey Khambule
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Call for submissions: South Africa/South U.S.A.: An Anthology of Poetry, Prose, Essays, and Images
Deadline for Submissions: April 15, 2007
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
This anthology will be a compilation of contemporary writing reporting the struggles, victories and dual past and destiny of blacks in South Africa and blacks in the South USA. We will look at the correlation between the contemporary lives of black South African post apartheid and blacks living in the American South post Jim Crow.
Through their work, writers from South Africa and southern USA will engage in a discussion about the Historical and contemporary lives of people whose struggles have defeated Jim Crow and apartheid (SA + USA). The work will include reflection on the interior life of those peoples during the past struggles; the current conditions post apartheid and their aspirations for a new future. Theses works will include poetry, essays and short fiction. We are looking for a broad range of writing and views.
We are interested in a contemporary look at the similarities in the lives of South Africa - post-apartheid and South USA - post slavery—health, education, education, arts, politics, leadership, AIDS, etc.
Submission Guidelines for South Africa/South USA:
-- all manuscripts submitted electronically must be submitted in the body [of an email] - no attachments will be accepted—this includes photos and cartoons
--Submissions accepted by mail, email, on CD or diskette
-- Original poems up to 5 pages with no more than one poem per page. Single-spaced.
-- Other submissions up to 700 words. Special length submissions will be considered for exceptional ideas or styles. Double-spaced.
-- Bound by a single clip: no folders, notebooks, etc.
-- Title page with name, address, phone number, 25 word bio, and email address if available
-- Payment is in 2 copies
-- Deadline: April 15, 2007
-- For notification, enclose only a letter-size self-addressed, stamped envelope.
-- All manuscripts will be recycled.
-- Final judge: Editorial Committee
Editorial Committee: Michael Simanga, Alice Lovelace, Walter Kefuoe Chakela, Felton Eaddy, Marc Fitten, Robert Earl Price, Malkia M'Buzi Moore
Mail or email submissions to:
South Africa/South USA Anthology
Attention: Alice Lovelace
American Friends Service Committee
92 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303
alovelace_99@yahoo.com
Publication Date: June 1, 2007
This anthology will be a compilation of contemporary writing reporting the struggles, victories and dual past and destiny of blacks in South Africa and blacks in the South USA. We will look at the correlation between the contemporary lives of black South African post apartheid and blacks living in the American South post Jim Crow.
Through their work, writers from South Africa and southern USA will engage in a discussion about the Historical and contemporary lives of people whose struggles have defeated Jim Crow and apartheid (SA + USA). The work will include reflection on the interior life of those peoples during the past struggles; the current conditions post apartheid and their aspirations for a new future. Theses works will include poetry, essays and short fiction. We are looking for a broad range of writing and views.
We are interested in a contemporary look at the similarities in the lives of South Africa - post-apartheid and South USA - post slavery—health, education, education, arts, politics, leadership, AIDS, etc.
Submission Guidelines for South Africa/South USA:
-- all manuscripts submitted electronically must be submitted in the body [of an email] - no attachments will be accepted—this includes photos and cartoons
--Submissions accepted by mail, email, on CD or diskette
-- Original poems up to 5 pages with no more than one poem per page. Single-spaced.
-- Other submissions up to 700 words. Special length submissions will be considered for exceptional ideas or styles. Double-spaced.
-- Bound by a single clip: no folders, notebooks, etc.
-- Title page with name, address, phone number, 25 word bio, and email address if available
-- Payment is in 2 copies
-- Deadline: April 15, 2007
-- For notification, enclose only a letter-size self-addressed, stamped envelope.
-- All manuscripts will be recycled.
-- Final judge: Editorial Committee
Editorial Committee: Michael Simanga, Alice Lovelace, Walter Kefuoe Chakela, Felton Eaddy, Marc Fitten, Robert Earl Price, Malkia M'Buzi Moore
Mail or email submissions to:
South Africa/South USA Anthology
Attention: Alice Lovelace
American Friends Service Committee
92 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303
alovelace_99@yahoo.com
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Centre for the Book calls for 25 best South African books for 2007 Cape Town International Book Fair
The Centre for the Book is asking the book community to participate in this fun book promotion activity. What are the recent South African books that you have loved? Books that you feel capture something of what South Africa is like now?
You don’t have to send us a full list of 25 books - send us the names of your favourite five or six, or even one or two!
You can choose from any genre including children’s books, poetry, fiction, non-fiction -- guidebooks, cookery books, biographies, memoirs, and so on. We will display the chosen books at the Book Fair and a lucky participant will win all 25 books.
books@nlsa.co.za
You don’t have to send us a full list of 25 books - send us the names of your favourite five or six, or even one or two!
You can choose from any genre including children’s books, poetry, fiction, non-fiction -- guidebooks, cookery books, biographies, memoirs, and so on. We will display the chosen books at the Book Fair and a lucky participant will win all 25 books.
books@nlsa.co.za
Monday, March 19, 2007
Native Commissioner wins Africa region: Best Book Commonwealth prize
Penguin Books South Africa has announced that Shaun Johnson has been awarded the 2007 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book: Africa Region for The Native Commissioner.
Mr Johnson has responded to receiving the award as follows:
This is the most wonderful thing that could have happened with this book. I am still absorbing the news, but my first feeling is one of enormous encouragement to get writing all those other novels I keep talking about! I am really grateful to the very many people who have urged me along this road, especially Penguin and now of course the Commonwealth judges *
Alison Lowry, the Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Books South Africa, has commented:
We believed from the start that in Shaun Johnson's The Native Commissioner we had found an extraordinarily powerful new voice in South African literary fiction. This has been borne out not only through strong sales and excellent reviews but now in winning the Commonwealth Prize: Africa Region, through a literary award that gives this book and its author international recognition. Penguin is delighted by the news that this is the book to represent our country and our continent in Jamaica later this year.
