Presents stories by the 26 finalists for the HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award 2005. 205pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

2005 0864865805 Paperback

Moral and creative courage marks these new stories from young writers of the SADC region - They say what they want and confront what they must, unconstrained by past notions of what can or should be voiced. 272pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

Anthology of the best 30 short stories selected from 220 submissions for the HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award. The award is targeted at young writers who are citizens of any country in the SADC (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe). 224pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

Fourth book in a best-selling series of stories from southern Africa. With a foreword by Max du Preez. Bib, 157pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

Updated edition of a collection first published in 1994. It contains 21 short stories about and from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mozambique since 1960. Includes works by GORDIMER, RIVE, LA GUMA, HOMWANA, HEAD, DANGOR, COUTO, WICOMB, MAGONA and MATTERA. 271pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

Now in paperback. First published in 1989 as Children of Wax, this collection of folktales and animal fables from Zimbabwe and Botswana has been republished with a new foreword by Mma Ramotswe. Includes the stories 'Sister of Bones', 'Hare Fools the Baboons', 'The Wife Who Could Not Work' and 'Bad Uncles'. 174pp, UK. CANONGATE.

A satrirical novel set in the fictional Southern African country of Zambawi. While President Adini clings to power, student teacher Jim Tulloh tries to keep his days as mellow as possible. But when he is kidnapped by the Black Boot Gang, his fate takes some unexpected twists. Gloss, map, 375pp, UK. PENGUIN BOOKS,.

2000 0140286551 Paperback

In almost every village in Southern Africa lives a storyteller. Telling stories is not her official job. By day she may be a Gogo (or granny), a teacher, a farmer or a seamstress. But by night, round the fire, she will sit, surrounded by young children, old friends, neighbours and travellers, and will tell you of how it was in the olden days, when the Earth was young, when man was a hunter-gatherer, and when animals roamed wild throughout the continent. The author spent several months hiking around the villages, towns, farms and deserts of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa, asking people who can't read or write to tell her their favourite stories. The result is this children's treasury of legends and fables, of witchdoctors and king-doms of strange creatures and talking animals, which celebrates Africa and its ancient storytelling cultures. Illustrations by Celia von Poncet and a foreword by Iman. 190pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PENGUIN.