The first of the Caine Prize readings takes place tonight at 7 pm, at the Royal Over-Seas League in London.:
Sefi Atta (Nigeria): “The Last Trip.”
Darrel Bristow-Bovey (South Africa): “A Joburg Story.”
Muthoni Garland (Kenya): “Tracking the Scent of My Mother.”
Laila Lalami (Morocco): “The Fanatic.”
Mary Watson (South Africa): “Jungfrau.”
Tickets cost £5 and are available from ROSL ARTS at 020 7408 0214 ext 324 or culture@rosl.org.uk. You can read some commentary about the prize in today’s International Herald Tribune.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.