The Native Commissioner will now enter the final stage of the competition, where an international judging panel will meet in Jamaica to decide the overall winners of the 21st Commonwealth Writers Prize. The announcement of the overall Best Book and Best First Book will take place at the Calabash International Literary Festival at Treasure Beach on 27 May 2007.
The Commonwealth Writers Prize, an international award for outstanding fiction awarded annually, aims to reward the best in Commonwealth fiction written in English, by both established and new writers, and to take their work to a wider audience. The objectives of the prize are to promote new voices, reward achievement, encourage wider readership and greater literacy, thereby increasing appreciation of different cultures and building understanding between cultures.
An increasingly valued and sought-after award for fiction, the prize is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation, an intergovernmental body working to help civil society organisations promote democracy, development and cultural understanding in Commonwealth countries.
Shaun Johnson's The Native Commissioner will be out in paperback in May 2007.
Mr Johnson has responded to receiving the award as follows:
This is the most wonderful thing that could have happened with this book. I am still absorbing the news, but my first feeling is one of enormous encouragement to get writing all those other novels I keep talking about! I am really grateful to the very many people who have urged me along this road, especially Penguin and now of course the Commonwealth judges *
Alison Lowry, the Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Books South Africa, has commented:
We believed from the start that in Shaun Johnson's The Native Commissioner we had found an extraordinarily powerful new voice in South African literary fiction. This has been borne out not only through strong sales and excellent reviews but now in winning the Commonwealth Prize: Africa Region, through a literary award that gives this book and its author international recognition. Penguin is delighted by the news that this is the book to represent our country and our continent in Jamaica later this year.
The Native Commissioner will now enter the final stage of the competition, where an international judging panel will meet in Jamaica to decide the overall winners of the 21st Commonwealth Writers Prize. The announcement of the overall Best Book and Best First Book will take place at the Calabash International Literary Festival at Treasure Beach on 27 May 2007.
The Commonwealth Writers Prize, an international award for outstanding fiction awarded annually, aims to reward the best in Commonwealth fiction written in English, by both established and new writers, and to take their work to a wider audience. The objectives of the prize are to promote new voices, reward achievement, encourage wider readership and greater literacy, thereby increasing appreciation of different cultures and building understanding between cultures.
An increasingly valued and sought-after award for fiction, the prize is presented annually by the Commonwealth Foundation, an intergovernmental body working to help civil society organisations promote democracy, development and cultural understanding in Commonwealth countries.
Shaun Johnson's The Native Commissioner will be out in paperback in May 2007.
Coconut by Kopano Matlwa wins third annual European Union Literary Award
The third annual European Union Literary Award for a South African best first novel was held at the Goethe-Institut on March 15. The winner, Kopano Matlwa, a 21-year-old medical student at the University of Cape Town, won with her first novel Coconut.
As winner, Kopano receives R25 000; a publishing contract with Jacana Media; an opportunity for international promotion through attending the Frankfurt International Book Fair; and her book Coconut will form part of the Exclusive Books Homebru promotion. Kopano will attend the Cape Town International Book Fair in June this year.
An exciting young voice has emerged that reflects the idiosyncratic nature of our young democracy. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. As is the case with any child, all that these children want is to grow, to be loved; but most importantly, to fit in. Fitting in, however, comes at the cost of one’s blackness - too white for black, and too black for white.
This year's jury - Fred Khumalo, Prof Bheki Peterson and Darryl Accone - were asked to read 42 novels. To ensure fairness, authors’ identities were kept from the jury. Kopano’s novel was a unanimous choice.
The jury gave this citation:
“Narrated from a teenager’s perspective, Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut is an audacious, lyrical and compassionate tale. It explores the grey, in-between, intimate experiences and dilemmas of a young girl who, like the society around her, is undergoing changes that call old boundaries, comforts and certitudes into question.”
The runners-up included:
Carey-Ann Jackson for Gorgon
Hazel Frankel for Counting Sleeping Beauties
Ian Campbell-Gillies for Hopetown
Ruben Mowszowski for Time of Bees
As winner, Kopano receives R25 000; a publishing contract with Jacana Media; an opportunity for international promotion through attending the Frankfurt International Book Fair; and her book Coconut will form part of the Exclusive Books Homebru promotion. Kopano will attend the Cape Town International Book Fair in June this year.
An exciting young voice has emerged that reflects the idiosyncratic nature of our young democracy. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. As is the case with any child, all that these children want is to grow, to be loved; but most importantly, to fit in. Fitting in, however, comes at the cost of one’s blackness - too white for black, and too black for white.
This year's jury - Fred Khumalo, Prof Bheki Peterson and Darryl Accone - were asked to read 42 novels. To ensure fairness, authors’ identities were kept from the jury. Kopano’s novel was a unanimous choice.
The jury gave this citation:
“Narrated from a teenager’s perspective, Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut is an audacious, lyrical and compassionate tale. It explores the grey, in-between, intimate experiences and dilemmas of a young girl who, like the society around her, is undergoing changes that call old boundaries, comforts and certitudes into question.”
The runners-up included:
Carey-Ann Jackson for Gorgon
Hazel Frankel for Counting Sleeping Beauties
Ian Campbell-Gillies for Hopetown
Ruben Mowszowski for Time of Bees
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Maxine Case winner of Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Africa region in category Best First Book
Kwela Books has announced that Maxine Case has been selected as the winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize – Africa region in the category Best First Book for her debut novel, All We Have Left Unsaid.
Case will now go on to compete against the winners in the other six Commonwealth regions: Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, South Asia, South-East Asia and the South Pacific. The overall winners are to be announced at the Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica on 27 May, 2007.
This is the first time that Kwela Books has made it onto the short-list for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and the first time in five years that a novel published by a South African publisher has been chosen as winner in either of the two prize categories.
Case will now go on to compete against the winners in the other six Commonwealth regions: Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, South Asia, South-East Asia and the South Pacific. The overall winners are to be announced at the Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica on 27 May, 2007.
