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Women in Translation Month Sale
August is Women in Translation Month, an annual celebration started by book blogger Meytal Radzinski in 2013 "with the goal of promoting women writers from around the world writing in languages other than English." In celebration of this year's event, we're offering 20% off of Sacrificed (paperback or ebook), the U.S. debut of author Chanette Paul.
Translated from Afrikaans by Elsa Silke, this thriller/family drama crosses borders and eras, as one woman's search for the truth behind her painful past leads her from South Africa to the Congo’s sparkling diamond mines to Belgium’s finest art galleries to uncover a lifetime's worth of secrets. The sale runs through the end of the month.
Be sure to head to our site to read interviews with Chanette and Elsa, and follow #WITMonth and #WomenInTranslation across social media to discover other great new writers from around the globe. And check out the Women In Translation Month website to learn more about this great event.
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Catalyst Authors News
Joanne Hichens's thriller Divine Justice was included in this Amplitude Magazine roundup of books featuring amputees. Amplitude Magazine is a publication “for amputees who want to live more fully.”
This month’s Imbiza Journal, a South African-based magazine focused on African writing, is centered on women’s voices and is guest edited by Barbara Boswell, author of Unmaking Grace.
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (The Theory of Flight) was recently in conversation with author Tsitsi Jaji in an event hosted by Red Rice and Beans Diaspora Bookstore in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can watch a recording of their conversation here. And special thanks to Zweli's, a Zimbabwean restaurant in Durham, NC, who provided a recipe inspired by Siphiwe's book and Zimbabwe's food culture. You can download the recipe for Dovi Chicken/Tofu here.
Niki Daly, the author of the Lolo series for beginning readers (among many other titles) was recently awarded a South African Children’s Laureate Award by the University of the Western Cape Faculty of Education and the SA Festival of Children’s Literature. In presenting Niki the prize, children’s lit scholar and editor Dr. Mia Oosthuizen said it nicely “you capture the imagination and children’s magnificent everyday lives.” We're excited to be publishing two more of Niki's books in 2022— Fly High, Lolo and On My Papa's Shoulders.
Helen Brain's book Mrs. Penguin's Perfect Palace is featured on South Africa's Parent24Â website. The book was created with Book Dash, a South African organization that brings together "creative professionals who volunteer to create new, African storybooks that anyone can freely translate, print and distribute," making books available to young readers free of charge. Mrs. Penguin's Perfect Palace is available in English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and isiXhosa. Helen is the author of The Fiery Spiral trilogy, a fantasy series for young adult readers. Book two in the series, The Rising Tide, was released in July.
Sifiso Mzobe's short story collection Searching for Simphiwe is featured in this great list at Brittle Paper from author Siphiwo Mahala of books he's reading right now. We're proud to be the U.S. publisher for Sifiso's award-winning novel Young Blood.Â
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Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu at the Brooklyn Book Festival
We are thrilled to announce that Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, author of The Theory of Flight and The History of Man, will be appearing at the Brooklyn Book Festival! This year's event runs September 26 through October 4, and is a mix of in-person and virtual appearances. Siphiwe is part of an incredible line-up of authors. Head to brooklynbookfestival.org for the full roster of participating authors, illustrators and creators!
Through the lives of a few families and the fate of a single patch of ground, The Theory of Flight sketches decades of national history in an unnamed country in Southern Africa – from colonial occupation through the freedom struggle. The follow-up, The History of Man shifts the perspective to that of the colonizer, exploring this same history through the eyes of one man on his journey from boyhood to manhood, and the changes that befall him through love, loss, and war. With sympathy, complexity, and penetrating insight, the novel explores what makes a man, a father, and a nation. The Theory of Flight is out now, and The History of Man is out in January.
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Out Next Month: Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa
“An electric collection of stories that seethes with horror and beauty.” — Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls and Afterland
We are excited to be the North American publisher for Disruption, the newest Short Story Day Africa anthology. Short Story Day Africa is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing the next generation of African voices through workshops, mentorship, and their annual Short Story Day Africa prize. Disruption features 21 new and emerging authors from across the African continent exploring the many ways that we grow, adapt, and survive in the face of our ever-changing global realities. In these evocative, often prescient, stories, new and emerging writers from across Africa investigate many of the pressing issues of our time: climate change, pandemics, social upheaval, surveillance, and more. Disruption is out on September 7, and pre-orders are available now.Â
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