amaBooks are a Bulawayo-based publisher of Zimbabwean novels, short story collections and poetry, with a few local history and culture titles.
We started in 2000 and, since that time, we have published around 40 titles, featuring many different writers - especially in the collections of short stories and poetry in the Short Writings series, which have featured previously unpublished writers alongside those who are more established.
amaBooks titles are available in Bulawayo in Inganu Bookshop at the Orange Elephant, River Estate, 12th Avenue Extension, Bulawayo (WhatsApp 0772 851 609 or 0733 781 246) and the shop at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.
This September Sun, All Come to Dust and Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?are available in Harare through Bindu Books, 37 Victoria Drive, Newlands (0242 782720 or sales(at)bindu.co.zw) and at Pungwe Projects, 10 Stuart Avenue.
In Victoria Falls books are available at the Orange Elephant, 258 Adam Stander Road (Opposite Elephant's Walk and River Brewery). In South Africa many of the titles are at Clarkes (Cape Town), Bridge Books, African Flavour, Xarra and Love Books (Johannesburg) and Adams Books ( Durban).
Outside of Africa, the majority of our titles are available through africanbookscollective.com.
The rights to several of our titles have been sold to publishers elsewhere and can be obtained through those partner publishers: Parthian Books in the UK (Moving On, The Maestro, The Magistrate and The Mathematician, This September Sun, Where to Now?, All Come to Dust),Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?), Guernica Editions in North America (Textures), Al Arabi in Egypt (This September Sun), Longhorn in Kenya (This September Sun), Kachifo in Nigeria (The Maestro, The Magistrate and The Mathematician).
If you are outside Africa and would like to buy a particular book through the African Books Collective, please click on the image of the book cover below.
Otherwise, please email us at amabooksbyo@gmail.com.
amaBooks as e-books
Most amaBooks titles are available as e-books through ABC. Please click on the link below.
They are also available on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk and many other online stores through ABC or our partner publishers.
Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?
All Come to Dust
Nevertheless
Redemption Song
Moving On and other Zimbabwean stories
The Goddess of Mtwara
The Daily Assortment of Astonishing Things
Lusaka Punk
The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician
Textures
The Gonjon Pin
Small Friends
Siqondephi Manje
African Violet
Available from 'amaBooks in Zimbabwe
A Memory This Size
Where to Now?
Together
This September Sun
by Bryony Rheam
Long Time Coming: Short Writings from Zimbabwe
Intwasa Poetry
Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage
by Pathisa Nyathi
Silent Cry: Echoes of Young Zimbabwe Voices available outside Zimbabwe