This is the first time that Kwela Books has made it onto the short-list for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and the first time in five years that a novel published by a South African publisher has been chosen as winner in either of the two prize categories.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Writers’ Network Blog - Advice, information and resources for South African writers
How can I get my novel published?
I have written several poems and would like to publish them.
Do you know of a good writing coach?
How do I go about self-publishing?
I would like to join a writers’ group.
The Books e-group and the Writers’ Network at the Centre for the Book receive numerous queries about all aspects of writing. In a bid to answer all questions comprehensively, and to make resources available for writers we have started the Writers’ Network Blog. As queries are answered we will list them under the FAQ (frequently asked questions) category, and so the blog will be very much a work in progress!
As well as answering queries, we will post items of general interest to writers, and provide links to writing-related sites.
Visit the blog at http://writersnetwork.wordpress.com/
I have written several poems and would like to publish them.
Do you know of a good writing coach?
How do I go about self-publishing?
I would like to join a writers’ group.
The Books e-group and the Writers’ Network at the Centre for the Book receive numerous queries about all aspects of writing. In a bid to answer all questions comprehensively, and to make resources available for writers we have started the Writers’ Network Blog. As queries are answered we will list them under the FAQ (frequently asked questions) category, and so the blog will be very much a work in progress!
As well as answering queries, we will post items of general interest to writers, and provide links to writing-related sites.
Visit the blog at http://writersnetwork.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
*New* poetry: My Country, My Home by Rethabile Masilomole
Rethabile Masilo is a native of Lesotho living and working in Paris, France. Mr. Masilo enjoys reading and writing poetry. He runs two blogs, Poéfrika: poefrika.blogspot.com and Sotho: sotho.blogsome.com , and is also co-editor of a literary magazine, Canopic Jar: canopicjar.com . He is married and has two children.
My Country, My Home by Rethabile Masilo
First appeared in Ascent Aspirations Magazine www.ascentaspirations.ca
My Country, My Home by Rethabile Masilo
First appeared in Ascent Aspirations Magazine www.ascentaspirations.ca
Invitation to coffee morning with Emma van der Vliet, author of Past Imperfect
Between the Covers is hosting a Coffee Morning for Emma van der Vliet whose debut novel Past Imperfect has recently been published. The morning will take place on Thursday 22nd March at Leinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens. The time will be 10 for 10.30 am and the cost will be R55.00 per head. To book please contact either Ester Richards at 021 671 4358/083 700 6443 or Gail van Niekerk on 021 761 2834/ 083 316 3127.
Metro FM firing up a new book-club slot
Metro FM will have a new Book-Club Slot from the 5th of April 2007 - every Thursday morning at 10h40.
We would appreciate your assistance with review and give-away copies, as well as book events and news when it comes to your authors.
WEEK1: Children’s Books/ Book-events and news
WEEK2: African/ Diaspora Books/ Book-events and news
WEEK3: Countrywide Bookclub - in this week we shall have a Metro FM Listener chat about a book they are reading with a Metro FM Personality review as well.
WEEK4: Book of interest- whatever interesting book that is out at the moment / basically anything goes for this week - we could be looking at whatever topic or issue looking at the industry.
Contact:
Ntosh Ntlokwana
9-12 Producer: Metro FM
m. ntosh@metrofm.co.za
t. 011 714 3032
c. 0736328969
www.metrofm.co.za
We would appreciate your assistance with review and give-away copies, as well as book events and news when it comes to your authors.
WEEK1: Children’s Books/ Book-events and news
WEEK2: African/ Diaspora Books/ Book-events and news
WEEK3: Countrywide Bookclub - in this week we shall have a Metro FM Listener chat about a book they are reading with a Metro FM Personality review as well.
WEEK4: Book of interest- whatever interesting book that is out at the moment / basically anything goes for this week - we could be looking at whatever topic or issue looking at the industry.
Contact:
Ntosh Ntlokwana
9-12 Producer: Metro FM
m. ntosh@metrofm.co.za
t. 011 714 3032
c. 0736328969
www.metrofm.co.za
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
EU Literary Award 2008 invites submissions
This award is open to South African writers resident in South Africa.
Award consists of:
• R 25 000
• Manuscript will be published in English by Jacana
• Trip to an international literary festival
What to submit:
• A first, unpublished work of fiction in English (or translations of other South African languages into English providing the work has not been published in other languages)
• The recommended length is between 60 000 and 100 000 words
• One hard copy, A4, typed (1.5 space, 12 point font, margins), securely bound
• One page summary of the novel
• One page biography of the author including e-mail and telephone contact details
CLOSING DATE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2007
Send clearly marked as follows:
EU Literary Award
PO Box 2004
Houghton
2041
NO E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED
What not to submit:
• An unpublished novel if you are a published novelist. Published novelists may not enter this competition, even under pseudonyms.
• Published authors of short stories; plays or poetry may enter their first novels
• Entrants are strongly advised to ensure that manuscripts are submitted in their final, publishable form. Due to publishing production considerations, no drafts will be considered
• Memoirs
• Short Stories
• History, Geography or other non-fictional books
The decision of the Jury will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.
Queries can be directed to: Karabo Kgoleng: euaward@jacana.co.za This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or phone +27 (11) 628 3212.
Regarding the use of English: Although there are many languages spoken in the countries of the EU, English is the only language that South Africa and the EU have in common. Similarly, it is impossible for all the judges to be fluent in all the South African languages so entries in languages other than English will not be considered
The winning manuscript will be published in May 2008 and will be promoted as part of Exclusive Books Homebru campaign.
