Nineveh part of "exceptional harvest"2012-01-23 Jane Rosenthal of the Mail & Guardian lists Nineveh as one of the books of 2011. more info... |
Nineveh: collected reviews2012-01-04 A roundup of all the reviews of Nineveh. more info... |
Nineveh reviewed on FMR Book Choice2012-01-03 Liesl Jobson finds the novel "fascinating", "exquisite". more info... |
Writers' Praise for Nineveh2011-12-27 Neel Mukherjee and Steven Amsterdam respond to Nineveh. more info... |
End-of-year book lists2011-12-22 I've been asked to contribute to several best-books-of-the-year lists. Here are my recommendations. more info... |
'Puff Adder' - a short short story2011-11-24 Read a new mini story commissioned by Elle Magazine. more info... |
Nineveh review in Die Burger2011-11-23 Read a short Nineveh review in Die Burger (Afrik). more info... |
Nineveh and Homing eBooks2011-11-23 My books 'Homing' and 'Nineveh' are now both available on Kindle and eBook. more info... |
GIPCA Fellowship2011-11-17 In Feb 2012 I'll be taking up a Donald Gordon Creative Arts Fellowship at the University of Cape Town. more info... |
Nineveh: the first chapter2011-11-11 The first chapter of Nineveh, 'Swarm', is now available online. more info... |
Nineveh at Fish Hoek Library2011-10-27 I'm talking about my novel Nineveh tomorrow at 10 am at Fish Hoek Library. more info... |
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 20112011-10-17 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011, edited by Dave Eggers, is out. My story 'Homing' is in it. more info... |
Nineveh is 'relentless and perfect'2011-10-11 Jane Rosenthal reviews Nineveh for the Mail and Guardian. more info... |
Granta Book of the African Short Story is here2011-10-01 The Granta Book of the African Short Story, edited by Helon Habila, is out. My story Promenade is included. more info... |
Novel Sounds a hit2011-09-30 David Versteeg of SLiPnet enthuses about last week's Novel Sounds event at the Open Book Festival. more info... |
Nineveh launch at Iziko Whale Well: photos2011-09-25 Litnet reports from the Nineveh launch at the Iziko Whale Well in Cape Town. more info... |
New reviews for Nineveh2011-09-25 Reviews of Nineveh recently appeared in the Cape Times, the Sunday Independent and the Witness. more info... |
Open Book Festival appearances2011-09-12 I'll be taking part in several events at the upcoming Open Book Festival - including a Cape Town launch for Nineveh. more info... |
Nineveh review in YOU2011-09-07 Read a review of Nineveh by Willem Moller in YOU Magazine more info... |
Excerpts from Nineveh online2011-09-07 Two excerpts from Nineveh have been published online. Find them here. more info... |
M&G Lit Fest this weekend2011-09-03 I'll be appearing at the Mail & Guardian Literature Festival in Johannesburg this weekend. more info... |
Nineveh coming to Joburg2011-08-30 Love Books in Melville will launch Nineveh on the 5th September. more info... |
Nineveh launched at Kalk Bay Books2011-08-24 Kalk Bay Books gave Nineveh a rousing launch on Fri 26 August. more info... |
Diane Awerbuck reviews Nineveh2011-08-24 Read a review of Nineveh by Diane Awerbuck in TimesLIVE. more info... |
Nineveh launches in CT, Joburg - updated2011-08-23 I'll be talking about my new novel Nineveh over the coming weeks at venues in Cape Town and Joburg. more info... |
Nineveh at Wynberg Library2011-08-16 I'll be talking about my new novel, Nineveh, at Wynberg Library in Cape Town on 17th Aug 2011, 6pm. more info... |
Win a copy of Nineveh2011-08-14 Umuzi Books are giving away a hamper of books, including my new novel Nineveh. more info... |
Nineveh: first review2011-08-11 Read a review of Ninevehby Jonathan Amid at SLipNet. more info... |
Nineveh due out in August2011-07-28 My new novel, Nineveh, is due out from Random House Struik in August. more info... |
Nineveh: the cover!2011-07-06 Henrietta Rose-Innes's new novel, Nineveh, features a striking cover by Michiel Botha. Nineveh is due out in August 2011. more info... |
Launch of Diane Awerbuck's Cabin Fever2011-07-05 Awerbuck will chat about her new collection with Henrietta Rose-Innes at the Book Lounge and Kalk Bay Books, 7 & 8 July. more info... |
