“When we started Book Fantastics, we believed and sometimes still believe it is a game changer in book distributing trends. We never thought it would allow us to see places beyond the Zimbabwean borders, let alone the African continent. Our dream has always been to reshape the Zimbabwean bookshop by going beyond book selling. We wanted to have conversations with authors and those conversations to extend and facilitate dialogue amongst author’s themselves and in turn spur similar influences between authors and readers”.
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Outstanding Reading Spirit
Outstanding Reading Spirit by Bookshelf The story of a book lover Costa Shizha (60), a resident of Epworth, Harare, is testimony that ordinary Zimbabweans have not yet lost appetite for reading literature for leisure. Book purchasing habits may have undeniably diminished due to economic factors but the craving for books still exists. Neighbours, friends and…
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A Review of Maungira eZimbabwe, New Poetry Anthology
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Memory Chirere Reviews Diaspora Dreams, a novel by Andrew Chatora
Diaspora Dreams by Andrew Chatora Diaspora Dreams, A novel by Andrew Chatora Published by KHARIS PUBLISHING,2021, isbn: ISBN-13: 978-1-63746-029-0 There are strong indications that the UK-based Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora, is going to release his debut novel, Diaspora Dreams with Kharis Publishing in the US very soon. On noting the subject matter, I was initially tempted…
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A Bed of Injustice by Lazarus Nyagwambo
The Bed of Injustice, a Short Story by Lazarus Nyagwambo The empty space next to her felt too expansive. The absence of Rewai, her husband of fifty years, weighed on her heavier than it had on previous nights when he had not shared her bed with her. She longed more than ever to reach out…
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New Children’s Book Features African Cultural Heritages
The Reign: Africa, by C.Nichole Pan African Publishing, based in Texas, USA, has published a new children’s book entitled The Reign: Africa, written by C. Nichole. The 52-page illustrated book covers 20 African cultural groups, ranging from !Kung, Afar, Baganda, Batswana, and others, concluding with the Yoruba. Each feature is accompanied by an illustration that…
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Akuko Announces New Contest for African Writers
A new literary magazine of African writing, whose inaugural issues if slated for July 2021, has announced a contest for African writers on the continent and in the Diaspora. This new literary outfit is “a space for African writers to tell the stories of the continent and its peoples worldwide.” Akuko’s vision includes…
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Poetry by Chisiya Writers’ Workshop Members
Rural Writers’ Organization Nurturing Talent This month Munyori Literary Journal publishes a special feature of Shona poets who are members of the Chisiya Writers’ Workshop Whatsapp Group, which is part of the Chisiya Writers’ Club. We are excited about this, as the works showcase the level of talent and hard work coming out of the…
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Interview in Shona: Tinashe Muchuri Anokurukura naIgnatius Mabasa
Munyori Shona Contributing Editor, Tinashe Muchuri, chats with Ignatius Mabasa on story telling in the Ngano genre. The interview is allowed to unfold organically, with all its kinks, knots, pauses, digressions, interruptions and empty spaces. In talking about ngano, the two writers were telling each other ngano; they were both audience and story-teller at the…
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Tale by Vuyelwa Maluleke (South Africa)
Vuyelwa Maluleke is a Performance Poet, Scriptwriter and Actor, who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts from the University of Witwatersrand. She was shortlisted for the Brunel University African Poetry Prize in 2014, and is the author of the chapbook “THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE”. A slam champion of the Word and…