Award consists of:
• R 25 000
• Manuscript will be published in English by Jacana
• Trip to an international literary festival
What to submit:
• A first, unpublished work of fiction in English (or translations of other South African languages into English providing the work has not been published in other languages)
• The recommended length is between 60 000 and 100 000 words
• One hard copy, A4, typed (1.5 space, 12 point font, margins), securely bound
• One page summary of the novel
• One page biography of the author including e-mail and telephone contact details
CLOSING DATE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2007
Send clearly marked as follows:
EU Literary Award
PO Box 2004
Houghton
2041
NO E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED
What not to submit:
• An unpublished novel if you are a published novelist. Published novelists may not enter this competition, even under pseudonyms.
• Published authors of short stories; plays or poetry may enter their first novels
• Entrants are strongly advised to ensure that manuscripts are submitted in their final, publishable form. Due to publishing production considerations, no drafts will be considered
• Memoirs
• Short Stories
• History, Geography or other non-fictional books
The decision of the Jury will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.
Queries can be directed to: Karabo Kgoleng: euaward@jacana.co.za This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or phone +27 (11) 628 3212.
Regarding the use of English: Although there are many languages spoken in the countries of the EU, English is the only language that South Africa and the EU have in common. Similarly, it is impossible for all the judges to be fluent in all the South African languages so entries in languages other than English will not be considered
The winning manuscript will be published in May 2008 and will be promoted as part of Exclusive Books Homebru campaign.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
African Review of Books still ticking
The African Review of Books, despite the long silence of this newsletter, is not dead, merely ticking over and generating verbiage of another sort. Reviews still trickle into the site and this is going to develop into a strong flow in the coming months.
The reason for ARoB's hibernation is that all the energies of the few people who maintain it have been devoted over the past year to the establishment and running of a new publishing house dedicated to fiction and poetry from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
It was always one of the hopes of ARoB's founders to see more of the works it highlighted getting into print in the English-reading market.
Instead of waiting for the multinationals to do this, it was decided to put ARoB's expertise to use in publishing, in conjunction with the Latin American Review of Books.
This led to the creation of Aflame Books, which is about to release its third title, From the Darkness, a novel from Guatemala. So far Aflame has published a collection of poetry about Nelson Mandela and has translated into English the detective novel by Angola's Pepetela, Jaime Bunda, Secret Agent.
Halala Madiba: Nelson Mandela in Poetry brings together almost 100 poems from 26 countries which, more than just praising one man, tell the history of South Africa through the eyes of its poets.
Jaime Bunda, Secret Agent is a hilarious, post-modernist tale of an incompetent detective who stumbles from one meal to the next.
Review of both books are available on African Review of Books website.
Both of these books are available through Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Kalahari.net as well as other booksellers in the UK, USA and South Africa .
Other titles to be published by Aflame include two of Africa's 100 best books - Ualalapi by Ungula commercial face to the African Review of Books and the two must work together to succeed, and we are counting on your continued support in our drive to make the literature of Africa more accessible.
And there is another appeal: ARoB needs contributors. If you have a review, or a news item to contribute, please send it to us.
We shall be building up our archive of news items and welcome snippets of book related news from around the world.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to offering you more from Africa.
Richard Bartlett African Review of Books Richard Bartlett [mailto:richard@africanreviewofbooks.com]
The reason for ARoB's hibernation is that all the energies of the few people who maintain it have been devoted over the past year to the establishment and running of a new publishing house dedicated to fiction and poetry from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
It was always one of the hopes of ARoB's founders to see more of the works it highlighted getting into print in the English-reading market.
Instead of waiting for the multinationals to do this, it was decided to put ARoB's expertise to use in publishing, in conjunction with the Latin American Review of Books.
This led to the creation of Aflame Books, which is about to release its third title, From the Darkness, a novel from Guatemala. So far Aflame has published a collection of poetry about Nelson Mandela and has translated into English the detective novel by Angola's Pepetela, Jaime Bunda, Secret Agent.
Halala Madiba: Nelson Mandela in Poetry brings together almost 100 poems from 26 countries which, more than just praising one man, tell the history of South Africa through the eyes of its poets.
Jaime Bunda, Secret Agent is a hilarious, post-modernist tale of an incompetent detective who stumbles from one meal to the next.
Review of both books are available on African Review of Books website.
Both of these books are available through Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Kalahari.net as well as other booksellers in the UK, USA and South Africa .
Other titles to be published by Aflame include two of Africa's 100 best books - Ualalapi by Ungula commercial face to the African Review of Books and the two must work together to succeed, and we are counting on your continued support in our drive to make the literature of Africa more accessible.
And there is another appeal: ARoB needs contributors. If you have a review, or a news item to contribute, please send it to us.
We shall be building up our archive of news items and welcome snippets of book related news from around the world.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to offering you more from Africa.
Richard Bartlett African Review of Books Richard Bartlett [mailto:richard@africanreviewofbooks.com]
Announcing the 10th TIME OF THE WRITER international writers festival
Durban: 19 - 24 March 2007
18 writers from 10 countries will descend on Durban for a stimulating feast of words, ideas, and discussion at the Time of the Writer international writers festival. Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu Natal), the festival celebrates its tenth year with an extensive week-long programme of activities from 19 to 24 March. Diversity of the written word is a notable feature of the festival with novelists, journalists and bloggers of various genres and backgrounds presenting their views for dialogue and debate in the public arena.
A highlight of the festival will be a Human Rights Day programme featuring reading of work by assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a rare interview with Miriam Tlali, and culminating in a presentation by celebrated African literary giant Ngtgi wa Thiongo, who will talk on the role of writers in propagating and cementing human rights. One-time Staffrider columnist, Miriam Tlali was the first black woman writer to publish an English novel, Muriel at Metropolitan, in South Africa, while her 1980 novel on the Soweto uprisings Amandla was banned. Tlali is acclaimed as one of the first South African writers to take seriously the life-worlds of black South African women. wa Thiongo whose first novel in almost two decades, Wizard of the Crow will have its Durban launch during the festival, will also make a presentation on writing in indigenousolitkovskaya's reports on Chechnya, which will be read by John Matshikiza, form part of a co-ordinated global effort to highlight free speech.
