Big news!

This past weekend I was thrilled to find out that I’d been longlisted for the CNA Sunday Times fiction prize alongside a stellar list of writers. I mean, look at these covers.

I am really honoured to be long listed, and thought you should go out and get a copy of each and every one of these books. Links to order each of them below. Or, hit up your local bookstore or CNA because CNA is sponsoring this prize!

• Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight … by Barbara Adair (Modjaji Books) Order here.
• Those Who Live in Cages by Terry-Ann Adams (Jacana Media). Order here.
• Mermaid Fillet by Mia Arderne (Kwela). Order here.
• Afterland by Lauren Beukes (Umuzi). Order here.
• Not To Mention by Vivian de Klerk (Picador Africa). Order here.
• Okay, Okay, Okay by Finuala Dowling (Kwela). Order here.
• Yellowbone by Ekow Duker (Kwela). Order here.
• The Book of Malachi by TC Farren (Kwela). Order here.
• Breaking Milk by Dawn Garisch (Karavan Press). Order here.
• The Eyes of the Naked by Litha Hermanus (Penguin Fiction). Order here.
• A Poor Season for Whales by Michiel Heyns (Jonathan Ball Publishers). Order here.
• The Book of Gifts by Craig Higginson (Picador Africa). Order here.
• The Gospel According to Wanda B. Lazarus by Lynn Joffe (Modjaji Books). Order here.
• The Longest March by Fred Khumalo (Umuzi). Order here.
• Critical But, Stable by Angela Makholwa (Pan Macmillan). Order here.
• Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe (Jacana Media). Order here.
• The Zulus of New York by Zakes Mda (Umuzi). Order here.
• Paradise in Gaza by Niq Mhlongo (Kwela). Order here.
• Illumination by Nthikeng Mohlele (Picador Africa). Order here.
• The History of Man by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (Penguin Fiction). Order here.
• Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga (Umuzi). Order here.
• A Family Affair by Sue Nyathi (Pan Macmillan). Order here.
• Born Freeloaders by Phumlani Pikoli (Picador Africa). Order here.
• A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland (Penguin Fiction). Order here.
• Lucky Packet by Trevor Sacks (Kwela). Order here.
• The Inn at Helsvlakte by Patricia Schonstein (Penguin Fiction). Order here.
• Leaving Word by Steven Boykey Sidley (Melinda Ferguson Books). Order here.
• Lacuna by Fiona Snyckers (Picador Africa). Order here.
• The Fall by Jen Thorpe (Kwela). Order here. Or here.
• The Distance by Ivan Vladislavić  (Umuzi). Order here.
• Still Life by Zoë Wicomb (Umuzi). Order here.
• Due South of Copenhagen by Mark Winkler (Umuzi). Order here.
• The Troubled Times of Magrieta Prinsloo by Ingrid Winterbach (translated by Michiel Heyns) (Human & Rousseau). Order here.

The non-fiction list is also fantastic! Do check out the original post from the Sunday Times about the long listed books.