S E L T I T W E N ARY - JUNE 2017 U N A J
WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR OF NEW BOOKS!
As we move through the remnants of 2016, a look back on the past year might inspire the well-worn adage, “you couldn’t make this stuff up”. The world looks forward to the next few years with anxious hearts and minds. While in 2016 truth may be stranger than fiction, at Jacaranda we enter 2017 with a stellar list of uniquely brilliant and illuminating tales. Whether debut voices, or veteran our authors take us from the darkly funny world of Nigerian satire with Anietie Isong’s RADIO SUNRISE, through the stifling exacting world of Tokyo motherhood, with Rahdika Jha’s exquisite novel, MY BEAUTIFUL SHADOW. Starkly evocative landscapes and searing observations of human cruelty and kindness make this work a stand out feature title for the spring. As we move into the summer, we slip into azure, warm Caribbean waters with two genre fiction offerings: Paula Lennon’s MURDER IN MONTEGO BAY, a crime procedural set in the heart of this famed Jamaican holiday destination and Rasheda Malcolm’s SWIMMING WITH FISHES, a very traditional romantic novel enlivened by its Caribbean setting. These offerings promise a new flavour to well-used recipes, new perspectives on old traditions, and bright new voices in the publishing arena. To say we at Jacaranda are excited about our publishing for next year would be a great understatement; we are ecstatic and sincerely hope you will be too. Valerie Brandes Founder and Publisher
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CONTENTS
P.3 NEW RELEASES Cosmogramma Radio Sunrise Dancing the Death Drill My Beautiful Shadow Swimming with Fishes Murder in Montego Bay
P.10 BESTSELLERS AND AWARD WINNERS
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The Book of Harlan Evelyn Dove Tram 83 Butterfly Fish
P.16 BACKLIST The Elephant and the Bee Beyond the Pale From Pasta to Pigfoot From Pasta to Pigfoot: Second Helpings So the Path Does Not Die No More Heroes Every Boy Should Have a Man Satans and Shaitans The Blink That Killed the Eye The Colour Black Glass Fashion Africa
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COURTTIA NEWLAND
D RE AT U FE
COSMOGRAMMA
ISBN: 978-1-909762-15-2 eISBN: 978-1-909762-50-3 APRIL 2017 Short stories, sci-fi Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 224 pp Price: ÂŁ8.99 Rights: World
Ideal for fans of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, I Robot and The Parable of the Sower. Cosmogramma is a captivating collection of speculative fiction short stories by one of the most influential voices in British writing. Newland mixes tropes of the science-fiction genre with afrofuturism to create compelling universes where circus performers practice body augmentations, plants take back the Earth, machines we created to fight our wars rise against us and our loved ones come back from the dead craving revenge. Poetic, enticing and chilling, Newland’s collection explores the human condition and revisits the most pressing existential questions of our times.
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COURTTIA NEWLAND was born in London and published his first book in 1997, at the age of 23. Further novels followed, including Society Within and Snakeskin. In 2000 he co-edited the anthology IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain, and his short stories have featured in many other anthologies including The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Vol 2, England Calling: 24 Stories for the 21st Century and Disco 2000. Newland tours extensively for the British Council, and has been writer-in-residence for Trinity College, Dublin and Georgetown University, Washington DC. He has also taught creative writing workshops and performed readings in countries as diverse as Russia, Gambia, and Singapore.
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RADIO SUNRISE ANIETIE ISONG
ISBN: 978-1-909762-37-4 eISBN: 978-1-909762-38-1 JANUARY 2017 Political satire Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 288 pp Price: £8.99 Rights: World
‘Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope,’ Boniface had said. ‘It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country.’ Ifiok, a young journalist working for the government radio station in Lagos, aspires to always do the right thing but the odds seem to be stacked against him. Government pressures cause the funding to his radio drama to get cut off, his girlfriend leaves him when she discovers he is having an affair with an intern, and kidnappings and militancy are on the rise in the country. When Ifiok travels to his hometown to do a documentary on some ex-militants’ apparent redemption, a tragi-comic series of events will make him realise he is unable to swim against the tide.
