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2013-2014

GUINEA-BISSEAU TO KASHMIR

ARRIVALS...
  "Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have” ― Lloyd Alexander (1999)

Guinea-Bissau / Senegal / Guinea

Various

25th November 2012

24th January 2013

Meeting the Invisible Man: Travels And Magic In West Africa

Toby Green***

2001

Guinea

Various

25th January 2013

28th January 2013

In Search of Africa

Manthia Diawara

2000

Sierra Leone

Mogbwemo / Freetown

29th January 2013

21st February 2013

A Long Way Gone

Ishmael Beah

2008

Liberia

Monrovia

22nd February 2013

16th March 2013

Redemption Road

Elma Shaw

2008

Cote D'Ivoire

Nambonkaha / Abenké

16th March 2013

9th April 2013

Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village

Sarah Erdman***

2004

Mali

Nampossela

10th April 2013

16th April 2013

Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

Kris Holloway***

2006

Niger

Zinder / Matameye

17th April 2013

26th April 2013

Still Waters in Niger

Kathleen Hill***

1999

Benin

Various

27th April 2013

13th May 2013

Show Me the Magic: Travels Round Benin by Taxi

Annie Caulfield***

2003

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

14th May 2013

20th May 2013

When Everything Has Fallen

Nathalia Zongo

2007

Ghana

Ketanu / Accra

20th May 2013

4th June 2013

Wife of the Gods

Kwei Quartey

2009

Togo

Lomé

4th June 2013

2nd July 2013

Letters from Togo

Susan Blake***

1991

Nigeria

Enugu / Nsukka

2nd July 2013

12th July 2013

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2004

Chad

Moundou

13th July 2013

31st July 2013

The Plagues of Friendship

Sem Miantoloum Beasnael

2002

Central African Republic

Bangui

31st July 2013

6th August 2013

Foreign Words

Vassilis Alexakis***

2002

Cameroon

Yaoundé

7th August 2013

13th August 2013

Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle

Alain Patrice Nganang

2006

Sao Tome & Principe

Sao Tome

14th August 2013

14th August 2013

Diplomatic Weekends In Africa

Bryce M. Ternet***

2010

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

14th August 2013

18th August 2013

The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa

Adam Roberts***

2007

Gabon

Abasok

18th August 2013

21st August 2013

Mema

Daniel Mengara

2004

Congo

TBC

21st August 2013

29th August 2013

Johnny Mad Dog

Emmanuel Dongala

2006

Democratic Republic of Congo

Manono / various

29th August 2013

26th September 2013

Radio Congo

Ben Rawlence***

2012

Angola

Luanda

26th September 2013

2nd October 2013

The Book of Chameleons

Jose Eduardo Agualusa

2008

Namibia

Oshanntu

2nd October 2013

18th October 2013

The Purple Violet of Oshaantu

Neshani Andreas

2001

Botswana

Gabarone

18th October 2013

28th October 2013

The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith***

2004

South Africa

Cape Town

28th October 2013

4th November 2013

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee

1999

Saint Helena (UK)

Jamestown 

4th November 2013

8th November 2013

The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St Helena

Julia Blackburn***

1991

Ascension Island (UK)

Georgetown

8th November 2013

9th November 2013

Turtle Island: A Journey to Britain's Oddest Colony

Sergio Ghione***

2002

Tristan de Cunha (UK)

Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

9th November 2013

10th November 2013

The Teatime Islands: Adventures in Britain's Faraway Outposts

Ben Fogle

2004

Lesotho

Maluti mountains / Roma Valley / Mafikeng

10th November 2013

22nd November 2013

Singing Away the Hunger

Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya

1997

Swaziland

Mbabane / Manzini

23rd November 2013

1st December 2013

The Kingdom of Roses and Thorns

Debra Liebenow Daly***

2009

Zimbabwe

Various

2nd December 2013

11th December 2013

An Elegy for Easterly

Petina Gappah

2009

Zambia

Swelini / Lusaka

11th December 2013

14th December 2013

A Cowrie of Hope

Binwell Sinyangwe

2000

Malawi

Masitala

14th December 2013

20th December 2013

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba

2009

Mozambique

TBC

20th December 2013

23rd December 2013

Under the Frangipani

Mia Couto

2008

Madagascar

Various

23rd December 2013

26th December 2013

Maverick in Madagascar

Mark Eveleigh***

2001

Réunion

St Denis / various

27th December 2013

27th December 2013

Island Awakening

Lynne Martin***

2006

Mauritius

Blue Bay village

27th December 2013

27th December 2013

Blue Bay Palace

Nathacha Appanah

2003

Kenya / ‘Aburiria’

Eldares

28th December 2013

16th January 2014

Wizard of the Crow

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

2006

Kenya

Isiolo

16th January 2014

18th January 2014

A Small Town in Africa

Daisy Waugh***

1997

Seychelles

Mahé / various

18th January 2014

23rd January 2014

Sweet Seduction and the Third Mermaid

Catherine Olsen***

2009

Comoros

Various

23rd January 2014

27th January 2014

The Kaffir of Karthala

Mohamed Toihiri

1992

Zanzibar

Stone Town

27th January 2014

30th January 2014

Zanzibar

Giles Foden***

2003

Tanzania

Kilwa

31st January 2014

4th February 2014

The Magic of Saida

M G Vassanji

2013

Burundi

Songa County / Kibimba / various

5th February 2014

7th February 2014

This Voice in my Heart

Gilbert Tuhabonye with Gary Brozek

2007

Rwanda

Various

7th February 2014

9th February 2014

Running the Rift

Naimo Benaron***

2013

Uganda

Entebbe / Kampala

9th February 2014

10th February 2014

Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe

Doreen Baingana

2006

South Sudan

Adek

10th February 2014

12th February 2014

Something is Going to Fall Like Rain

Ros Wynne-Jones***

2009

Abyei

Abyei

13th February 2014

15th February 2014

Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village

James Maskalyk***

2010

Sudan

Various

16th February 2014

17th February 2014

The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur

Daoud Hari

2008

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

17th February 2014

18th February 2014

Mamitu: A Life in Ethiopia

Judith T. W. Goh***

2003

Somalia / Puntland

Mogadishu / Bosaso

19th February 2014

27th February 2014

Crossbones

Nuruddin Farah

2013

Somaliland

Sheikh / Aluula / Berbera / Hargeisa

27th February 2014

27th February 2014

The Boy Who Learned To Read

Mohamud Ege

2012

Djibouti

Djibouti

27th February 2014

3rd March 2014

Djibouti

Elmore Leonard***

2011

Eritrea

Asmara / Keren / Awogaro / Derssency / Bekishemnok

3rd March 2014

5th March 2014

My Father's Daughter

Hannah Pool

2006

Yemen

San’a / Aden / Suqutra

6th March 2014

10th March 2014

Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land

Tim Mackintosh-Smith***

1999

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

10th March 2014

23rd March 2014

Girls of Riyadh

Rajaa Alsanea

2006

Kuwait

Kuwait City

23rd March 2014

24th April 2014

The Chronicles of Dathra, A Dowdy Girl from Kuwait

Danderma

2011

Bahrain

Various

24th April 2014

1st June 2014

Yummah

Sarah A. Al Shafei

2005

Qatar

Doha

2nd June 2014

15th June 2014

Diary from the Middle East

Heidi Vaughan***

2006

United Arab Emirates

Dubai / Abu Dhabi

16th June 2014

29th August 2014

Abu Dhabi Days, Dubai Nights

Jillian Schedneck***

2012

Oman

Muscat / various

30th August 2014

27th September 2014 

My Year in Oman

Matthew Heines***

2006

Pakistan

Lahore

28th September 2014

31st October 2014

The Wish Maker

Ali Sethi

2009

Kashmir

Srinagar

1st November 2014

28th December 2014

In The Valley of Mist

Justine Hardy***

2009

 

*** Non-native author.
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