Time of the Writers commitment to local writers this year sees an impressive gathering of contemporary South African voices, including 2006 Caine Prize winner Mary Watson. Watson, whose winning story Jungfrau was taken from her moving debut collection Moss, is one of a current crop of young South African writers reshaping and reimagining the countrys literary landscape.
Others include Imraan Coovadia, whose highly regarded comic-dramatic novel The Wedding was followed, last year, by the well-reviewed Green-Eyed Thieves, and Fred Khumalo, editor and columnist at The Sunday Times, whose excellent novel Bitches' Brew was joint winner of the European Union Literary Award in 2005, and has been followed with Touch My Blood in 2006. Participant Zukiswa Wanners debut The Madams is a cheeky and witty portrayal of post-apartheid racial role-reversal in the domestic sphere. Completing this quintet of talented young South African voices is Tom Eaton, a popular columnist of biting wit for the Mail and Guardian, and author of the irreverent novel The De Villiers Code (2005), and Texas (2006).
The festival also hosts the experienced pens of Michael Chapman, one of the countrys foremost literary scholars and curators, and Ronnie Govender, one of Durbans favourite sons. Govender was also recently awarded the South African Literary Lifetime Achievement Award by the Department of Arts and Culture.
African writers are especially well-represented this year with three giants of the continent in attendance. Joining Ngtgi wa Thiongo is Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of the seminal Nervous Conditions, who makes a welcome second visit to the festival. Dangarembgas much-anticipated second novel The Book of Not was released in August 2006 and has received wonderful reviews. It will be launched during the festival. Joining her will be Aminata Sow Fall from Senegal, a touchstone of Francophone African literature, two of whose works have been made into films.
Doreen Bainganas (Uganda) debut Tropical Fish: Stories out of Entebbe, a collection of linked short stories that explore the coming of age of three African sisters, won the Commonwealth Prize for First Book, Africa Region in 2006. A two-time Caine Prize finalist, Bainganas writing has been described as incandescent. Another Caine Prize finalist is Chika Unigwe (Nigeria/Belgium), a writer of fiction, poetry, and educational material, whose debut De Feniks was the first book of fiction written by a Flemish author of African origin. Vamba Sherif (Liberia/Netherlands) author of three novels in Dutch, is another author of African origin who tells particularly African stories in a language not native to the continent.
Tom Lanoye, a prolific and multi-talented Belgian, is a writer of strong rhetorical ability, with a sharp sense of humour. Highly regarded for both his poetry and theatre work, he and Antjie Krog recently toured Holland with a dynamic two-hander focusing on language linkages. Oscar Hemer, an established Swedish novelist with a keen interest in Africa, forms part of the festivals partnership with the Memories of Modernity project, a broad collaboration between K3 of Malmö University (Sweden) and the Centre for Creative Arts and the Center for Culture and Media Studies of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and supported by the Department of Arts and Culture. The art exhibition, Houses of Memory at the Durban Art Gallery is produced by South African and Swedish artists and forms the backbone of the Memories of Modernity project. It will run from 4 - 25 April.
In its exploration of different forms that writing takes, the festival this year turns its focus onto the digital realm with blogger Mohammed Ali from Iraq, whose award-winning blog Iraq the Model (www.iraqthemodel.blogspot.com) provides some of the most insightful comment coming out of th the controversial t-shirt company which also now releases a successful annual young culture publication, who will share his insights on alternatives to traditional media.
Readings, discussions and book launches will take place nightly at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The impressive schedule of launches this year include The Book of Not by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Undressing Durban by Rob Pattman, Sultan Khan, and Faith Ka-Manzi, Wizard of the Crow by Ngtgi wa Thiongo, Inter-play: A Collection of Plays by Ronnie Govender, and Hot Type by Bongani Madondo.
A broad range of day activities in the form of school-visits, workshops, a publishing forum, an educators forum and a prison writing programme, are formulated to promote a culture of reading, writing and creative expression.
With this wide-ranging programme of activities and culturally diverse line-up of writers, Time of the Writer 2007 is set to deliver an exceptional platform for dialogue and exchange on wide-ranging subjects from gender and social issues to political affairs, offering insights into the motivations and processes that inform the complex art of writing.
Tickets are R25 for the evening sessions, R10 for students, and can be purchased through Computicket or at the door one hour before the event. Workshops and seminars are free.
Visit www.cca.ukzn.ac.za for biographies and photos of participants or contact the University of KwaZulu-Natals Centre for Creative Arts for more information on 031 260 2506 or e-mail cca@ukzn.ac.za
Time of the Writer 2007 is supported by the Department of Arts and Culture, National Lottery Distribution Fund, HIVOS, City of Durban, Stichting Doen, French Institute of South Africa, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Pro Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland, Adams Campus Books, Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
For Media Queries Contact Sharlene Versfeld
T: 031 201 1650
F: 031 201 1654
E: sharlene@versfeld.co.za
18 writers from 10 countries will descend on Durban for a stimulating feast of words, ideas, and discussion at the Time of the Writer international writers festival. Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu Natal), the festival celebrates its tenth year with an extensive week-long programme of activities from 19 to 24 March. Diversity of the written word is a notable feature of the festival with novelists, journalists and bloggers of various genres and backgrounds presenting their views for dialogue and debate in the public arena.
A highlight of the festival will be a Human Rights Day programme featuring reading of work by assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a rare interview with Miriam Tlali, and culminating in a presentation by celebrated African literary giant Ngtgi wa Thiongo, who will talk on the role of writers in propagating and cementing human rights. One-time Staffrider columnist, Miriam Tlali was the first black woman writer to publish an English novel, Muriel at Metropolitan, in South Africa, while her 1980 novel on the Soweto uprisings Amandla was banned. Tlali is acclaimed as one of the first South African writers to take seriously the life-worlds of black South African women. wa Thiongo whose first novel in almost two decades, Wizard of the Crow will have its Durban launch during the festival, will also make a presentation on writing in indigenousolitkovskaya's reports on Chechnya, which will be read by John Matshikiza, form part of a co-ordinated global effort to highlight free speech.