ANIETIE ISONG started his career as a journalist with Radio Nigeria, in Lagos. His short stories have been published in journals and broadcast on the BBC and Radio Nigeria. He won several awards, including the Commonwealth Short Story Award in 2000 and the Remember Oluwale Writing Prize in 2016. Anietie is currently completing a PhD in Media/ Creative Writing in London. Radio Sunrise is his first novel.
Radio Sunrise paints a satirical portrait of (post) post-colonial Nigeria that builds on the legacy of the great African satirist tradition of Ngugi Wa Thiongo and Ayi Kwei Armah.
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DANCING THE DEATH DRILL FRED KHUMALO
ISBN: 978-1-909762-53-4 eISBN: 978-1-909762-54-1 FEBRUARY 2017 Historical fiction Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 328 pp Price: £8.99 Rights: UK & Ireland
Paris, 1958. An Algerian waiter at the famous restaurant La Tour d’Argent is convicted of the murder of two customers. As he is awaiting trial, his longtime friend Jerry Moloto helps an opportunistic and ambitious journalist build a case to defend him. Through Jerry’s testimony the reader discovers that the waiter is actually Pitso Motaung, a mixed race South African drafted to fight in the First World War. He is also one of the few remaining survivors of the SS Mendi tragedy, which saw the formidable warship sink off the coast of the Isle of Wight, killing 646 people, including many black South African soldiers. So how did a brave soldier become a criminal and will Pitso’s name be cleared before it is too late?
FRED KHUMALO is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction from Durban, South Africa. Khumalo’s work has appeared in various publications, including the Sunday Times, the Toronto Star, New African magazine, the Sowetan and Isolezwe. His books include #Zuptasmustfall and Other Rants (2016), Bitches Brew (winner of the European Union Literary Award 2005), Seven Steps to Heaven and Touch My Blood, (2005), which was shortlisted for the Alan Paton Prize for Non-fiction and has been adapted for the stage.
Commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the sinking of the SS Mendi, Dancing the Death Drill is a timely novel about life and the many challenges it throws our way.
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MY BEAUTIFUL SHADOW RADHIKA JHA
ISBN: 978-1-909762-47-3 eISBN: 978-1-909762-48-0 MARCH 2017 Women’s fiction Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 232 pp Price: £8.99 Rights: UK, Ireland & Commonwealth, excl. Canada & Indian subcontinent
‘A fascinating book on the seductive (and toxic) power of shopping.’ Marie Claire, Italy Kayo is a young Tokyo housewife and mother. Outwardly, she is no different from other young mothers, but her secret sets her apart. She belongs to a kind of club, which involves luxury, beautiful clothes and accessories. The club makes it possible for Kayo to escape her tedious life, to become someone else and to embrace a dazzling new world. But it quickly becomes an obsession, a drug, the way to both paradise and hell. Can she find her way out of the dark underworld of debt, lies and prostitution? Or is she doomed to exchange one form of loneliness for another?
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A deeply absorbing novel about the “holes” that suddenly appear in women’s lives. My Beautiful Shadow is a powerful cautionary tale about consumerism gone mad. RADHIKA JHA was born in India and has studied anthropology and political science in the US. She has worked for Hindustan Times and BusinessWorld, as well as the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, where she started up the Interact project for the education of the children of victims of terrorism in different parts of India. She recently moved to Beijing after living for six years in Tokyo with her husband and two children. She regularly contributes to anthologies and her stories are published in newspapers and magazines.
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SWIMMING WITH FISHES RASHEDA ASHANTI MALCOLM
ISBN: 978-1-909762-45-9 eISBN: 978-1-909762-46-6 MAY 2017 Romance Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 328 pp Price: £7.99 Rights: World
Set in rural Jamaica, Swimming With Fishes evokes the pain of a love affair between a London-born businessman and a native Jamaican and how that affair grows beyond either of their expectations. Sickle Cell Anaemia sufferer, Kat wants a baby more than life itself. When the town herbalist foretells of a man from across the ocean who will father her child, Kat’s hopes intensify into a dream that must come true. Her encounter with Londoner Ben years later edges the prediction toward reality. Their friendship develops into an all-consuming love to which they both surrender. However unknown to Ben, Kat is a sickle cell sufferer and unknown to Kat, Ben is already married.
