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The books include a collection of short stories, three novels and a great work of nonfiction

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Four hours after our arrival in Lagos, the immigration officials must have felt they had sufficiently flexed their muscles

Dangarembga builds on her two earlier books

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Here the protagonist is in her 30s, and she again narrates her story herself with an interesting distancing to reflect the divisions in her being.

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In a cozy conversation, interspersed with music, Cherry speaks about what shaped her politics and memories.

My journey of reading women, writing as a woman and growing a wide heart

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Growing up, I was taught that reading was the key to life. Now I read to write.

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Article Staff Reporter - 18 Mar 2016

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‘General’ Liu Cixin deserves highest rank

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Fascinating arguments and ideas combined with a taut narrative tension make prize-winning novel by eminent author hard to put down.

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Everything you wanted to know about a vegetable garden comes to you between two covers.

Elleke Boehmer shares secrets and a Soviet embrace

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Novel on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley makes the Man Booker long list

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Game of ideological thrones

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George RR Martin believes right-wing science fiction writers have wrecked the Hugo Awards.

Writers can give hope to a society living in fear

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Award-winning author Ursula le Guin speaks out against greedy publishers

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Growing up in the global yachting community made for a great memoir.

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