by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Franca Treur, Novelists, Story Shelf
Franca Treur Franca Treur (fiction writer; Netherlands) won the 2010 Selexyz Debut Prize for her novel Dorsvloer vol confetti [Confetti on the Threshing Floor], which was released as a feature-length film in 2014. Her second novel, De woongroep [The Roommates], came...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Novelists, Sabata-mpho Mokae, Story Shelf
Sabata-mpho Mokae Sabata-mpho Mokae (South Africa) writes in two languages; English and Setswana, a southern African language. He is the author of a biography The Story of Sol T Plaatje, a youth novella, Dikeledi [Tears], and a poetry collection, Escaping Trauma. His...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Mamle Kabu
Mamle Kabu Mamle Kabu, a writer of Ghanaian and German parentage, was born and raised in Ghana and completed her education in the United Kingdom, graduating from the University of Cambridge with a BA, MA and MPhil. She returned to Ghana in 1992 where she has since...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Gerður KRISTNÝ, Polar(eyezed), Wanderer
Gerdur Kristny Gerður KRISTNÝ (fiction writer, poet; Iceland) is the author of five poetry collections, two novels, nine books for children, a travelogue and one biography. Widely awarded, her work has been translated into 21 languages. In 2011, the musical [The Ball...
by XO | May 23, 2017 | Author, Jeff Holmes, Novelists, Story Shelf
Jeff Holmes Jeff Holmes is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Previously, he was awarded the Dean’s Fellowship from the workshop and received the Burnett Howe prize for fiction from Amherst College. He often writes about race. He is a mulatto and insists on...