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R AS H E DA AS H A N T I M A LCO L M
RASHEDA ASHANTI MALCOLM is a writer, a playwright and the founder of Candace Magazine, aimed at women of colour. Her initiative was rewarded by many prizes, including the Black Business Woman of the Year, the National Black Women Achievement Award and, more recently, the Pandora Award for Publishing. Rasheda’s first novel was a runner-up in the Saga Literary Prize. She initiated the Candace Black Women Achievement Award, and WILDE International Network. She currently teaches Creative Writing in London.
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MURDER IN MONTEGO BAY PAULA LENNON
ISBN: 978-1-909762-41-1 eISBN: 978-1-909762-42-8 JUNE 2017 Crime Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 296 pp Price: £8.99 Rights: World
‘A veritable blockbuster of a crime novel!’ Peter Kalu, author of Yard Dogs In Montego Bay, Jamaica, privileged ChineseJamaican brothers Lester and Carter Chin Ellis have enjoyed a sheltered life as the heirs to the iced desserts empire Chinchillerz. One fateful night, following a fiery encounter with local law enforcement the brothers are taken to Pelican Walk Police Station, where Lester is detained for drunk driving, while Carter is released without charge. Within minutes of leaving the station Carter is shot dead in a drive-by.
PAULA LENNON was born in England to Jamaican parents, the sixth child and only girl amongst five boys. She lived in Jamaica during her teens and attended college in Chapelton, Clarendon. Back in England, Paula worked for many years as a commercial lawyer in London, before deciding to live where the weather was more conducive to smiling. She currently resides in Jamaica, where she is always actively plotting, writing, and admiring the Caribbean Sea. Murder in Montego Bay is her first novel.
Discredited Detective Raytheon Preddy is put in charge of the murder case and is forced to accept the assistance of Detective Sean Harris, a Scottish lawman seconded to Jamaica. With his superiors watching his every move and the Chin Ellis family interfering with the investigation, Preddy is determined to catch the killer and save his career.
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BESTSELLERS AND AWARD WINNERS ARD AS HEBC ON B 4 RADIO
978-1-909762-43-5 £9.99
K BL AC RY HISTOLIGHT HIGH
978-1-909762-35-0 £12.99
BET T YK TRAS D AWAR ER WINN
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978-1-909762-22-0 £8.99
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THE BOOK OF HARLAN BERNICE L. MCFADDEN
ISBN: 978-1-909762-43-5 eISBN: 978-1-909762-44-2 OCTOBER 2016 Historical fiction Binding: Demy paperback Extent: 400 pp Price: £9.99 Rights: World, excl. North America & the Caribbean
‘. . . a fascinating exploration of the beauty of the Harlem Renaissance, the jazz scene of 1930s Paris and the horror of what black people experienced in the Nazi holocaust.’ Samira Ahmed BBC Radio 4, Front Row ‘This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit over bigotry, intolerance and cruelty.’ Washington Post
The Book of Harlan opens with the courtship of Harlan’s parents and his 1917 birth in Macon, Georgia. After his prominent minister grandfather dies, Harlan and his parents move to Harlem, where he eventually becomes a professional musician. When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre— affectionately referred to as “The Harlem of Paris” by black American musicians—Harlan jumps at the opportunity, convincing Lizard to join him.
