Ivor W. Hartmann

African Roar 2012 ebook edition released today!

2012-12-20T15:14:00.000+02:00

African Roar 2012 ebook edition released today and available at all Amazon sites worldwide: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon Spain Amazon Italy Amazon Japan Amazon California Amazon Brazil

African Roar 2012 Cover and TOC release

2012-12-08T17:42:00.001+02:00

Editors: Emmanuel Sigauke & Ivor W. Hartmann Title: African Roar 2012 Publisher: StoryTime Release: Dec. 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9870089-7-8 (Ebook Edition) African Roar 2012, an annual anthology of African Authors. Table of Contents: 'Sethunya Likes Girls Better' Wame Molefhe 'We Can See You' Abdul Adan 'How Nnedi Got Her Curved Spine' Nnedi Okorafor 'Soldiers of the Stone' Uko Bendi Udo 'The

AfroSF eBook edition released!

2012-11-30T17:10:00.001+02:00

It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of the AfroSF eBook editon now available on Amazon.It has been a real honour to edit and publish AfroSF, the very first pan-African SciFi anthology. I am proud of all the stories in this anthology and the remarkable journey we have made together to publish it. I couldn't have imagined an anthology of this strength, uniqueness, and quality of work

Recent Interviews for AfroSF and Editing

2012-11-08T10:24:00.000+02:00

I have done some interviews for AfroSF and one on editing recently: The first one was with Dave De Burgh, one of the contributors in AfroSF, and the first in a series about the anthology and the contributors: Africa Rising: AfroSF – Science Fiction by African Writers (Edited by Ivor W. Hartmann) The second was with author and editor Nerine Dorman: AfroSF with Ivor W. Hartmann And the third with

AfroSF Cover and TOC release

2012-09-30T17:28:00.000+02:00

Editor: Ivor W. Hartmann Title: AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers Publisher: StoryTime Release Date: December 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9870089-5-4 (Ebook Edition) AfroSF is the first ever anthology of Science Fiction by African writers only that was open to submissions from African writers all across Africa and abroad. Due for release in Dec 2012, ebook edition first, print edition later, and

New short story 'Funeral Gastronomy'

2012-08-01T17:16:00.000+02:00

New short story 'Funeral Gastronomy' now out in Munyori Literary Journal: "There is no dignity in dying and death, no matter what anyone says to the contrary, but there can be some satisfaction. We are, on a cold winter’s day, gathered around his graveside and the tears are flowing all around me. The irony is of course that not a single person here, except me, had even seen him in the last

Saraba#11 The Sex Issue

2012-04-02T18:28:00.000+02:00

New short story 'Size Matters' now out in Saraba#11, The Sex Issue: "His name was Mike, and although he had many attributes, a reasonably sized penis was not one of them. In his estimation, the only men or women who thought size didn’t matter had reasonably sized penises at their disposal. Mike on the other hand barely escaped membership into the micropenis club at 7.3 cm – fully erect. This

The Apex Book of World SF 2

2012-02-25T20:32:00.002+02:00

The Apex Book of World SF 2, is to be released in April 2012. My SciFi short 'Mr. Goop', will be alongside some great SF writers that altogether will make this anthology something quite special. Available for pre-orders here.

Collected quotes, poems, thoughts, excerpts, and insights (mainly from 2011)

2012-02-25T19:03:00.001+02:00

In 2010 I decided to start posting some of my own one-liner’s (well, mostly one-liner's) at my facebook writer's page. They are quite varied in source, some come from my side of conversations (real and digital), my works in progress, thoughts I had about issues or current events, personal insights, and poems. So I have been a touch late in this post mainly for 2011, but here they are, last to

Call for submissions: a new SF anthology: AfroSF

2011-12-16T17:12:00.002+02:00

Call for submissions: I am editing and publishing, AfroSF, a new Science Fiction anthology. Really looking forward to reading what the writers come up with, and think on the whole this antho could be quite ground breaking. AfroSF will be the first Science Fiction genre anthology open to submissions from all African writers (only) across the continent and diaspora. Deadline for submissions is

The first release of 'African Roar 2011' now out!

2011-10-08T17:34:00.000+02:00

StoryTime presents: the first release of 'African Roar 2011'! Now available through the Kindle platform worldwide for nearly every eReader. I published this anthology, edited it together with Emmanuel Siguake, and have a story in it: 'Diner Ten'. Buy from Kindle USA Buy from Kindle UK Buy from Kindle Germany Buy from Kindle France And through Kindle apps on iTunes.

