{"id":914,"date":"2013-07-07T12:43:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T11:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=914"},"modified":"2013-07-07T12:43:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T11:43:50","slug":"nick-wood-mayjune-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Nick Wood – May\/June 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am pleased to report that the reception of AfroSF<\/i>, the first anthology of African science fiction from African writers, has been generally very positive. http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/AfroSF-Science-Fiction-African-ebook\/dp\/B00AEUH112<\/a><\/p>\n

I have included a broad range of links from online reviews since the publication of AfroSF<\/i>, all of which make for interesting reading – often going on to contextualise the increasing expression of specifically African<\/i> science fiction.<\/p>\n

Strange Horizons:\u00a0http:\/\/www.strangehorizons.com\/reviews\/2013\/03\/afrosf_edited_b.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

BookShy:\u00a0http:\/\/bookshybooks.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/11\/book-review-afrosf-science-fiction-by_23.html<\/a><\/p>\n

LitRo magazine:\u00a0http:\/\/www.litro.co.uk\/2013\/01\/afrosf-science-fiction-by-african-writers-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Future Fire:\u00a0http:\/\/reviews.futurefire.net\/2012\/12\/hartmann-afrosf.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Nerine Dorman:\u00a0http:\/\/nerinedorman.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/11\/afrosf-science-fiction-by-african.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Brittle Paper:\u00a0http:\/\/brittlepaper.com\/2013\/06\/african-science-fiction-comeback-review-afrosf-matt-omelsky\/<\/a><\/p>\n

THe Hindu:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/books\/books-reviews\/present-imperfect-future-tense\/article4588039.ece<\/a><\/p>\n

Le Monde:\u00a0http:\/\/mondediplo.com\/2013\/06\/13scifi<\/a><\/p>\n

The success of AfroSF<\/i> has meant that a Volume 2 is planned, aiming at novella length work, with submissions due March 14th<\/sup>, 2014, here: https:\/\/afrosf.submittable.com\/submit<\/a><\/p>\n

Tade Thompson<\/strong> and I, both contributors to the first volume of AfroSF<\/i>, have co-written a novella entitled \u2018The last pantheon<\/em>\u2019, which we very much hope may eventually see the light of day in AfroSF, vol.2<\/i>. This was fun to write, an African super-hero drama, looking both at African history and what it means to be human. (With plenty of action thrown into the mix. This was my first collaboration – and will also, I hope, be fun to read!)<\/p>\n

See here for my article on a black South African super-hero called \u2018Mighty Man<\/strong>\u2019, from the apartheid 1970\u2019s: http:\/\/southafricancomicbooks.blogspot.co.uk\/2011\/10\/sowetos-super-man-mighty-man-and-mid.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, the Kwani? Manuscript Prize<\/em> winners have been announced. Congratulations to all, including the winner Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi<\/strong> from Uganda and \u2018<\/b>The Kintu Saga\u2019<\/i>. <\/b>My novel, \u2018Azanian Bridges<\/i>\u2019 was long-listed and, given Kwani’s<\/em> stated intent to support publishing novels on the short-list and several from the long-list, I am hoping this book of mine may yet find its way to readers.<\/p>\n

Indeed, I have recently written about African literary Awards on my website – SF in SA part 18<\/em> – and another positive of the Kwani? Award<\/i> mentioned by both Billy Kahora<\/strong> and Jamal Mahjoub<\/strong>, was the wider focus on a batch<\/em> of books with potential and not just one winner.<\/p>\n

Still, a winner always deserves many plaudits – congratulations to Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi<\/b> and the entire short-list as well:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/manuscript.kwani.org\/kwani-manuscript-project-news-jennifer.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick Wood<\/p>\n

London<\/p>\n

July 7th<\/sup> 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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