Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010 regional shortlists unveiled | RobAroundBooks.
I would love to hear comments from anyone who has read these books…
AFRICA
Best Book
- Trespass by Dawn Garisch. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Kwela Books.
- The Double Crown by Marié Heese. Country: South Africa. Country: Human & Rousseau.
- The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Country: Nigeria. Publisher: Fourth Estate.
- Eyo by Abidemi Sanusi. Country: Nigeria. Publisher: WordAlive Publishers.
- Tsamma Season by Rosemund Handler. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Penguin.
- Refuge by Andrew Brown. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Zebra Press.
- Kings of the Water by Mark Behr. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Penguin.
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Best First Book
- I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. Country: Nigeria. Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson(?)
- The Shape of Him by Gill Schierhout. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Jonathan Cape.
- The Shadow of a Smile by Kachi Ozumba. Country Nigeria. Publisher: Alma Books.
- Come Sunday by Isla Morley. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Sceptre.
- Sleepers Wake by Alistair Morgan. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Penguin.
- Jelly Dog Days by Erica Emdon. Country: South Africa. Publisher: Penguin.
- Harmattan Rain by Ayesha Harruna Attah. Country: Ghana. Publishers: Per Ankh Books.
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