Hello Patreons. This week I have a podcast featuring Ayesha Harruna Attah and the Livestream that ran yesterday featuring Maaza Mengiste and Antje Rávik Strubel.
Podcast episode 18: Ayesha Harruna Attah
Ayesha Harruna Attah is a Ghanaian-born Senegal-based writer of the books Harmattan Rain (2008), Saturday’s Shadow (2015), and The Hundred Wells of Salaga (2018). Ayesha’s newest title The Deep Blue Between, which was published on October 15, 2020, is a Young Adult offering that could be considered a sequel to The Hundred Wells of Salaga.
In the podcast interview, we speak about her move to write for Young Adults, she talks in-depth about the new book and speaks about what it takes to write historical fiction.
Listen to the episode here
Livestream episode 2: Maaza Mengiste and Antje Rávik Strubel
Maaza Mengiste and Antje Rávik Strubel were the guests at the James Murua Literary LiveStream on Thursday, November 12, 2020. The stream was brought to you in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office.
Watch the episode below
