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Holland House Books<p>Download your free copy of 'Words on the Page' here: <a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/clamshell-press-workbook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/clamshell-pres</span><span class="invisible">s-workbook/</span></a> </p><p>The Island Prize Submission guidelines: <a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2</span><span class="invisible">024-25/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>submissions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>Thank you Dlitreview for including the Island Prize on your list (<a href="https://dlitreview.com/free-creative-writing-opportunities-in-february-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dlitreview.com/free-creative-w</span><span class="invisible">riting-opportunities-in-february-2025/</span></a>) - to all out there, if you are a debut novelist from Africa, send in your manuscript by 16th February - if you're not a writer, but know someone who is - spread the word, share the news!</p><p>Check out our guidelines here: <a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2</span><span class="invisible">024-25/</span></a></p><p>We can do this!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcompetition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debutnovelist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debutnovelist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theislandprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theislandprize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>Over on Instagram, SisterlyHQ have made a list of grants and opportunities for women - including our Island Prize, for authors of Africa:</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFx3BklSPbo/?img_index=7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instagram.com/p/DFx3BklSPbo/?i</span><span class="invisible">mg_index=7</span></a></p><p>To submit to the Island Prize, click here:<a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2</span><span class="invisible">024-25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prizes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prizes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a></p>
Julia S.<p>POETIC, PASSIONATE, VITALLY insightful novel tells the story of one family, especially its women, as a parable for the history of Mozambique. Gorgeous prose brings the landscape and cultures powerfully alive. SOLID A</p><p><a href="https://archipelagobooks.org/book/the-joyful-song-of-the-partridge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archipelagobooks.org/book/the-</span><span class="invisible">joyful-song-of-the-partridge/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreviews</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novels</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Mozambicanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozambicanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Mozambique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozambique</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Blackwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Blackwomenwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwomenwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SmallPressSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPressSunday</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>Happy New Year !</p><p>Calling all African authors - the Island Prize is now open!</p><p><a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2</span><span class="invisible">024-25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novelwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novelwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcompetition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/submissionsopen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>submissionsopen</span></a></p>
Africa Events<p>How Does African Literature Interact With the Diaspora? (And Vice Versa)</p><p>Representations of Africa in literature can strongly differ, based on where the author is coming from, but the need to use the form to speak to the range of experiences remains.<a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=africanliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanliterature</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=diasporaliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diasporaliterature</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=michaelchiedoziemchukwudera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>michaelchiedoziemchukwudera</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=ikhideikheloa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ikhideikheloa</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a><br><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/african-literature-diaspora-influence/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How Does African Literature Interact With The Diaspora? (And Vice Versa)</a></p>
Holland House Books<p>'I also allowed the story to go places where I hadn’t originally planned on.'</p><p>Full interview here: <br><a href="https://brittlepaper.com/2024/08/interview-with-simba-kundizeza-2024-winner-of-the-island-prize-by-karen-jennings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brittlepaper.com/2024/08/inter</span><span class="invisible">view-with-simba-kundizeza-2024-winner-of-the-island-prize-by-karen-jennings/</span></a></p><p>Island Prize 2024 winner S.S.Kundizeza chats about the challenges and rewards of writing with Karen Jennings (Crooked Seeds, An Island):</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authorinterview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authorinterview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/karenjennings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>karenjennings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanliterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/award" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>award</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>Heartiest congratulations to Ruby Excel from Ghana !</p><p>'Lyrics to the Colour Red' is about the passionate struggle for liberation and revolution, in love and country.</p><p>Warm wishes to Ruby and the next stage of the journey to publication!</p><p><a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/the-island-prize-winners-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri</span><span class="invisible">ze-winners-2024/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingaward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingaward</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novelwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novelwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theislandprize2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theislandprize2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theislandprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theislandprize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writerslife</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>It's all happening at once!</p><p>Glass Tower is available in the UK <a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/glass-tower/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/books/glass-to</span><span class="invisible">wer/</span></a></p><p>The Island Prize Winners <a href="https://www.hhousebooks.com/the-island-prize-winners-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri</span><span class="invisible">ze-winners-2024/</span></a></p><p>The Holland House Bookchat <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zNlXzzwilLXvvtBMKySpk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/1zNlX</span><span class="invisible">zzwilLXvvtBMKySpk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booknews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booknews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishingnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishingnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/islandprizewinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>islandprizewinner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theislandprize2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theislandprize2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booklaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booklaunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darwin</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>Freelance is a story about the human cost of corruption and unchecked power, and the struggle for justice in a complex political landscape.</p><p>Huge congratulations to winner and runners-up!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingaward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingaward</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanauthors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novelwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novelwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerslife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writerslife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Julia S.<p>AN EXTRAVAGANT, SPRAWLING PICARESQUE set in Zaire in the last years of the Mobutu regime is a symphony of voices from every walk of life, from tough street kids to the secret police to high society. Vivid and fascinating. B PLUS</p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-villains-dance-fiston-mwanza-mujila/1143139648?ean=9781646051274" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barnesandnoble.com/w/the-villa</span><span class="invisible">ins-dance-fiston-mwanza-mujila/1143139648?ean=9781646051274</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreviews</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novels</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/zaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zaire</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Congolesewriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congolesewriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Blackwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwriters</span></a></p>