Time of the Writers commitment to local writers this year sees an impressive gathering of contemporary South African voices, including 2006 Caine Prize winner Mary Watson. Watson, whose winning story Jungfrau was taken from her moving debut collection Moss, is one of a current crop of young South African writers reshaping and reimagining the countrys literary landscape.
Others include Imraan Coovadia, whose highly regarded comic-dramatic novel The Wedding was followed, last year, by the well-reviewed Green-Eyed Thieves, and Fred Khumalo, editor and columnist at The Sunday Times, whose excellent novel Bitches' Brew was joint winner of the European Union Literary Award in 2005, and has been followed with Touch My Blood in 2006. Participant Zukiswa Wanners debut The Madams is a cheeky and witty portrayal of post-apartheid racial role-reversal in the domestic sphere. Completing this quintet of talented young South African voices is Tom Eaton, a popular columnist of biting wit for the Mail and Guardian, and author of the irreverent novel The De Villiers Code (2005), and Texas (2006).
The festival also hosts the experienced pens of Michael Chapman, one of the countrys foremost literary scholars and curators, and Ronnie Govender, one of Durbans favourite sons. Govender was also recently awarded the South African Literary Lifetime Achievement Award by the Department of Arts and Culture.
African writers are especially well-represented this year with three giants of the continent in attendance. Joining Ngtgi wa Thiongo is Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of the seminal Nervous Conditions, who makes a welcome second visit to the festival. Dangarembgas much-anticipated second novel The Book of Not was released in August 2006 and has received wonderful reviews. It will be launched during the festival. Joining her will be Aminata Sow Fall from Senegal, a touchstone of Francophone African literature, two of whose works have been made into films.
Doreen Bainganas (Uganda) debut Tropical Fish: Stories out of Entebbe, a collection of linked short stories that explore the coming of age of three African sisters, won the Commonwealth Prize for First Book, Africa Region in 2006. A two-time Caine Prize finalist, Bainganas writing has been described as incandescent. Another Caine Prize finalist is Chika Unigwe (Nigeria/Belgium), a writer of fiction, poetry, and educational material, whose debut De Feniks was the first book of fiction written by a Flemish author of African origin. Vamba Sherif (Liberia/Netherlands) author of three novels in Dutch, is another author of African origin who tells particularly African stories in a language not native to the continent.
Tom Lanoye, a prolific and multi-talented Belgian, is a writer of strong rhetorical ability, with a sharp sense of humour. Highly regarded for both his poetry and theatre work, he and Antjie Krog recently toured Holland with a dynamic two-hander focusing on language linkages. Oscar Hemer, an established Swedish novelist with a keen interest in Africa, forms part of the festivals partnership with the Memories of Modernity project, a broad collaboration between K3 of Malmö University (Sweden) and the Centre for Creative Arts and the Center for Culture and Media Studies of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and supported by the Department of Arts and Culture. The art exhibition, Houses of Memory at the Durban Art Gallery is produced by South African and Swedish artists and forms the backbone of the Memories of Modernity project. It will run from 4 - 25 April.
In its exploration of different forms that writing takes, the festival this year turns its focus onto the digital realm with blogger Mohammed Ali from Iraq, whose award-winning blog Iraq the Model (www.iraqthemodel.blogspot.com) provides some of the most insightful comment coming out of th the controversial t-shirt company which also now releases a successful annual young culture publication, who will share his insights on alternatives to traditional media.
Readings, discussions and book launches will take place nightly at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The impressive schedule of launches this year include The Book of Not by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Undressing Durban by Rob Pattman, Sultan Khan, and Faith Ka-Manzi, Wizard of the Crow by Ngtgi wa Thiongo, Inter-play: A Collection of Plays by Ronnie Govender, and Hot Type by Bongani Madondo.
A broad range of day activities in the form of school-visits, workshops, a publishing forum, an educators forum and a prison writing programme, are formulated to promote a culture of reading, writing and creative expression.
With this wide-ranging programme of activities and culturally diverse line-up of writers, Time of the Writer 2007 is set to deliver an exceptional platform for dialogue and exchange on wide-ranging subjects from gender and social issues to political affairs, offering insights into the motivations and processes that inform the complex art of writing.
Tickets are R25 for the evening sessions, R10 for students, and can be purchased through Computicket or at the door one hour before the event. Workshops and seminars are free.
Visit www.cca.ukzn.ac.za for biographies and photos of participants or contact the University of KwaZulu-Natals Centre for Creative Arts for more information on 031 260 2506 or e-mail cca@ukzn.ac.za
Time of the Writer 2007 is supported by the Department of Arts and Culture, National Lottery Distribution Fund, HIVOS, City of Durban, Stichting Doen, French Institute of South Africa, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Pro Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland, Adams Campus Books, Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
For Media Queries Contact Sharlene Versfeld
T: 031 201 1650
F: 031 201 1654
E: sharlene@versfeld.co.za
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, leading discussion on Gather.com
Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, is leading a discussion of his book on Gather.com
Ishmael's tale is truly remarkable. During the Sierra Leone civil war in the '90s, his family was murdered, and at the age of 13 he was recruited to be a child soldier. The novel describes his loss of innocence, eventual escape from the war-torn region, and reintroduction to society. Ishmael's story is brutally honest, and painfully real. He turned struggle into survival -- eventually becoming a spokesperson for the UN to raise awareness about conflicts like those in his country.
In the Starbucks Book Break group, you'll find a video interview with Ishmael Beah, a detailed synopsis and book excerpts.
Ishmael's tale is truly remarkable. During the Sierra Leone civil war in the '90s, his family was murdered, and at the age of 13 he was recruited to be a child soldier. The novel describes his loss of innocence, eventual escape from the war-torn region, and reintroduction to society. Ishmael's story is brutally honest, and painfully real. He turned struggle into survival -- eventually becoming a spokesperson for the UN to raise awareness about conflicts like those in his country.
