AWARD-WINNING Bulawayo author Christopher Mlalazi is set to publish his fourth novel soon after the manuscript of the book titled They Are Coming was given the nod by Weaver Press.
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Mlalazi, currently in German furthering his writing skills, said he started writing the book in 2007 and completed it recently.
He said he was happy that his creative output had finally found a publisher and it would soon see the light of the day.
Mlalazi posted on his Facebook page that he was happy to have secured a publisher since printing was an expensive undertaking.
“This is excellent news. My manuscript, They Are Coming, has been accepted for publishing by Weaver Press. This will make it my fourth book to date,” he said.
Mlalazi said he was now working hard on improving his writing skills so that his fifth book would be published soon.
“I am so happy that today marks the wrapping up of a seven-year project, as the first word in the manuscript was written in 2007,” he said.
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“I also hope I will write my next book faster. I don’t want to be spending more than five years on a single manuscript anymore.”
Mlalazi also said he will update his readers on the publishing date, since it had not been fixed yet.
Mlalazi is a fiction writer and playwright. He has authored novels like Many Rivers and Running With Mother.
He also authored an anthology of short stories titled Dancing With Life: Tales From the Township, which won the Best First Book award at the National Arts Merit Awards.
Mlalazi’s eight plays, including the 2008 Oxfam/Novib PEN Freedom of Expression Award winner The Crocodile of Zambezi, have all been staged.
