Moses Magadza reviews Justice Oagile Dingake's "Towards A People’s...
Veteran journalist, Moses Magadza reviews Justice Oagile Dingake's unique book: "Towards A People’s Constitution for Botswana" Follow this link: BOOK REVIEW: Towards a People’s Constitution for...
View Articleam hunting for a publisher: Tanaka Chidora
In the following exciting and wide ranging interview, author of Because Sadness is Beautiful? Tanaka Chidora, says he is looking for a publisher for his novel. Find link to the interview here:...
View ArticlePress statement: ZIBFA fire alert
ZIBFA Chairman’s statement Country on Focus Gazebo fireWe regret to inform the book industry in Zimbabwe and all our stakeholders and partners abroad about the fire that destroyed the iconic ZIBF...
View ArticleKwaChirere reads Ignatius Mabasa's 4th novel, Ziso Rezongororo
Ziso ReZongororo, a novel by Ignatius MabasaPublished by Oxford University Press, 2021, Cape Town.Isbn:978 0 19 072177 0.A Review by Memory Chirere Ziso Rezongororo, which translates to; the eye of a...
View ArticleKwaChirere reads Thomas Bvuma's new Historical novel
“The Chosen Generation” a historical novel by Thomas Sukutai BvumaIndependently published in 2021, 207 pages, isbn: 9798585091247(Reviewed by Memory Chirere) Young Masara Musamba of Sakubva, Umtali,...
View ArticleKwaChirere previews Andrew Chatora's Where the Heart Is
A preview by Memory ChirereIt is not every day that one previews a work of fiction. The fast-rising UK based Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora, has a second novel in the wings. It is set to be released...
View ArticleBatsirai Chigama's alternative man!
Title: For Women Trying To Breathe and FailingBy Batsirai Chigama, Ntombekhaya, Harare: 2021, 132 pagesIsbn: 978-177925-791-8There are many ways of writing protest poetry. One of them is for the poet...
View ArticleIgnatius Mabasa: Borrowing is not sowing...
(Ignatius Mabasa)In this wide-ranging interview, multiple award-winning Zimbabwean journalist, editor, musician and scholar, Moses Magadza (MM), talks to celebrated Zimbabwean writer, Ignatius Mabasa...
View ArticleThe man who wrote Marechera's letter!
Austin KalubaVery few people know that the so called Dambudzo Marechera’s letter to Samantha, which has gone viral on many websites, was not written by...
View ArticleNew book on Dendera music
Musambo WeDendera, by Biggie ChirangaPublished by EssentialBooks Publishing Co. Norton, Zimbabwe, 2022, pp105Isbn: 9781779209443 (A review by Memory Chirere)This book is a sweet little thing written...
View ArticleThe return of Andrew Chatora...Harare Voices and Beyond
The UK based Zimbabwean author, Andrew Chatora, has yet another new novel on the way! This is the third novel in three years from the fast rising writer from Mutare. It is called Harare Voices and...
View ArticleKwaChirere reviews Starfish Blossoms by Vazhure
Title: Starfish BlossomsAuthor: Samantha Rumbidzai VazhurePublisher: Carnelian Heart Publishing, 2022Hardback: isbn: 987-1-914287-27-5Paper back: isbn: 978-1-914287-28-2E-Book isbn: 978-1-914287-29-9...
View ArticleTariro Ndoro reviews Chatora's HARARE VOICES & BEYOND
"Harare Voices and Beyond"– Confessional Family Drama Extraordinaire: A Welcome Addition to the CanonChild abuse, domestic violence, and incest all find a voice in Chatora’s new book: Harare Voices...
View ArticleTsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s A Portrait of Emlanjeni: a preview
Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s novel, A Portrait of Emlanjeni, is set to be published by the UK based Carnelian Heart Publishing this March of 2023. It will definitely bring us to the literature and...
View ArticleWhen Three Sevens Clash: a book review
Reviewing When Three Sevens ClashA book review by Memory Chirere, Harare.I am yet to recover from a tumultuous experience I had recently in coming in touch with When Three Sevens Clash, a book cum...
View ArticleKwaChirere reads Austin Kaluba's new stories
Author: Austin KalubaTitle: Mensah’s London Blues and other StoriesPublisher, Carnelian Heart Publishing in the UK, 2023, 117 pagesPaperback ISBN 978-1-914287-04-6Hardback ISBN 978-1-914287-05-3The...
View ArticleIgnatius Mabasa writes intro to Shamhu YeZera Renyu
MusumoShamhu Yezera Renyu raita kuti ndifunge kuti, mudetembi Memory Chirere anonetsa kuti umuwanire mupanda kana tasvika panyaya dzekunyora nhetembo.Chirere munyori asvika panotyisa pakasiyana...
View ArticleThe writer from Matobo speaks...
Vuso Mhlanga (VM) interviews Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya( TNN) on her new novel, A Portrait of Emlanjeni published by Carnelian Heart Publishing in the UK this March 2023.VM: Your new...
View ArticleKwaChirere reviews Fatima Kara’s debut novel
Title: The Train House on Lobengula Street,Author: Fatima KaraPublisher: Envelope Books: London, 2023Isbn: 9 781915 023094 (A Book Review by Memory Chirere)Fatima Kara’s novel, The Train House on...
View ArticleDaves Guzha returns with AIKAKA!
Yesterday, Wednesday, 9 August 2023, in the evening, I went to the Theatre in The Park in the Harare Gardens to watch veteran dramatist’s, Daves Guzha’s one man play called Aikaka! The play is showing...
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