![]() ![]() ![]() But it begins to influence people in strange ways, and when a telepathic government agent named Kaaro learns that others like him are dying, he decides to search for an answer. The dome opens once a year and heals all sick people nearby. ![]() Set in 2066, the story follows a community at the edge of a mysterious alien biodome in rural Nigeria. Rosewater, Thompson’s second novel, is the first book in the Wormwood Trilogy. As such, it’s an audience publishers of every kind would do well to engage with. My personal sense is that, however small the existing small numbers of writers being published at present are, there is a definite change in the growth of readers actively seeking out their work, and that this readership is growing across a multiplicity of different demographics. In May, however, Clarke Award Director Tom Hunter revealed that just seven per cent of the books nominated were written by writers of colour, which he said highlighted ‘existing inequalities lurking within our industry’ and reflected some ‘uncomfortable truths’ about the publishing world: South African writer Lauren Beukes won the 2011 edition of the prize for her novel Zoo City, while Nigerian–American writer Nnedi Okorafor was shortlisted in 2016 for The Book of Phoenix.ġ24 novels were submitted for the Arthur C Clarke Award this year, the highest number of entries ever. Thompson is just the second African author to win the esteemed award, which was founded in 1987. ![]()
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