amaBooks

amaBooks is a small independent publishing house based in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo. We are passionate about good creative writing and strive to give a voice to the Zimbabwe story. We publish novels, short stories and poetry, with a few local history and culture titles. Since our inception we have been able to give a platform to many emerging writers, as well as publishing more established authors. Several of our titles have achieved recognition both nationally and internationally. We also offer publishing services, including editing, proof-reading and origination, and run workshops on publishing issues. In order to make books that have relevance to Zimbabwe available in the country, we distribute selected books by other publishers. We, Brian Jones and Jane Morris, are the two directors of amaBooks. The 6th in the amaBooks Short Writings series, Moving On and Other Zimbabwean Stories , is available in Zimbabwe from amaBooks and in North America from the African Books Collective. It will be available in the UK through Parthian Books in 2018. To purchase the book in North America on the cover. Tendai Huchu's second novel The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician is available in Zimbabwe from amaBooks, in the UK from Parthian Books, in North America from Ohio University Press and in Nigeria through Farafina: To purchase the book in the UK, please click on the left hand cover, in North America on the right hand cover. Three very different men struggle with thoughts of belonging, loss, identity and love as they attempt to find a place for themselves in Britain. The Magistrate tries to create new memories and roots, fusing a wandering exploration of Edinburgh with music. The Maestro, a depressed, quixotic character, sinks out of the real world into the fantastic world of literature. The Mathematician, full of youth, follows a carefree, hedonistic lifestyle, until their three universes collide. In this carefully crafted, multi-layered novel, Tendai Huchu, with his inimitable humour, reveals much about the Zimbabwe story as he draws the reader deep into the lives of the three main characters.