Short Story Day South2011-06-16 Celebrate Short Story Day South, June 21, with events at The Book Lounge and Die Boekehuis. more info... |
SLiPnet reviews Homing2011-06-07 Craig McKenzie reviews Homing at SLiPnet. more info... |
Great line-up for Open Book Festival2011-05-29 First ever Open Book Festival, Cape Town 21-25 Sept, features prominent international authors. more info... |
Granta book of African Short Story due in September2011-05-25 Rose-Innes is one of the writers included in The Granta Book of the African Short Story, due out in September 2011. more info... |
Matt Bell reviews Homing2011-05-17 Matt Bell reviews Henrietta Rose-Innes's story 'Homing'. more info... |
Great Texts, Big Questions2011-04-23 Rose-Innes, Kozain and Baderoon take part in the GIPCA Great Texts / Big Questions lecture series on 5 May. more info... |
Franschhoek Festival coming in May2011-04-06 Henrietta Rose-Innes will be at the Franschhoek Festival in May 2011. more info... |
Two new reviews for Homing2011-03-10 Read two new reviews for Henrietta Rose-Innes's collection of short stories, Homing. more info... |
Artist in residence at Caldera, Portland2011-01-19 Henrietta Rose-Innes will be an artist in residence at the Caldera Arts Center in Oregon, USA in February. more info... |
Lauri Kubuitsile reviews Homing2011-01-19 Botswanan writer Lauri Kubuitsile reviews Homing on her blog, Thoughts from Botswana. more info... |
Photos from "A Celebration of Contemporary African Fiction"2011-01-18 See pictures from the launch of AGNI Magazine's Portfolio of African Fiction in Boston on 10 Nov 2010. more info... |
Homing features in "Top Ten Reads"2010-12-23 Homing has been named one of Janet van Eeden's "Top 10 Literary Reads of the Year." more info... |
Homing makes the 'best of the summer' list2010-11-29 Homing features in Jane Rosenthal's "best of the summer words" list in the Mail and Guardian. more info... |
Review of Homing in Die Burger2010-11-06 Joan Hambidge reviews Homing for Die Burger newspaper (Afrikaans) more info... |
Three new reviews for Homing2010-10-28 Read a review by Arja Salafranca in the Star, and two blog reviews. more info... |
Homing: review and interview on Litnet2010-10-13 Read a review of Homing and an interview with Henrietta Rose-Innes on Litnet. more info... |
Homing: roundup of early reviews2010-09-18 Homing, Henrietta Rose-Innes's first short story collection, has been given a warm reception. more info... |
Authors for Peace: 21 September2010-09-18 A 24-hour, live, online reading involving authors from around the world will take place on World Peace Day - 21 September. more info... |
Review of Home Away2010-09-05 Read a review of Home Away by Maureen Isaacson in the Sunday Independent. more info... |
Women's Words: African Worlds2010-09-05 Read a report on the recent conference, "Women's Words: African Worlds", held in Johannesburg. more info... |
First press comes in for Homing2010-08-30 Henrietta talks about her latest publication, Homing, in the South African Sunday Times and Citizen. more info... |
Homing launched at Love Books2010-08-29 Henrietta's new collection of short stories, Homing, was warmly received at Love Books in Jo'burg. more info... |
Henrietta is reading Gogol2010-08-28 Henrietta talks about the book she's reading at the moment for the South African Times newspaper. more info... |
Homecoming: Henrietta Rose-Innes writes for Granta2010-08-05 A new short non-fiction piece is featured in Granta online. more info... |
Short story discussion at the CTBF2010-08-03 Henrietta Rose-Innes appeared on a panel discussing the short story at the Cape Town Book Fair. more info... |
In conversation with Ariel Dorfman2010-07-26 Dorfman discussed reconciliation with SA authors Rose-Innes, Niq Mhlongo, Kevin Bloom and Thando Mgqolozana. more info... |
Sold-out launch of Homing2010-07-20 The launch of Homing last week at Cape Town's Book Lounge was a resounding success. more info... |
Homing launch: Kalk Bay Books2010-07-16 Henrietta will chat with writer and journalist Jacqui l'Ange at the second launch of "Homing" at Kalk Bay Books. more info... |
