NoViolet Bulawayo Wins Honorary Best of Caine Award for Her Short Story
Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo has been honored with the Best of Caine award, an honorary prize celebrating the most impactful stories from past winners of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Bulawayo, who won the prestigious Caine Prize in 2011 for her short story 'Hitting Budapest,' received... [More info]
Pleased & proud to announce ....
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This article is/was/will have been out from Brittle Paper (because of time differences... :) ) : Andile Cele's novel, Island Prize selection, and proudly published by Holland House Books & but Karavan Press in South Africa:
In Braids & Migraines, the newest publication from Holland House Books, South African writer Andile Cele delivers a striking and emotionally resonant debut that explores the intersecting struggles of race, mental health, and identity through the voice of a young Black girl navigating the unforgi
The Island Prize Family Tree keeps growing ...🎉📚🌍🌊🎉
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Book launches are always exciting - book chat, readings, and reunions... Yesterday was no exception as Holland House authors came together: Andile Cele, Karen Jennings, and Sarah Isaacs (Glass Tower)
Full album here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DI3VA2MMrvx/
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6 likes, 0 comments - hollandhouse3525 on April 25, 2025: "The Island Prize Family is growing! Huge thanks to the Book Lounge for the wonderful space given to our newest author, Andile Cele, whose debut novel 'Braids & Migraines' launched at the Lounge yesterday. Book launches are always exciting - book chat, readings, and reunions... Yesterday was no exception as Holland House authors came together: Andile Cele, Karen Jennings, and Sarah Isaacs (Glass Tower) Happy reading, all! #booksbooksbooks #booklaunch #reading #africanauthors #africanwriting".
When Nomandla is awarded a scholarship to attend the prestigious Cameron House for Girls in Durban, she thinks her life will improve. Instead it falls apart.
Join in the book launch @booklounge on Thursday 24 April for the launch of “Braids & Migraines” by Andile Cele. She will be in conversation with Karen Jennings.
RSVP to [email protected]
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An excerpt from Karen Jennings' next novel - exclusively presented from
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: https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2024/12/19/come-the-first-of-december-the-chains-will-be-broken-for-good-read-an-excerpt-from-a-forthcoming-novel-by-karen-jennings
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The JRB presents an exclusive excerpt from The First of December, a forthcoming novel by Karen Jennings. ~~~ Of the wreck nothing remained. There were only the waves, frothing under the southeaster that had blown for days on end. Clouds rushed across the sky, the sun coming and going, coming and going. By the time...
The Island Prize family tree is growing ...
It's been a wild and exciting few years since the Island Prize began its journey of enabling African writers to have their work seen and published.
On to the next!
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Celebrating the wide variety and range of talent of this year's longlist for the Island Prize.
The judges will now read through and announce the shortlist in early May, with the winner to be announced soon thereafter.
In the meantime, we will be sharing about the longlisted authors and their manuscripts here and we hope you will join us in celebrating them all!
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