My new book The Black Pimpernel |Nelson Mandela on the Run published by Pushkin Press is now available. If you are a family member or friend or God-what-what to an 8-12 year old who’s a discerning reader with impeccable literary tastes, pre-order a gift for them from my mother’s favourite writer. The book is in …
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Making Lemonade Out of Covid19: Last year Goethe-Institut Nairobi indicated that they wanted a Kenyan launch of Water Birds on the Lakeshore. Never one to do traditional book launches, I suggested that we do it by working with an organisation dealing with Young Adults (YAs). Enter Slum Child Foundation. I adapted the stories by Fatma …
I continue my partnership with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series of online …
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