Old News Update part 3: Chinua Achebe wins MAN booker prize

Hot on the heels of the announcement of Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie's victory, we hear about Chinua Achebe winning the 2007 MAN booker international prize

I read "Things Fall Apart" last year and I loved it. It's definitely one of those books I will read again, very few make it into that category. I am keen to add some of his other work to my reading list.

BBC, Guardian, Independent pay the story attention, and fellow bloggers also make some comments: Naijablog, Ore's Notes, Blacklooks and Talato-Carmen

Old News Update part 2: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins Orange Broadband prize for fiction

One of my favourite new authors, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the Orange Broadband prize for fiction for her book "Half of a Yellow Sun". I read this book last year and I have to agree it is very good. (story on BBC, Independent)

Chimamanda gave a very interesting interview to the Guardian which is well worth a read.

The story is set during the time of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) and portrays a vivid and, I'm told accurate, picture of what life was like for those trapped by the war.

Get it from your favourite bookshop: # ISBN-10: 0007200277, ISBN-13: 978-0007200276