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But after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald—the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany—irreparably changing the course of Harlan’s life. Based on exhaustive research and told in McFadden’s mesmeric prose, The Book of Harlan skillfully blends the stories of McFadden’s familial ancestors with those of real and imagined characters. BERNICE L. MCFADDEN is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels including Sugar, The Warmest December, Gathering of Waters (a New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the 100 Notable Books of 2012), Glorious, which was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. She is a three-time Hurston/ Wright Legacy Award finalist, as well as the recipient of three awards from the BCALA (The Black Caucus of the American Library Association). McFadden lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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EVELYN DOVE: BRITAIN’S BLACK CABARET QUEEN STEPHEN BOURNE
ISBN: 978-1-909762-35-0 eISBN: 978-1-909762-36-7 OCTOBER 2016 Illustrated biography Binding: Paperback, 225 x 166 mm Extent: 160 pp Price: £12.99 Rights: World
The untold story of one of Britain’s most versatile singers and performers of the 1920s and 30s Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning five decades from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A black British diva with movie star looks; she captivated audiences and admirers around the world, enjoying the same appeal as the ‘Forces Sweetheart’ Vera Lynn throughout the Second World War. Refusing to be constrained by her race or middle– class West African and English backgrounds, she would become a regular vocalist for the BBC and a celebrated performer across continental Europe, India and the US. At the height of her fame in the 1930s, she worked with the pioneers of black British theatre, replacing Josephine Baker as the star attraction in a revue at the Casino de Paris and scandalizing her family by appearing on stage semi-nude.
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This is a celebration of an extraordinary career punctuated with vertiginous highs and profound lows, and places Dove in historical context with artists of her time, such as Adelaide Hall, Dame Cleo Laine and Dame Shirley Bassey. STEPHEN BOURNE has been specialising in black British histories since 1991. He has written over 15 books, including the acclaimed Black in the British Frame, Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music and The Motherland Calls: Britain’s Black Servicemen and Women 1939-1945. Stephen received the 2015 Southwark Arts Forum Award for Literature for Black Poppies: Britain’s Black Community and the Great War. He is a regular contributor to BBC documentaries and has written for many publications, including The Voice, The Independent, BBC History Magazine and History Today.
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TRAM 83 FISTON MWANZA MUJILA
ISBN: 978-1-909762-22-0 eISBN: 978-1-909762-23-7 OCTOBER 2015 Price: £8.99 Literary fiction Binding: B-format paperback, French flaps Extent: 192 pp Rights: UK & Ireland
Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 Winner of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 In an African city in secession land tourists of all languages and nationalities have only one desire: to make a fortune by exploiting the mineral and human wealth of the country. As soon as night falls, they go out to get drunk, dance, eat and abandon themselves in Tram 83, the only night-club of the city, the den of all the iniquities. Lucien, an aspiring writer, fleeing the exactions and the censorship, finds refuge in the city thanks to Requiem, a friend. Requiem lives mainly by theft and swindle, while Lucien only thinks of writing and living honestly. Around them gravitate gangsters and young girls, retired or runaway men, profitseeking tourists and federal agents of a nonexistent State.
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Tram 83 plunges the reader into the atmosphere of a gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colourfully exotic. It is an observation of human relationships in a world that has become a global village, an Africanrhapsody novel hammered by rhythms of jazz. FISTON MWANZA MUJILA was born in 1981 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, where he went to a catholic school before studying Literature and Human Sciences at Lubumbashi University. He now lives in Graz, Austria and is pursuing a PHD in Romance Languages. Originally published in French in August 2014 by Éditions Métailié, Tram 83 is Fiston’s first novel and has been translated into eight languages, picking up numerous prizes and accolades from both sides of the Atlantic along the way.
