The Caine Prize Public Reading - Royal Over-Seas League - 10.07.14

The five writers shortlisted for the  2014 Caine Prize for African Writing will give a series of public readings and seminars in the week leading up to the announcement of the winner in Oxford on Monday 14 July.

A relaxed evening with the nominees of the 2014 Caine Prize chaired by Lizzy Attree. Each author will read a short extract from their work, after which there will be an opportunity to meet them over a glass of complimentary wine and canapés.

The 2014 shortlist comprises: 

• Diane Awerbuck (South Africa) "Phosphorescence" in Cabin Fever (Umuzi, Cape Town. 2011)
• Efemia Chela (Ghana/Zambia) "Chicken" in Feast, Famine and Potluck (Short Story Day Africa, South Africa. 2013)
• Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe) "The Intervention" in Open Road Review, issue 7, New Delhi. 2013
• Billy Kahora (Kenya) "The Gorilla's Apprentice" in Granta (London. 2010)
• Okwiri Oduor (Kenya) "My Father's Head" in Feast, Famine and Potluck (Short Story Day Africa, South Africa. 2013)

11 July 2014 at 3:00am - 11 July 2014 at 5:00am

Royal Over-Seas League Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR

Price: £7 |Concessions £6 |Friends of ROSL ARTS £5.00

Ticket: To book, phone 020 7408 0214 ext 219

Contact: 020 7926 1056