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On Days Such as This
by Gail Dendy
(Judge of the 2022 National Poetry Prize Competition)

“Sharp as a precision knife, delicate as filigree, tender as a caress, Gail Dendy’s powerful new volume is masterly.” – Marcia Leveson
Gail Dendy’s Author Page can be found here: Gail Dendy – Poet and Author (wordpress.com)
Collaboration:
The 2023 SprinNG Writing Fellowship
A collaboration between Nigeria and Ghana and now South Africa.
For more information, click here
Publishing:
Cover Reveal for Hungry on Arrival by Kabelo Mofokeng (Launching Soon!)
Literary Management:
Botsotso will be representing Jim Pascual Agustin for foreign rights to publishers/buyers, for this exceptional collection: Bloodred Dragonflies: New & Selected Poems in English and Versions from the Filipino (Deep South, 2022).
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Publishing:
Sarah Lubala’s A History of Disappearance (Botsotso, 2022) has won the 2023 National Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences Award: Poetry.
This exceptional work also made the following lists:
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Brittle Paper’s “Notable African Books of 2022”
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African Arguments‘ “The Best African Books of 2022”
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The Africa Reports‘ “15 Must-read Books This Summer”
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Open Country Mag‘s “The 60 Notable Books of 2022”


To order Sarah Lubala’s A History of Disappearance:
National and Direct: botsotso@artslink.co.za
(or, ask your local bookstore to order the book for you!)
International: African Books Collective: A History of Disappearance
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