Read a story from Homing2010-07-07 Read "The Boulder" from Henrietta Rose-Innes's new collection Homing. more info... |
Homing launched next week!2010-07-01 Henrietta's short stories will be launched 15 July at the Book Lounge, Cape Town, and at Kalk Bay Books on 21 July. more info... |
Norwich Worlds Festival 2010: reports and pictures2010-07-01 South African and Autralian authors starred at the Norwich Worlds Festival 2010. more info... |
South African writers in the Independent2010-04-25 Andrew van der Vlies writes about the state of the SA literary scene in an article featuring Rose-Innes and many others. more info... |
LBF World Cup event goes ahead despite volcano2010-04-21 "Goal! Match! Victory! Freedom!": this London Book Fair event will go ahead with a changed line-up. more info... |
Read an extract from Home Away2010-04-13 Read the first page of Henrietta's story, set in the ancient Peruvian city of Chan Chan. more info... |
Rose-Innes, Chikwava talk at Travel Bookshop2010-04-12 Henrietta Rose-Innes appears with Zimbabwean writer Brian Chikwava at London's Travel Bookshop. more info... |
Willesden short stories out now2010-04-11 Rose-Innes's "Falling" is a Willesden Prize runner-up. Read the prize stories in New Short Stories 4. more info... |
'Homing' coming soon2010-03-30 A new collection of Henrietta's short stories, Homing, will be published by Umuzi in July. more info... |
Meet writers at Read SA event in London2010-03-25 Join Henrietta and other SA writers at the Read SA "Meet the Writers" event in London on 22 April. more info... |
SA writers at London Book Fair2010-03-24 Henrietta Rose-Innes is part of the delegation of South African writers attending the London Book Fair, 19-21 April 2010. more info... |
SpeakSA: Bloggers for a free press2010-03-24 The Blog for a Free Press campaign takes place today across the web. more info... |
World Cup stories in German2010-03-16 Elf, a German anthology timed for the World Cup, features 12 football stories by local authors. more info... |
Willesden Prize announced in April2010-03-13 The winner of the Willesden short story prize will be announced on 10 April, at the launch of New Short Stories 4. more info... |
One World video promo2010-02-08 Watch a promo for the One World anthology, including stories by Rose-Innes, Ngozi Adichie and Lahiri. more info... |
Work in Progress reviewed in Sunday Independent2010-02-01 Read a review of the Caine Prize anthology Work in Progress in the Sunday Independent. more info... |
Rose-Innes on Willesden shortlist2010-01-26 "Falling" has made the shortlist of the Willesden Herald short story competition. more info... |
Home Away coming soon2010-01-13 Home Away - 24 stories by SA writers, set in different cities at different hours of the day - comes out in April. more info... |
'Poison' appears in Arabic2010-01-06 Rose-Innes's story 'Poison' has been translated into Arabic for the Albawtaka Review. more info... |
Praise for Work in Progress2009-12-18 Jane Rosenthal praises Work in Progress in the December issue of the Mail and Guardian. more info... |
SA sci-fi in Locus magazine2009-12-03 Rose-Innes, Beukes and many others mentioned in overview of South African Sci-Fi in Locus Magazine. more info... |
Review of Touch2009-12-01 Read a review of the short story anthology Touch in the Witness newspaper. more info... |
Calvinia Boekehuis residency2009-11-29 Rose-Innes recently completed a two-week residency at the historic Boekehuis in the Karoo town of Calvinia. more info... |
Caine Prize anthology launched2009-10-30 Ten Years of the Caine Prize launches in SA with readings by Rose-Innes and Mary Watson, introduced by Coovadia. more info... |
Bloody Parchment podcast2009-10-28 Watch podcasts of the recent Bloody Parchment horror-story readings. more info... |
Financial Times reviews Caine Prize anthology2009-10-22 Read a brief review of Ten Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing in the Financial Times. more info... |
Caine Prize winners to launch anthology2009-10-20 Join Henrietta Rose-Innes & Mary Watson in conversation with Imraan Coovadia to launch Ten Years of the Caine Prize. more info... |