In the Starbucks Book Break group, you'll find a video interview with Ishmael Beah, a detailed synopsis and book excerpts.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Invitation to the launch of Pamela Jooste's Star of the Morning
Random House extends an invitation to attend the launch of Star of the Morning by Pamela Jooste.
At Welgemeend on 21 February
RSVP to Laura Boon: 083 659-3166
laura@lbcommunications.co.za
At Welgemeend on 21 February
RSVP to Laura Boon: 083 659-3166
laura@lbcommunications.co.za
Invitation to Authors' Choice Evening hosted at Wordsworth at the Waterfront
The guest author is André Carl van der Merwe, author of Moffie.
Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Time: 18h30 for 19h00
Venue: WORDSWORTH BOOKS
1 King's Warehouse
Victoria Wharf
V&A Waterfront
André Carl will be discussing his own work, his favourite writers and books as well as his inspiration/motivation when writing.
RSVP before Monday, 26 February 2007
Tel: (021) 425-6880
Email: waterfront@wordsworth.co.za
Moffie will be available at a 20% discount.
Snacks & drinks will be served.
Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Time: 18h30 for 19h00
Venue: WORDSWORTH BOOKS
1 King's Warehouse
Victoria Wharf
V&A Waterfront
André Carl will be discussing his own work, his favourite writers and books as well as his inspiration/motivation when writing.
RSVP before Monday, 26 February 2007
Tel: (021) 425-6880
Email: waterfront@wordsworth.co.za
Moffie will be available at a 20% discount.
Snacks & drinks will be served.
Monday, February 19, 2007
SAFM launches poetry and short story competition
POETRY
Universal theme
Maximum 20 lines
Panel Members will identify the top 5 poems submitted and these will be played on Afternoon Talk on Thursday, 29th March at 13:00. Listeners will be invited to vote for the best poem via sms or e-mail during the programme.
5 Finalists receive R2 000-00 each.
The winner will receive an additional R3 000-00.
SHORT STORY
Universal theme
Not longer than 5’00 (4 x A4 pages in double spacing)
Panel members will identify the top 5 short stories and these will be played on Afternoon Talk on Friday, 30th March at 13:00. Listeners will be invited to vote for the best short story via sms or e-mail during the programme.
5 Finalists receive R5 000-00 each.
The winner will receive an additional R5 000-00.
Entries may be submitted electronically to express@safm.co.za
or sent via the post to:
EXPRESS YOURSELF
SAfm
P.O. Box 91162
Auckland Park
2006
Closing date for entries is Friday, 16th March, 2007.
Please ensure that your full name, postal or e-mail address and a day-time telephone number are indicated on your entry.
Please include the following at the end of your work:
“I declare that this poem/short story is my original work, and has not been published or broadcast in any form or medium, nor is it presently on offer.”
Universal theme
Maximum 20 lines
Panel Members will identify the top 5 poems submitted and these will be played on Afternoon Talk on Thursday, 29th March at 13:00. Listeners will be invited to vote for the best poem via sms or e-mail during the programme.
5 Finalists receive R2 000-00 each.
The winner will receive an additional R3 000-00.
SHORT STORY
Universal theme
Not longer than 5’00 (4 x A4 pages in double spacing)
Panel members will identify the top 5 short stories and these will be played on Afternoon Talk on Friday, 30th March at 13:00. Listeners will be invited to vote for the best short story via sms or e-mail during the programme.
5 Finalists receive R5 000-00 each.
The winner will receive an additional R5 000-00.
Entries may be submitted electronically to express@safm.co.za
or sent via the post to:
EXPRESS YOURSELF
SAfm
P.O. Box 91162
Auckland Park
2006
Closing date for entries is Friday, 16th March, 2007.
Please ensure that your full name, postal or e-mail address and a day-time telephone number are indicated on your entry.
Please include the following at the end of your work:
“I declare that this poem/short story is my original work, and has not been published or broadcast in any form or medium, nor is it presently on offer.”
Friday, February 16, 2007
2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize shortlists
Africa
Best Book
The Native Commissioner, by Shaun Johnson (South Africa), Penguin Books
What Kind of Child, by Ken Barris (South Africa), Kwela Books
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), Harper Collins
The Wizard of the Crow, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya), Random House UK
Playing in the Light, by Zoe Wicomb (South Africa), Umuzi
Song of the Atman, by Ronnie Govender (South Africa), Jacana
Best First Book
All We Have Left Unsaid, by Maxine Case (South Africa), Kwela Books
Ice in the Lungs, by Gerald Kraak (South Africa), Jacana
A Life Elsewhere, by Segun Afolabi (Nigeria), Jonathan Cape
Room 207, by Kgebeti Moele (South Africa), Kwela Books
The Beggar's Signwriters, by Louis Greenberg (South Africa), Umuzi
The Shadow Follows, by David Medalie (South Africa), Picador Africa
Canada and the Caribbean
Best Book
The Law of Dreams, by Peter Behrens (Canada), House of Anansi Press
Chutney Power, by Willi Chen (Trinidad), Macmillan Caribbean
Fabrizio's Return, by Mark Frutkin (Canada), Knopf Canada
The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud (Canada), Picador
The Unfortunate Marriage of Azeb Yitades, by Nega Mezlekia (Canada), Penguin Group (Canada)
The View from Castle Rock, by Alice Munro (Canada), Chatto and Windus
