Harare Review issue out
The Harare Review of Books released its first 2026 issue today, pairing fiction excerpts, criticism and prize coverage—signal for more global voices in the literary conversation this spring Around the Book World: Monday, March 16, 2026.
Harare Review of Books posted Issue 1, 2026 on its Substack on March 4, 2026 ([shonatiger.substack.com)]. The newsletter is edited by Jacqueline Nyathi, whose essay "Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger’s Cat Approach to Framing Futures" was longlisted for this year’s BSFA Award, according to coverage of the issue ([brittlepaper.com)]. The issue opens with an excerpt from Ignatius T. Mabasa’s The Mad, translated from chiShona by J. Tsitsi Mutiti and noted as co-published by Carnelian Heart Publishing and amaBooks ([brittlepaper.com)]. A guest essay by Dr. Nhlanhla Dube on Richard Wright’s Uncle Tom’s Children appears alongside reviews of Tochi Onyebuchi’s Racebook and Howard W. French’s biography of Kwame Nkrumah, plus coverage of Osvalde Lewat’s The Aquatics (forthcoming from Cassava Republic) ([brittlepaper.com)]. The newsletter’s roundup flags prize lists including the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, the International Booker longlist, and the Prix Ahmadou Kourouma 2026 finalists, and it lists upcoming events in Johannesburg, Cambridge and Rundu ([brittlepaper.com)]. Publishing Perspectives included the Harare Review in its "Around the Book World" industry roundup on March 16, 2026, noting the newsletter among this week’s international publishing highlights ([publishingperspectives.com)].
