Author: Kinna
I'm a bibliophile who reads and reviews international, contemporary and classic literary fiction. I'm partial to the works of African women writers.
The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature goes to Tomas Tranströmer
My picks for the 2011 Nobel: It’s pointless, but why not?
“Waiting” by Chika Unigwe
Mummy, read: Mayowa and the Masquerades by Lola Shoneyin
Celebrating Nigerian Independence Day with Books
As the Crow Flies – Véronique Tadjo
To Margaret Jull Costa
“Requiem” by Slavko Zupcic
2011 Awards Round-up (7): Old Awards, New Prizes
Link Gems
Gone, but not fishing
“Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?”
“I lost my mother’s watch”
Mummy, read: Voice in the Forest by Efua T. Sutherland
Google pays homage to Jorge Luis Borges with a Doodle
“The Woman Who Stole the Rain” by Teolinda Gersão
Farafina Books to publish Binyavanga Wainaina’s memoir
You’re Not a Country, Africa by Pius Adesanmi