'A Mouse amongst Men' published in StoryTime#152

2011-08-29T19:59:00.002+02:00

Have now published 'A Mouse amongst Men' for the first time in StoryTime#152: "I came here to South Africa to survive, fleeing from the stone-cold house my country Zimbabwe had become. I sit here now and the traffic goes by. I re-read repeatedly this torn and tattered book of near-prophecy a fellow countryman once wrote. It’s the only book I own now and all that’s legible of the cover title is

'A Mouse amongst Men' short-listed for the Intwasa Yvonne Vera Award

2011-08-24T19:49:00.007+02:00

Happy to announce that my short story 'A Mouse amongst Men' has been short-listed for the Zimbabwean, Intwasa Yvonne Vera Award. Yvonne Vera is one of my favourite writers so it is an honour to be in the running for this award named after her. There's some great writers on the list: Intwasa Yvonne Vera Award Shortlist 2011 Ango Leonard’s Game - Mercy Dliwayo A Mouse Amongst Men - Ivor

Update: Something Wicked#12: Short Story

2011-08-01T18:25:00.004+02:00

Something Wicked#12 now out and I have a short story The Devil's Advocate in this issue: "O Royal Emperor Eosphorus, Most Exalted, Ruler and Master of All that Was, Is, and Will Be.The contents (sealed after these words of introduction), have been painstakingly pieced together from ancient data records. These records handed down the ages as inert sacred relics of another era, were preserved

Update: Something Wicked#11 essay

2011-07-03T18:44:00.004+02:00

Something Wicked#11 now out and I have an essay In Pursuit of True AI in this issue: "In today's modern society, Artificial Intelligences are nearly all-pervasive. The odds are that you personally interact daily with some form of AI, be is a call centre program, automatic car transmission, video game, Google search, email spam filter, or a computer of any type - are pretty high. However the

Updates: New post at African Writing and vids for the Stories on Stage (Sacramento) event

2011-06-28T16:24:00.002+02:00

New post at African Writing: How to successfully irritate and editor: Warning: Just one and certainly all of these points combined are 100% guaranteed to work (and if they don’t you’re dealing with an alien editor from another planet with infinite patience... Read More. Vids now up at my fb fan page for Rick Cook's performance of my story 'A Mouse amongst Men' at the Stories on Stage (

Emmanuel Sigauke Interviews Stories on Stage (Sacramento) June Featured Writer Ivor Hartmann

2011-06-21T13:00:00.005+02:00

Ivor W. Hartmann, is a Zimbabwean writer, currently based in Jhb, South Africa. He is the author of Mr. Goop (Vivlia, 2010), and was nominated for the UMA Award (2009), and awarded The Golden Baobab Prize (2009). His writing has appeared in African Writing Magazine, Wordsetc, Munyori Literary Journal, Something Wicked, and Sentinel Literary Quartley, among others. He is the editor/publisher of

"'A Mouse amongst Men' to be performed at Stories on Stage (Sacramento)" and "Part Two of the OGOV roundtable on African writing now out"

2011-05-08T18:06:00.005+02:00

The award winning reading series of short fiction read by actors, Stories on Stage (Sacramento), is featuring African writers on June 24. And I'm happy to say one of my unpublished contemporary short stories 'A Mouse amongst Men' has been selected. Part Two of the 6th OGOV round-table discussion on African writing and the internet, join the conversation... Read More.

"Remembering Marechera" anthology Submissions Reopened

2011-05-06T18:09:00.000+02:00

Firstly we would like to thank all those who submitted work to the anthology, we greatly appreciated your entries.We congratulate the following writers whose work has been selected: Poetry: Abigail George, Yemi Soneye, Tinashe Muchuri, Vivid Gwede, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, and Dami Ajayi.Essays: Joseph Chikowero, and Josephine Muganiwa.Short Stories: Raisedon Baya, Austin Kaluba, Tinashe Chiurugwi,

"What's hard for you as a writer" and "African writing and the Internet roundtable discussion"

2011-05-04T17:46:00.003+02:00

Author Uche Umez asked several fellow writers including me: "What's hard for you as a writer". Read my response (with a slight tongue-in-cheek) at his blog... Read More. In January I joined several writers in the 6th One Ghana One Voice round-table email discussion about African writing and the Internet. Read the first part of two now published at OGOV and join in the conversation... Read More.