By Style Reporter
The Undeniably African Book Club, a literature show on online tele-radio broadcaster Heart & Soul Broadcasting Services, has rebranded to The People’s Book Club.
The People’s Book Club is a weekly segment hosted by Rutendo “The Queen” Mutsamwira and Khumbulani Bandula Muleya on the digital tele-radio’s programme Off The Menu.
The book club was formed in response to the growing need for a dedicated online platform to share the work, conversations and thoughts of Zimbabwe and Africa’s emerging and current authors. The show is open to all authors to come in into the tudio for online book reading and conversations around their subject matter.
Publishing experts and houses have also made critical contributions in raising awareness on what aspiring published authors should consider when writing their books.
Each month, the book club hosts a series of themed critical conversations with literary arts experts, authors and academics.
The digital tele-radio has this month been running an identity series titled: Unpacking Zimbabwe’s Identity Crisis through Literary Arts.
Guest contributors for the series have included iconic author Virginia Phiri and renowned filmaker, actor and writer Stephen Chigorimbo.
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Speaking to Standard Style, Mutsamwira, the brains behind the book club, said: “Our vision is to challenge our people to write, speak and share their stories. There are too many undocumented experiences and valuable stories we have to preserve for the generations to come.
“The more we talk, the more seeds are planted in our listeners’ hearts and minds. We now have access to more audiences and stories because of technology and The People’s Book Club is for the people to take ownership of so that we increase Zimbabwe and Africa’s digital footprint in literature and conversations.
“We have had such great stories and collaborations coming out from our interviews and we are encouraged by literary arts authorities like Virginia Phiri who believe in our vision and support us.
“Cross-sector collaboration for us is critical because there is just too much work to meaningfully execute as a single entity.”
She added: “Our partnership with UpInSmoke Poetry Corner helps us streamline these conversations and off -air initiatives that we our working on to spread The People’s Book Club beyond Zimbabwe and on air.
“We want to create conversations that will participate in the evolutionary process of the literary arts of Zimbabwe,” said Khumbulani Muleya, who is the founder and coordinator of UpInSmoke Poetry Corner.