Bloody Parchment - tales of horror2009-10-15 Join well-known and upcoming authors for a night of spine-chilling Halloween tales. more info... |
Interview in Pambazuka News2009-09-21 Read a June 2009 interview in Pambazuka News. more info... |
Ten Years of The Caine Prize2009-08-24 New anthology includes all the winning stories since the prize's inception, plus stories by Okri, Gordimer and Coetzee. more info... |
Work in Progress2009-08-23 Read Henrietta Rose-Innes's title story from the 2009 Caine Prize anthology, Work in Prgress. more info... |
Interview with Uche Peter Umez2009-08-23 Read an interview with Henrietta Rose-Innes on Nigerian news site 234next.com. more info... |
Back to the DEEP at Kalk Bay Books2009-08-18 DEEP returns to Kalk Bay Books: Tania van Schalkwyk reads from Hyphen, with Rose-Innes and others in support. more info... |
2009 Caine Prize anthology, Work in Progress, arrives2009-08-14 The annual Caine Prize collection, with a title story by Henrietta Rose-Innes, has been published by New Internationalist and Jacana. more info... |
Text on display at DEEP2009-08-12 A short text from Shark's Egg was displayed as part of the recent DEEP exhibition at the Cape Town Aquarium. more info... |
Sunday Times Literary Prizes announced2009-08-03 South Africa's premier literary prizes were awarded at a festive ceremony in Johannesburg. more info... |
DEEP delights at aquarium2009-08-02 Videos and photos from the DEEP poetry launch and multimedia exhibition at the Two Oceans Aquarium. more info... |
The Sunday Times judging panel2009-07-27 Henrietta Rose-Innes is one of the judges in the 2009 Sunday Times Fiction Prize, South Africa's richest literary award. more info... |
DEEP: A Night of Creative Currents2009-07-08 Henrietta will read at the "DEEP" multimedia event at Cape Town's Two Oceans Aquarium, 30 July. more info... |
Touch launch at Book Lounge2009-06-19 Ten writers read from their stories at the second launch of Touch at Cape Town's The Book Lounge. more info... |
Video of CTBF Touch launch2009-06-14 Watch Henrietta Rose-Innes and others read at the launch of Touch at the Cape Town Book Fair. more info... |
Interview in Pambazuka News2009-06-13 Read an interview with Henrietta Rose-Innes in Pambazuka News. more info... |
Rose-Innes, Brink, Vladislavic & Achmat at CTBF2009-06-11 Zackie Achmat, André Brink, Henrietta Rose-Innes & Ivan Vladislavic will read at the Cape Town Book Fair. more info... |
Editing forum at CTBF2009-06-11 On Sunday at the Cape Town International Book Fair, Henrietta will be on a panel on the role of the fiction editor. more info... |
Sunday Times shortlist announced2009-06-03 The 2009 Sunday Times Fiction Prize shortlist has just been announced. Henrietta Rose-Innes is one of the judges. more info... |
African edition for Jambula Tree2009-05-22 Jambula Tree has been brought out in a new African edition by Nigerian publisher Cassava Republic. more info... |
A-Z of African Writers launched2009-05-20 200 writers feature in this comprehensive new reference book from Shuter & Shooter, compiled by Robin Malan. more info... |
New story in Touch2009-05-18 Henrietta Rose-Innes's story "Promenade" will be included in Zebra Press's new anthology, Touch. more info... |
Franschhoek Literary Festival2009-05-08 Henrietta Rose-Innes will be speaking on several panels at the Franschhoek Literary Festival, 15-17 May. more info... |
Caine workshop in Accra2009-05-03 The Caine Prize Workshop for African Writers took place in April / May in Accra, Ghana. more info... |
Pictures from the Caine2009-05-02 Henrietta Rose-Innes, Brian James and Blessing Musariri suspended above the earth! more info... |
Another Caine Workshop picture2009-05-02 Blessing Musariri and Alba Kunadu Sumprim pictured at the 2009 Caine Prize Workshop in Accra, Ghana. more info... |
One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories2009-04-03 Henrietta's story "Porcelain" has been republished in a new collection of international writing, One World. more info... |
Dream Homes - stories in German2008-10-30 Dream Homes, a new collection of Henrietta Rose-Innes stories translated into German, has been published in Stuttgart. more info... |