Bookshelf

Bookshelf

The world’s first door-to-door poet

At this year’s singularly muddy Glastonbury, Rowan McCabe explained why he was delivering bespoke poetry to bedraggled campers In a damp Saturda

Lidudumalingani’s ‘Lost Memory’

Even before reading the story, you are reminded of the judges’ verdict with the words ‘Incredible Journey, Judges’ Choice’, fr

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…Book reviewer, Salamatu Sule Odufa by Othuke Ominiabohs

Salamatu Sule is a book lover and reviewer of African literature. Her last good read was ‘Odufa’ a lover’s tale, by Othuke Ominiaboh

Five books of joy in a difficult World

1) Isabel Allende’s Aphrodite: This book which is the history of food, love and aphrodisiacs, brings me to tears all the time. This is a book th

Most fiction contain autobiographical elements – Tope Folarin

Bookshelf: You were recently shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. Now, you were winner of the same prize in 2013 for your short story,