We are delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by Africans published online. The $1,100 cash prize is split across five categories: the Brittle Paper Award for Fiction ($200), the Brittle Paper Award […]
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The 2018 Open Book Festival Begins in Cape Town
The 2018 Open Book Festival has begun at The Fugard Theatre in Cape Town. The event, which is in its seventh year, will last from 5-9 September, with further activities at The District 6 Museum Homecoming Centre and The Book Lounge. Among the 2018 guests are Aminatta Forna, whose fourth novel Happiness dropped earlier in the […]
Megan Ross’ Milk Fever: An Intimate Meditation on Motherhood and the Female Body | Mapule Mohulatsi
“Nobody will ever get my milk no more except my own children. I never had to give it to nobody else—and the one time I did it was took from me—they held me down and took it. Milk that belonged to my baby . . . . I know what it is to be without […]
Megan Ross’ Debut Poetry Collection, Milk Fever, Is Here
South African writer Megan Ross, recipient of the inaugural Brittle Paper Award for Fiction for her powerfully lyrical short story “Farang,” has a debut collection of poetry called Milk Fever. The collection is published by Cape Town-based publishers, Uhlanga Press. The beautiful cover collage is by Taiwan-based artist Leora Joy. Here is a description of Milk […]
South Africa’s uHlanga Press to Release Poetry Collections by Two Brittle Paper-Published Writers
South African publishing house uHlanga Press will be releasing poetry collections by two writers published by Brittle Paper: Megan Ross and Saaleha Idrees Bamjee. Founded in 2014 by South African-British writer Nick Mulgrew, uHlanga Press had a remarkable 2017 when poetry collections they published made waves: Francine Simon’s Thungachi, Douglas Reid Skinner’s Liminal, and, most notably, […]
Binyavanga Wainaina, Chigozie Obioma, Hawa J Golakai, Megan Ross: 15 Writers and Editors Tell Us What They Are Reading for Christmas
For the Christmas season, we asked 15 writers and editors to tell us what they would be reading. Binyavanga Wainaina, Chigozie Obioma, Hawa Jande Golakai, Gaamangwe Joy Mogami, Megan Ross, Gbenga Adesina, Efemia Chela, Nancy Adimora, Leila Chatti, Koleka Putuma, TJ Benson, Sibongile Fisher, Linda Musita, Yalie Kamara, and Chibuihe Obi. Their lists are towering […]
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