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BUTTERFLY FISH IRENOSEN OKOJIE
ISBN: 978-1-909762-31-2 HB ISBN: 978-1-909762-06-0 eISBN: 978-1-909762-14-5 JUNE 2016 Price: £7.99, £12.99 Literary fiction Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 346 pp Rights: World excl. Nigeria & Kenya
A Betty Trask Award winner (2016) “ One of the most original and innovative writers to emerge in many a year.” Alex Wheatle MBE “Unique and imaginative.” Diana Evans, Orange Prize winner After the sudden death of her mother, London photographer Joy struggles to pull the threads of her life back together with the support of her kind but mysterious neighbour Mrs Harris. Joy’s fortunes begin to change when she receives an unexpected inheritance from her mother: a huge sum of money, her grandfather’s diary and a unique brass artefact from the ancient kingdom of Benin. Joy’s search for the origins of the artifact takes us on a journey through time, and as dark family secrets come to light, Joy unearths the ties between her mother, grandfather, the wife of a king, a fearsome
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warrior, and the brass head’s pivotal connection to them all. Haunting and compelling, Butterfly Fish is a richly told story of love and hope, of family secrets, power, political upheaval, loss and coming undone. IRENOSEN OKOJIE is a Nigerian-British writer, curator and Arts Project Manager. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian and The Observer, and her short stories have been published internationally. She has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Southbank Centre, and the Caine Prize and was Writer in Residence for TEDx East End. In 2014, she was the Prize Advocate for the SI Leeds Literary Prize and in 2015 the Evening Standard named her as one of the top debut novelists of the summer with for her novel Butterfly Fish. She is a mentor for the Pen to Print project supported by publisher Constable & Robinson and lives in East London.
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SPEAK GIGANTULAR IRENOSEN OKOJIE
ISBN: 978-1-909762-29-9 eISBN: 978-1-909762-30-5 SEPTEMBER 2016 Price: £8.99 Fiction, Short stories Binding: B-format paperback Extent: 224 pp Rights: World excl. Nigeria & Kenya
For fans of Helen Oyeyemi and Jeannette Winterson A startling debut short story collection from one of Britain’s rising literary stars. These stories are captivating, erotic, enigmatic and disturbing. Irenosen Okojie’s gift is in her understated humour, her light touch, her razor-sharp assessment of the best and worst of humankind, and her unflinching gaze into the darkest corners of the human experience.
Sexy, serious and at times downright disturbing, this brilliant debut collection sizzles with originality. IRENOSEN OKOJIE is a Nigerian-British writer, curator and Arts Project Manager. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian and The Observer, and her short stories have been published internationally. See page 14 for the full biography.
In these stories Okojie creates worlds where lovelorn aliens abduct innocent coffee shop waitresses, where the London Underground is inhabited by the ghosts of errant citizens caught between here and the hereafter, where insensitive men cheat on their mistresses and can only muster enough interest to fall for one-dimensional poster girls and where brave young women attempt to be erotically empowered at their own peril.
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THE ELEPHANT AND THE BEE
BEYOND THE PALE
Driven by a childhood urge to ‘Save the World’ naive Kenyan, Jess de Boer leaves her privileged home in Nairobi in exchange for an adventure that spans continents and encompasses a series of jarring and often hilarious mishaps. A series of events eventually leads her back to Africa where she discovers her true calling: the wonderful world of beekeeping!
‘A graceful, perceptive rendering of a misunderstood condition.’ Kirkus Reviews
JESS DE BOER
Join this modern day explorer as she tackles the enormous challenges of aid in Africa and environmental issues, with all the internet-derived hubris of today’s youth. JESS DE BOER was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya where she now works as a beekeeper and is still on a mission to one day save the world. The Elephant and the Bee is her first book.
APRIL 2016 | £12.99 978-1-909762-24-4 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-25-1 Memoir | Soft cover, 208 x 150 mm | 288 pp Rights: World English, excl. India
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EMILY URQUHART
When Emily’s daughter Sadie is born with albinism, a rare genetic disorder where pigment fails to form in the skin, hair and eyes, she elects to take an immersive journey to East Africa and through her own family tree to discover more about the condition. Shot through with Emily’s expertise in folklore, this is a riveting story that questions our cultural beliefs, the randomness of our genes and which elicits beauty, amazement and horror. EMILY URQUHART is a writer and folklorist based in Victoria, British Columbia. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Reader’s Digest, Flare and The Walrus. APRIL 2016 | £14.99 978-1-909762-33-6 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-34-3 Memoir | Demy PB | 288 pp Rights: UK & Commonwealth, excl. Canada
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FROM PASTA TO PIGFOOT FRANCES MENSAH WILLIAMS
FROM PASTA TO PIGFOOT: SECOND HELPINGS FRANCES MENSAH WILLIAMS
‘A warm and poignant “coming of culture” novel.’ Lesley Lokko Under-achieving PA, Faye Bonsu is on a mission to find love. A journey that will transport her from London’s leafy Hampstead and closer to her African heritage and the hectic social whirlpool of Ghana. Here she meets the handsome Rocky Asante, a cynical, careerobsessed banker with no time for women . . . until now. Let loose in a world of food, fun and sun, Faye is forced to discover that no matter how far you travel, you can’t find love until you find yourself.