LunaPressPublishing<p>Pre-orders are now open for Dakini Atoll, by Nikhil Singh! Join us for this fast paced, tech-driven, metaphysical <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> novel. Set in the near future, in Johannesburg, New York, London, Saudi Arabia and Holographic Reality! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">lunapresspublishing.com/novels</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/novel2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel2024</span></a></p>
Lauren McMenemy<p>We are blessed to have so many talented humans taking part in Writing the Occult: Connection to Land—including African writers and members of the Sauuti Collective, Xan van Rooyen and Akintoba Kalejaye. </p><p>Explore it over at sauuti.com, or join us and hear more from the creators' mouths themselves. How did they create a shared world so rooted in the disparate traditions found in African mythology, language, and culture? </p><p>🧵⬇️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a></p>
Dilman Dila<p>Author copies arrived of this bulky anthology of African ghost stories. Now I can say that my story was published in the same book as the legend, Amos Tutuola! </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghost</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/ghosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghosts</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gothic</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Holland House Books<p>Welcoming back The Book Lounge in Cape Town !</p><p>We're particularly excited because CROOKED SEEDS (images 2&amp;3) by Holland House author Karen Jennings (long-listed Booker Prize 2021 &amp; Island Prize founder) will be having a book launch here on May 8th - so if you happen to be in the area, pop along &amp; meet Karen, &amp; of course, BUY HER BOOK!</p><p>Check out:<br><a href="https://booklounge.co.za/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">booklounge.co.za/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>&amp;<br><a href="https://booklounge.co.za/event/crooked-seeds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">booklounge.co.za/event/crooked</span><span class="invisible">-seeds/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiebookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiebookstores</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booktok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haveyoubeenhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haveyoubeenhere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newtitles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newtitles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capetown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capetown</span></a></p>
Lauren McMenemy<p>I love it when I get a brilliant guest post pitch in my BFS inbox. I love this collective, this world, these people ⬇</p><p>_____</p><p>Eugen Bacon tells us more about the Sauutiverse, the amazing Afrocentric storytelling collective that's fast-emerging.</p><p><a href="https://britishfantasysociety.org/the-call-of-sauuti/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">britishfantasysociety.org/the-</span><span class="invisible">call-of-sauuti/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blackwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackwriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blackspeculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackspeculativefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a></p>
LunaPressPublishing<p>Pre-orders are now open for Dakini Atoll, by Nikhil Singh! Join us for this fast-paced, tech-driven, metaphysical <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> novel. Set in the near future, in Johannesburg, New York, London, Saudi Arabia and Holographic Reality! <a href="https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">lunapresspublishing.com/novels</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/novel2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel2024</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a></p>
LunaPressPublishing<p>A Darkness in Mind series. Volume 2. The Prisoner, by African writer Robert S Malan, illustrated by John Cockshaw. Shortlisted for the BFS Awards. </p><p>John Andras has debts to pay, whittling his life away as a prison guard. But a fateful encounter with one of the inmates is about to change all that ...</p><p><a href="https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/illustrated-novelettes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lunapresspublishing.com/illust</span><span class="invisible">rated-novelettes</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lunaproudparents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunaproudparents</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lunapresspublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunapresspublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/theprisoner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theprisoner</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/illustratedbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustratedbooks</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/graphicnovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graphicnovel</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a></p>
Julia S.<p>BRILLIANT, MOTIVATED, AND FIERCELY fabulous, activist Eddie Ndopu tells the story of his journeys: South Africa to Canada to Oxford to his role on the world’s most glittering stages speaking out for the rights of people with disabilities. B PLUS</p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sipping-dom-p-rignon-through-a-straw-eddie-ndopu/1142837554?ean=9780306829062" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barnesandnoble.com/w/sipping-d</span><span class="invisible">om-p-rignon-through-a-straw-eddie-ndopu/1142837554?ean=9780306829062</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreviews</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memoir</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memoirs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memoirs</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/autobiography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autobiography</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blackwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LGBTQIA2S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA2S</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blackhistorymonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackhistorymonth</span></a></p>
Julia S.<p>BRIGHT, VIVID TALE of two Nigerian girls touched by the spirit world, driven toward each other by different destinies. Gorgeously written, with a brilliant kaleidoscope of detail. B PLUS</p><p><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dazzling-chikodili-emelumadu/1143022694?ean=9781419769795" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barnesandnoble.com/w/dazzling-</span><span class="invisible">chikodili-emelumadu/1143022694?ean=9781419769795</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookreviews</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novels</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blackwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/africanwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>africanwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/nigerianwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nigerianwriters</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/igbowriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>igbowriters</span></a></p>