The Friends of Meager Fortune, by David Adams Richards (Canada), Doubleday Canada
Best First Book
Baby Khaki's Wings, by Anar Ali (Canada), Viking
Vandal Love, by D.Y. Bechard (Canada), Doubleday
De Niro's Game, by Rawi Hage (Canada), House of Anansi Press
The Fear of Stones, by Kei Miller (Jamaica), Macmillan Caribbean
Indigenous Beasts, by Nathan Sellyn (Canada), Raincoast Books
The Hour of Bad Decisions, by Russell Wangersky (Canada), Coteau Books
Europe and South Asia
Best Book
Sacred Games, by Vikram Chandra (India), Penguin
Miss Webster and Chérif, by Patricia Duncker (UK), Bloomsbury
The Sweet and Simple Kind, by Yasmine Gooneratne (Sri Lanka), Perera Hussein
Carry Me Down, by M J Hyland (UK), Canongate
Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell (UK), Sceptre
The Perfect Man, by Naeem Murr (UK), Heinemann
The Testament of Gideon Mack, by James Robertson (UK), Hamish Hamilton
Best First Book
The Saffron Kitchen, by Yasmin Crowther (UK) Abacus/Little Brown
The Mathematics of Love, by Emma Darwin (UK) Headline/Review
This Time of Dying, by Reina James (UK) Portobello
Giraffe, by J M Ledgard (UK), Jonathan Cape
Londonstani, by Gautam Malkani (UK), Fourth Estate
In the Country of Men, by Hisham Matar (UK), Viking
The Amnesia Clinic, by James Scudamore (UK), Harvill Secker
South East Asia and South Pacific
Best Book
Ocean Roads, by James George (New Zealand), Huia
Theft: A Love Story, by Peter Carey (Australia), Knopf/Random House
Mr Pip, by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand), Penguin
Carpentaria, by Alexis Wright (Australia), Giramondo
The Fainter, by Damien Wilkins (New Zealand), Victoria University Press
Red Spikes, by Margo Lanagan (Australia), Allen and Unwin
Careless, by Deborah Robertson (Australia), Picador
Best First Book
Tuvalu by Andrew O'Connor (Australia), Allen and Unwin
Davey Darling by Paul Shannon (New Zealand), Penguin
The Fish & Chip Song, by Carl Nixon (New Zealand), Vintage
The Long Road of the Junkmailer, by Patrick Holland (Australia), UQP
Poinciana, by Jane Turner Goldsmith (Australia), Wakefield
Best Book
The Native Commissioner, by Shaun Johnson (South Africa), Penguin Books
What Kind of Child, by Ken Barris (South Africa), Kwela Books
Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), Harper Collins
The Wizard of the Crow, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya), Random House UK
Playing in the Light, by Zoe Wicomb (South Africa), Umuzi
Song of the Atman, by Ronnie Govender (South Africa), Jacana
Best First Book
All We Have Left Unsaid, by Maxine Case (South Africa), Kwela Books
Ice in the Lungs, by Gerald Kraak (South Africa), Jacana
A Life Elsewhere, by Segun Afolabi (Nigeria), Jonathan Cape
Room 207, by Kgebeti Moele (South Africa), Kwela Books
The Beggar's Signwriters, by Louis Greenberg (South Africa), Umuzi
The Shadow Follows, by David Medalie (South Africa), Picador Africa
Canada and the Caribbean
Best Book
The Law of Dreams, by Peter Behrens (Canada), House of Anansi Press
Chutney Power, by Willi Chen (Trinidad), Macmillan Caribbean
Fabrizio's Return, by Mark Frutkin (Canada), Knopf Canada
The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud (Canada), Picador
The Unfortunate Marriage of Azeb Yitades, by Nega Mezlekia (Canada), Penguin Group (Canada)
The View from Castle Rock, by Alice Munro (Canada), Chatto and Windus
The Friends of Meager Fortune, by David Adams Richards (Canada), Doubleday Canada
Best First Book
Baby Khaki's Wings, by Anar Ali (Canada), Viking
Vandal Love, by D.Y. Bechard (Canada), Doubleday
De Niro's Game, by Rawi Hage (Canada), House of Anansi Press
The Fear of Stones, by Kei Miller (Jamaica), Macmillan Caribbean
Indigenous Beasts, by Nathan Sellyn (Canada), Raincoast Books
The Hour of Bad Decisions, by Russell Wangersky (Canada), Coteau Books
Europe and South Asia
Best Book
Sacred Games, by Vikram Chandra (India), Penguin
Miss Webster and Chérif, by Patricia Duncker (UK), Bloomsbury
The Sweet and Simple Kind, by Yasmine Gooneratne (Sri Lanka), Perera Hussein
Carry Me Down, by M J Hyland (UK), Canongate
Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell (UK), Sceptre
The Perfect Man, by Naeem Murr (UK), Heinemann
The Testament of Gideon Mack, by James Robertson (UK), Hamish Hamilton
Best First Book
The Saffron Kitchen, by Yasmin Crowther (UK) Abacus/Little Brown
The Mathematics of Love, by Emma Darwin (UK) Headline/Review
This Time of Dying, by Reina James (UK) Portobello
Giraffe, by J M Ledgard (UK), Jonathan Cape
Londonstani, by Gautam Malkani (UK), Fourth Estate
In the Country of Men, by Hisham Matar (UK), Viking
The Amnesia Clinic, by James Scudamore (UK), Harvill Secker
South East Asia and South Pacific
Best Book
Ocean Roads, by James George (New Zealand), Huia
Theft: A Love Story, by Peter Carey (Australia), Knopf/Random House
Mr Pip, by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand), Penguin
Carpentaria, by Alexis Wright (Australia), Giramondo
The Fainter, by Damien Wilkins (New Zealand), Victoria University Press
Red Spikes, by Margo Lanagan (Australia), Allen and Unwin
Careless, by Deborah Robertson (Australia), Picador
Best First Book
Tuvalu by Andrew O'Connor (Australia), Allen and Unwin
Davey Darling by Paul Shannon (New Zealand), Penguin
The Fish & Chip Song, by Carl Nixon (New Zealand), Vintage
The Long Road of the Junkmailer, by Patrick Holland (Australia), UQP
Poinciana, by Jane Turner Goldsmith (Australia), Wakefield
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