Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards, the Shirley Jackson Award and the Jhalak Prize. A startling debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Butterfly Fish.
Irenosen Okojie Books
Irenosen Okojie writes about the vulnerability of the human spirit and the ways in which we navigate it. Her prose is characterized by a mesmerizing rhythm and a piercing insight into the human psyche. She explores themes of identity, displacement, and the search for belonging with unflinching honesty. Her writing is imbued with raw emotional power, often leaving the reader in a state of profound contemplation.
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020
- 120 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Now in its 21st year, the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is African's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. The collection brings together the five stories on the 2020 shortlist.
A fragile outsider living in London, Joy struggles to pull the threads of her life back together after her mother's sudden death. As family secrets come to light, she unearths the ties between her mother, grandfather, the wife of the king, a fearsome warrior, and a brass head's pivotal connection to them all.
A vivid coming-of-age epic following the intersecting lives of Seraphin, a young man forced from his homeland due to civil war in Rwanda, and a host of eclectic characters in Namibia, Brussels, Paris, and Cape Town.
Nudibranch
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A dark and lyrical collection of short stories from the author of the critically acclaimed Speak Gigantular and Butterfly Fish, whose unique voice has been praised by writers like Ben Okri and Stella Duffy.
Curandera
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
From an award-winning author comes this thrilling, experimental new novel exploring the darker elements of shamanism, desire, betrayal and friendship - across time and dimensions.