THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLOCUS AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTIONHUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVELNEBULA AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVELLONGLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO GLASS BELL AWARDWINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION'This one has it all' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN'As delicious as it is disorient...

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In this “absolute marvel of a book” (Dinaw Mengestu, author of Someone Like Us), acclaimed author Remy Ngamije offers up a vibrant collection of award-winning short fiction.Presented as a literary mixtape, Only Stars Know the Meaning of Space is a work that provides you with a uniquely modern reading experience. The A-Side, read as one narrative, tells the story of a soon-to-be thirty-year-old aspiring writer navigating a complicated world. The B-...

‘A vital work for our times’ IRENOSEN OKOJIE‘Radical, gorgeous … a queer love song, honouring chosen family’ BIG ISSUE‘Beautiful … this is prose worth spending time with’ MARIE CLAIRE‘A gorgeously deeply humane book’ NICOLE DENNIS-BENN‘A vivid, stirring revolution’ YRSA DALEY-WARD‘The ink practically hovers off the page’ KAVEH AKBAR...

A moving, often provocative, and ultimately vital collection of firsthand accounts of people living through the Boko Haram conflict. From abducted girls to brash soldiers, and from community leaders to simple fishermen, this collection provides an insight into the realities of those living through the conflict, making this an essential cultural archive. The World Was in Our Hands covers themes of patriarchy, the economy, climate change, and corruption, to paint a picture that is much broad...

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR“I want to take the fact that I’m here seriously, because it’s serious. That lesson is so much harder than I thought.” – from Necessary Fiction**In Eloghosa Osunde’s powerful novel, Lagos, Nigeria is the dynamic backdrop to the ambitions and desires of a vast array of characters, each of whom refuse to be defined by others. There is Ziz, a hardcore hustler. Maro and his elusive father, Tega. May and her steady rotation of lover...

Love Offers No Safety: Nigeria’s Queer Men Speak is a raw and powerful collection of 25 first-person narratives that explore the diverse experience of queer Nigerian men. These stirring stories cut across age, class, religion, ethnicity, family and relationships, offering a glimpse into what it means to survive as a queer man in Nigeria. From Tunji, who takes us back to the thriving networking community before social media, to Chukwori, who struggles to reconcile his need to serve God with...

‘Papa, why do you dance when you walk?’When Aden’s 8-year-old daughter asks him this one morning in Paris, he is taken aback. The question is innocent, but the answer is not so simple. Unable to resist Béa’s inquisitive spirit, he moves silkily between memories of his childhood: from his silent, mysterious mother and theshanty roofs of his neighbourhood to the malicious attack that changed his life forever and the ensuing struggle that made him a man.Anchoring his me...

Fresh and electrifying—stories, poems, and essays by African and diaspora writers, edited by author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond.Relations punctures the human illusion of separation. New and established storytellers reshape the narratives that divide and subjugate, revealing the truth of our shared humanity despite differences in language, identity, class, gender, and beyond. This vital anthology is Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond’s striking vision of a meeting place of ...