Faye Bonsu returns for another adventure in love! Faye now seems to have it all, but with all her friends shifting into yummy-mummy mode, a man who seems to have no desire to put a ring on it, tricky clients, and an attractive, single boss, things are not quite as simple as they might appear. Cue a return to sunny Ghana for what she hopes will be the time of her life. But life doesn’t always offer second chances and she is forced to make choices that come with lasting consequences.
FRANCES MENSAH WILLIAMS was born in Ghana and grew up in the UK. She is CEO of Interims for Development Ltd and publisher of careers and business website, ReConnectAfrica.com.
FRANCES MENSAH WILLIAMS was born in Ghana and grew up in the UK. She is CEO of Interims for Development Ltd and publisher of careers and business website, ReConnectAfrica.com. Her work spans the UK and Africa, and she is the recipient of several professional awards.
MAY 2015 | £7.99 978-1-909762-20-6 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-21-3 Romance | B-format PB | 552 pp Rights: World
MAY 2016 | £7.99 978-1-909762-27-5 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-28-2 Romance | B-format PB | 408 pp Rights: World
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SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE
NO MORE HEROES
African Literature Association Book of the Year (2014)
Author of the critically acclaimed novel, Toy Soldiers
So the Path Does Not Die is a touching coming of age story that follows Finaba through her childhood into adulthood, and from her native Sierra Leone to the USA. This contemporary tale addresses issues of ethnicity, sexuality, gender and Female Genital Circumcision, told through the life of a determined, young African woman. But above all, it is a story of survival.
It’s July 7, 2005, and Simon Weekes is among the lucky few to escape a massive bomb blast on the London underground. Seconds after the explosion, he quickly organises the survivors into an effective rescue team. In the days that follow his heroics are subject to the glare of the media and he becomes an overnight celebrity. The only thing is, he doesn’t want all the attention. He can’t afford it. He has too much to lose.
PEDE HOLLIST is an associate professor of English at The University of Tampa, Florida. Born in Sierra Leone, Pede studied in London for a number of years before moving to the US. His short story Foreign Aid was shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing. So the Path Does Not Die is his first novel.
STEPHEN THOMPSON was born in Hackney to Jamaican parents. He has written several novels and plays, and has lectured in Creative Writing at Birkbeck College and the University of Edinburgh. He is the recipient of an Arts Council New Writers Bursary and is a former Hawthornden Fellow.
JUNE 2016 | £7.99 978-1-909762-32-9 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-09-1 Contemporary fiction | B-format PB | 360 pp Rights: UK & Commonwealth, excl. Africa
OCTOBER 2015 | £7.99 978-1-909762-12-1 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-13-8 Crime | B-format PB | 208 pp Rights: World
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EVERY BOY SHOULD HAVE A MAN
SATANS & SHAITANS
Imagine a post-human world where Oafs rule what is left of the planet. Humans have been reduced to a subspecies called mans and are kept as pets. And a boy oaf and his beautiful pet mans will teach us about love, justice and bravery.
‘A bold and timely new voice on Nigeria’s everstrident literary scene.’ Diana Evans, winner of the Orange Prize
PRESTON L. ALLEN
Every Boy Should Have a Man is an epic fable about love in all its forms, and the unbreakable power of hope, set against the backdrop of poverty, discrimination and environmental destruction. PRESTON L. ALLEN is a recipient of a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. Every Boy Should Have a Man is his latest novel and has been nominated for the Hurston/Wright Prize for African-American literature.
