So maybe reading huge books to kill that lockdown time isn’t your thing. No worries; there are short story collections aplenty for the reader who wants a quick dose of fiction from time to time. Here, we’ve collected sixteen notable recently-published short story collections that were published by sixteen different independent presses — presses which […]
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Luna Press’ Harvester Series Includes New Collections by Wole Talabi and Nick Wood
As part of its Harvester Series, a publication programme for collections of old and new stories plus bonus material, the Scotland-based indie press Luna Press Publishing released Wole Talabi’s debut short story collection Incomplete Solutions in June. In October, it will release Nick Wood’s Learning Monkey and Crocodile. Below are details of both books. Incomplete […]
The 5 Writers Shortlisted for the 2018 Caine Prize
The shortlist for the 2018 Caine Prize has been announced. The Caine Prize is awarded to the best 3,000-10,000-word short story by an African writer. The 2017 prize was awarded to Sudanese poet Bushra al-Fadil for his “The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away.” Here are the five writers, their shortlisted stories, and the magazines […]
Nnedi Okorafor, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Wole Talabi, Sibongile Fisher Lead 2018 Nommo Awards Shortlists
The 2018 shortlists for the four Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans have just been announced. Among the shortlisted are Nnedi Okorafor, Sofia Somatar, last year’s Best Novel Award winner Tade Thompson, Caine Prize 2007 winner Henrietta Rose-Innes, sci-fi works compiler Wole Talabi, and Sibongile Fisher, whose chosen story, “A Door Ajar,” won the […]
Wole Talabi’s Compilation of 654 Works of African Speculative Fiction Should Top Your Reading List
The announcement of the inaugural Nommo Awards shortlists, an initiative of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) to honour works of speculative fiction, was received with excitement. It shed light on an often overlooked genre that is now on its way to irreducible relevance. But here is something even more revelatory: Wole Talabi, a member […]
A Magical Journey! | A Review of Nnedi Okorafor’s Kabu Kabu | by Wole Talabi
Pub. Date: October 2, 2013. Prime Books. 264 pp. Buy Paper Back and Kindle Kabu Kabu is a pidgin term for those dodgy taxis operating cheaply in many parts of Nigeria. And as the book jacket says, they generally get you where you need to be, one way or the other. A fitting name then for […]
These Words Expose Us | An Anthology by #TheNakedConvos Collective
TheNakedConvos (TNC), the acclaimed and award-winning Nigerian group, have published their first anthology. It is a collection of short stories written by young Nigerian writers, titled These Words Expose Us: An Anthology. These Words Expose Us: An Anthology is a unique and complex collection of stories old and new that all highlight the power of […]
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