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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize Shortlists



Congratulations to Sade Adeniran (above) who is shortlisted for the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region) for her first novel, Imagine This. Remarkable, considering that Adeniran self-published herself as a last ditch effort to get her book out there.
Congratulations too to Dayo Forster who's also shortlisted for Reading the Ceiling. Forster joins Adeniran and 4 others on the shortlist in the Best First Book category. Zakes Mda (South Africa; for 'Cion') and Karen King-Aribisala (Nigeria; for 'The Hangman's Mistake') are shortlisted in the Best Book category.


Full shortlists available online. Regional winners will be announced on 13th March, and Overall winners on 18th May.


  • Image - Sade Adeniran photographed by MW @ The Harlesden Library, London; 4 October 2007.



1 comment:

ababoypart2 said...

Happy to see Sade Adeniran up there. She deserves it