OBINNA UDENWE
Determined to overrule the Nigerian President, members of the powerful secret society, led by Chief Donald Amechi and Christian Evangelist Chris Chuba, employ a terrorist cell to carry out attacks in Northern Nigeria under the guise of forming an Islamic state. Set against the backdrop of Nigeria’s ongoing terrorism tensions and upcoming elections, Satans and Shaitans is a powerful story about love, politics, power, religion, terrorism and corruption. OBINNA UDENWE is a Nigerian writer and political commentator. In 2014 he was named Ebonyi State Literary Icon. Satans and Shaitans is his debut novel.
MARCH 2015 | £8.99 978-1-909762-17-6 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-19-0 Fantasy, Sci-fi | B-format PB | 192 pp Rights: UK & Commonwealth (excl. Canada, Caribbean)
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NOVEMBER 2014 | £8.99 978-1-909762-05-3 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-11-4 Crime | B-format PB | 368 pp Rights: World
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THE BLINK THAT KILLED THE EYE
THE COLOUR BLACK
‘The Blink That Killed The Eye is a rising flood of life, poetry and everything in-between.’ Rachel Holmes, The Metropolist
Includes stunning, intricate illustrations and original artwork by the author
ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU
A stunningly crafted debut short story collection, taking a poetic torch to the shadows of daily life: From building sites to prison cells; from the birth of love to the last moments of breath, Anthony Anaxagorou navigates expertly through the tangled nets of invisibility, desperation and power to bring us time-defining tales of tragedy and hope.
MAIA WALCZAK
Silvia Cruz lives quietly as an artist in San Diego drawing the contours of the human body – Max, Arthur and then one day, Jack. Silvia is inexplicably drawn to Jack, and confides in him about her past, revealing a secret that drives them both out of town. Together they travel across the landscapes of America to Alaska, looking for answers and finding adventure.
ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU is an acclaimed poet, prose writer, playwright, performer and educator. He has published eight volumes of poetry, a spoken word EP and written for theatre.
MAIA WALCZAK is an artist, illustrator and author. Born and raised in London to Polish parents, Maia has also lived in Chile, Australia and Poland, and now resides in Cornwall.
OCTOBER 2014 | £8.99 978-1-909762-04-6 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-10-7 Short stories | B-format PB | 172 pp Rights: World
JULY 2014 | £12.99 978-1-909762-02-2 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-08-4 Contemporary fiction | Demy PB | 224 pp Rights: World
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GLASS
FASHION AFRICA
A writer in self-imposed exile in London receives a call from the Prime Minister of his former country, inviting him to return to write the Prime Minister’s biography. He soon finds himself thrust into a world of exceptional wealth, power and corruption, leading to one potentially cataclysmic decision that will change everything.
With an introduction by Chris Spring of the British Museum
PATRICK WILMOT
An unflinching tale of social reality, politics, love and unmitigated horror in a mythological Caribbean drawn directly from real life. PATRICK WILMOT was born in Jamaica in 1942 and taught Political Sociology in Nigeria for 18 years. In 1988, he was abducted by Nigerian security police and forcibly ‘retired’ to London. His début novel was Seeing Double (Cape, 2005/Vintage, 2012).
JUNE 2014 | £10.99 978-1-909762-01-5 | eISBN: 978-1-909762-07-7 Political thriller | Demy PB | 304 pp Rights: World
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JACQUELINE SHAW
A comprehensive guide to the designers, materials, and sustainable practices available in continental Africa. ‘Fashion Africa covers all things African and fashion related without losing direction, or the reader’s attention. Strong on passion and factual information with Vogue level photography, Fashion Africa is a coffee table book with a conscience.’ Joy Francis, Words of Colour JACQUELINE SHAW is the Founding Director of social enterprise Africa Fashion Guide (AFG) and a professional fashion designer by trade. She has been a speaker at FIT in New York, WOW Festival, the House of Lords, Ghana Fashion Week and more. FEBRUARY 2014 | £29.99 978-1-909762-00-8 Illustrated, Fashion | HB | 320 pp Rights: World
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