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  1. Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights for Leila Aboulela's latest novel, LYRICS ALLEY #fb
  2. RT: @FSG_Books: Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins Guardian First Book Award 2009 via The Guardian http://j.mp/4ED3CM #fb
  3. RT @FSG_Books - Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly wins Guardian First Book Award 2009 via The Guardian http://j.mp/4ED3CM
  4. On Achebe's rejection of the mantle 'father of modern African literature' - by Nii Ayikwei Parkes - Guardian Book Blog: http://tr.im/GoEs
  5. Details of the next reading on Friday: http://ymlp.com/z5yQkl #fb
  6. African/French novelist asked to 'tone it down': http://tr.im/ETHy - next thing they'll be saying she's 'ungrateful' #tweaa #fb
  7. For people who regularly send money abroad, we've just discovered interchange: http://tinyurl.com/ydvu5lf #fb
  8. Our year-end event is in the Weston Pavilion at the Southbank Centre & it's invite only. Make sure you e-mail us: http://bit.ly/2RWh4G #fb
  9. RT @BBCWSafrica | http://bit.ly/32bhfZ Popular Nollywood actor Nkem Owoh kidnapped by gunmen after leaving a function in Part Harcourt #fb
  10. Our next event in London on November 20 is invite only http://www.x-bout.com/awe/?p=26 - please drop us an e-mail if you want to come.
  11. @DG_theWryter sorry for the late reply - the submission info is on the page we linked to...
  12. Calling all artists who wish to have work displayed on London's Underground: http://ymlp.com/zM6bQz
  13. Londoners, our event recommendation for this w/e (Sat, 10th) - Ben Okri & a decade of Caine Prize: http://tr.im/B6Pi - Not to be missed! #fb
  14. RT @BlueBirdTail - Urging all to endorse the petition for the unconditional release of Ugandan Writer Kalundi Serumaga - http://bit.ly/VL78N
  15. After NYC back to London. Join us for Friday's event: http://www.x-bout.com/awe/?p=22 w/ Hisham Matar (Libya) & Leeto Thale (SA) #fb
  16. Hey people, our first ever AWE in New York is tonight. Will you come out & support? http://www.x-bout.com/awe/?p=13 Please RT & share! #fb
  17. AWE New York full details confirmed - http://tinyurl.com/kr3gl4 If you who can't be there, we are working on a webcast - details later #fb
  18. Buy The Book of Chameleons in the US: http://tinyurl.com/lbj9mp | In the UK: http://tinyurl.com/n4frgm
  19. A stunning book with an 'alternative' narrator, Jose Eduardo Agualusa's The Book of Chameleons is a triumph UK: http://tinyurl.com/n4frgm
  20. This month's LFR, our first in-translation book, coming from Lusophone Africa, is an Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner #fb