Ivor W. Hartmann is a Zimbabwean writer, editor, publisher, and visual artist. Awarded The Golden Baobab Prize (2009), finalist for the Yvonne Vera Award (2011), selected for The 20 in Twenty: The Best Short Stories of South Africa’s Democracy (2014), awarded third in the Jalada Prize for Literature (2015), and Nommo Awards nomination (2017). His works have appeared in many publications. He also runs the StoryTime micro-press, publisher of the African Roar and AfroSF series of anthologies.

22 February 2010

Radio interview on SAfm Literature about The Baobab Prize




I was recently invited by Deborah Ahenkorah, Director and Co-founder of The Baobab Prize, as a former winner, to talk with Deborah and Karabo Kgoleng on SAfm Literature about The Baobab Prize. I think the show went well (apart from my blanking on the names of Lauren Beukes books, apologies Lauren, I do know they are Moxyland and the forthcoming Zoo City).

I hope it served to really put the prize out there as a much needed encouragement and call for African writers to step up and start writing our own stories in All Genres. As well as a call to African publishers to start publishing All Genres, and perhaps begin to make a dent in the imports that dominate bookshop shelves across Africa, (and maybe we African writers can escape from being lumped all together in those far shelves in the darkest depths of book stores marked African Literature).

You may listen to the podcast of the show here.

15 February 2010

African Roar fan page launched!

Happy to announce that the forthcoming StoryTime anthology African Roar has just launched its facebook fan page:

Forthcoming in 2010, African Roar#1: An eclectic anthology of African Authors. Selected from the StoryTime Ezine and edited by Emmanuel Sigauke & Ivor W. Hartmann, to be published by The Lion Press Ltd.

The African Roar#1 anthology selections were made from all works published in the StoryTime Ezine up to Aug 2009, through a combination of a public voting process and final selections from the anthology editors. It will feature works from:



Ayesha Attah
Ayodele Morocco-Clarke
Beaven Tapureta
Chuma Nwokolo Jr.
Christopher Mlalazi
Emmanuel Sigauke
Ivor W. Hartmann
Kola Tubosun
Masimba Musodza
Nana A. Damoah
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma


 
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