Blogs in August 2016

Will Do Magic for Small Change 2nd August 2016

Cinnamon Jones dreams of stepping on stage and acting her heart out like her famous grandparents, Redwood and Wildfire. But at 5’10’’ and 180 pounds, she’s theatrically challenged. Her family life is a tangle of mystery and deadly secrets,...

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Dry Season 11th May 2016

With a global perspective, Babnik takes on the themes of racism, the role of women in modern society and the loneliness of the human condition. Dry Season is a record of an unusual love affair. Anna is a 62-year-old...

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All Aboard for the Bobo Road 12th March 2016

All aboard for the Bobo Road! Fatima and Galo load the luggage while their dad Big Ali drives the bus. Help count on bikes, sacks of rice, melons and even goats and chickens as the bus travels past Gurunsi...

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Things Fall Apart 12th February 2016

The story of Okonkwo, a “strong man” in an Ibo village, and the clash of civilization between his world and that of the European missionaries.

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Half of a Yellow Sun 3rd February 2016

The story of Biafra’s struggle to establish an independent nation. Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece. Now a major film starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, due for...

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