The African review of books
Posted by Celia Walter | 5 Aug, 2008
The African review of books
The African Review of Books (ARoB) is an online scholarly publication, which publishes reviews of recent (and some not quite so recent) fictional works which the author considers might be of interest to a South African readership. One might expect that this would focus more on South African publishing than is the case - the country does, after all, have a very strong publishing industry. However, the site is much more wide-ranging than that - there are reviews of books about Africa which are published in Europe, South American novels and short stories from India on the site at the moment (July 2008). None of them are particularly recent, either, although the reviews are. As the reviews are nearly all the work of one person, this would appear to be the result of the site being a more personal collection than the title might suggest. Having said that, the reviews are extremely well thought-out, considered and interesting and the site provides an authoritative investigation into the books which are presented. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/
The African Review of Books (ARoB) is an online scholarly publication, which publishes reviews of recent (and some not quite so recent) fictional works which the author considers might be of interest to a South African readership. One might expect that this would focus more on South African publishing than is the case - the country does, after all, have a very strong publishing industry. However, the site is much more wide-ranging than that - there are reviews of books about Africa which are published in Europe, South American novels and short stories from India on the site at the moment (July 2008). None of them are particularly recent, either, although the reviews are. As the reviews are nearly all the work of one person, this would appear to be the result of the site being a more personal collection than the title might suggest. Having said that, the reviews are extremely well thought-out, considered and interesting and the site provides an authoritative investigation into the books which are presented. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/