The shortlist for the new £15,000
Etisalat Prize for Literature based in Nigeria, and includes books by
NoViolet Bulawayo, Yewande Omotoso, and Karen Jennings.
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Kenya's Binyavanga Wainaina
declared his homosexuality in a new short story to protest the passage of
strict new anti-gay laws in Uganda and Nigeria.
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A public library in Franklin,
Tennessee has launched its own publishing imprint, Academy Park Press, using
the IngramSpark platform for distribution and print-on-demand.
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To succeed as a publisher in Italy
you need to the get the consumer price right, while in South Africa niche
publishing is promising, but digital is a long way off.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Friday, January 24, 2014
New £15,000 Prize to Raise Profile of Pan-African Literature
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