{"id":1108,"date":"2014-12-08T18:57:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T18:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2014-12-08T18:57:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T18:57:42","slug":"blog-novemberdecember-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickwood.eketahuna.co.nz\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Blog – November\/December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a brief blog update really, as I head out to visit family in Cape Town again soon.\u00a0Firstly, it’s very exciting to see a new online African SF magazine launched, called ‘Omenana<\/em>‘, with a great mix of stories and non-fiction (interview and review article). The TOC<\/em> for Issue 1 is:<\/p>\n

Editorial: \u00a0Speculative Fiction in Nigeria:<\/em> The Journey to Being:<\/em> Mazi Nwonwu<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 4:15 Appointment:<\/em> Rafeeat Aliyu<\/strong><\/p>\n

HostBods<\/em>: Tendai Huchu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crocodile Ark:<\/em> Oluwole Talabi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Winter in Lagos<\/em>: Saratu Abiola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art<\/strong>:\u00a0Mami Water: Calm Waters<\/em>: Kelsey Arrington<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview<\/strong>:\u00a0The World According to\u00a0Ibrahim Ganiyu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Essay<\/strong>:\u00a0The Unbearable Solitude of Being an African Fan Girl:<\/em>\u00a0Chinelo Onwualu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Omenana<\/em> is available here<\/a><\/p>\n

Secondly, nominations for ‘the’ ‘Best Of 2014’ will be coming in for a range of media and genres. I’ve always been interested in ‘non-fiction’ articles critically addressing SF in its broadest sense. The annual anthology of online SF<\/a> related articles is thus always of interest: So if you are interested in nominating any articles along these lines (e.g. the Chinelo Onwualu<\/strong> article in Omenana<\/em>), Speculative Fiction 2014<\/em><\/a> is still open.<\/p>\n

In this \u2018best of\u2019 spirit, here’s Bookshy’s<\/strong> top or favourite picks for 2014 African book covers<\/a><\/p>\n

Thirdly, my story ‘Azania<\/em>‘ is due to appear next year (2015) in ‘How to Live on Other\u00a0Planets<\/em>‘, a collection of migration themed<\/strong> SF stories. The KickStarter is here<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0This looks a great collection, so I’m really looking forward to reading the other stories. Further in this vein, here’s reportage of a Kenyan SF TV<\/a> series with an interesting inversion of the immigration theme – Immigration is a fraught topic in the UK currently and as a migrant myself I found this following article insightful and resonant on this issue, ‘We Are all Migrants<\/em>‘ by Mohsin Hamid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Next year I’m also looking forward to AfroSF Vol.2<\/em> coming out, which includes a story co-written with Tade Thompson<\/strong>, entitled ‘The Last Pantheon<\/em>.’ Tade’s<\/strong> a gifted artist too, so I look forward to any illustrations that may appear alongside the story. It’s an African super-hero tale, pitching South African V Nigerian super-hero\/villain against each other. For a take on black super-heroes, have a look at ‘Super Black<\/em><\/a>‘ by Adilufu Nama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, I believe there may be a Dilman Dila<\/strong> novella coming in the AfroSF Vol. 2<\/em> collection as well \u2013 so for Dilman\u2019s<\/strong> exciting new speculative fiction short story collection, entitled \u2018A Killing in the Sun<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 go here<\/a><\/p>\n

The African Fantasy Reading Group,<\/em> set up by Geoff Ryman,<\/strong> will be covering this collection after first looking at Deji Olukotun\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Nigerians in Space<\/em><\/a>\u2019: Membership is open and active \u2013 so feel free to come along; either via Facebook<\/a> or What\u2019s App<\/a> on phone:<\/p>\n

Till 2015 then…happy reading – and writing!<\/p>\n

Nick Wood<\/strong> (Nov\/Dec 2014)<\/p>\n

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