{"id":12323,"date":"2015-11-20T08:32:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T08:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=12323"},"modified":"2015-11-20T08:32:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T08:32:18","slug":"writer-alfred-msadala-set-to-launch-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/writer-alfred-msadala-set-to-launch-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer Alfred Msadala set to launch new book"},"content":{"rendered":"

After bringing forth a new book last year titled \u2018A Ragged Portfolio of My Portrait<\/em>, A Rumbling Journey Towards the Joys of Writing Memoirs\u2019, <\/em>renowned writer Alfred Msadala is back with a new book titled War Drums are beating: Discourses of the anthill. <\/em><\/p>\n

Msadala, who also writes Literary Talk <\/em>column in The Sunday Times, <\/em>said the new book will be launched next Thursday at Blantyre Sports Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at my previous book it was all about my personal story but this new book I have written about other writers both local and international who I have read their works and learned from them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While he took close to 10 years working on his previous book, Msadala said the new book has taken him almost 15 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been writing in the newspapers concerning several writers but I thought I should dig deeper and do more hence coming up with this project,\u201d said Msadala.<\/p>\n

The writer said writing is now part of his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I took writing as just a hobby but now it is part of my life and so I am always thinking of writing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Msadala has a heart for writing; he has written several works but he continues to chronicle different stories for readers.<\/p>\n

While some have deemed writing as a difficult trade, Msadala has loved it since he was young and his writings have moved a journey from writing without experience where he had had to be criticised to writing with experience but still more being criticised.<\/p>\n

Msadala is Book Publishers Association of Malawi (Bpam) president.<\/p>\n

And as he launches his book next Thursday, Msadala speaks volumes of his works and that as long as he lives, he will continue to give Malawians something to read.<\/p>\n

Other books to his credit include The Forum Annexe (2014), Church of Christ the King at 50 <\/em>(edited) 2012., Ten Tidal Waves (2012), Sprouts of Dowa Hills <\/em>(edited) (2011), Mangadzi was Here and Other Stories <\/em>(co-edited with Zondiwe Mbano) 2011, Norwegian Literature \u2013 a Malawian Appraisal <\/em>(2004), Neighbour\u2019s Wife and Other Stories from Malawi <\/em>(edited) (2002), We Lost Track of Ausi <\/em>(2000), Destined for Great Things <\/em>(1999), One Steve Chimombo (1996) <\/em>and Reminiscence (1996). <\/em><\/p>\n

Msadala was born on October 4, 1956 and hails from Liwewe Village, Traditional Authority Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After bringing forth a new book last year titled \u2018A Ragged Portfolio of My Portrait, A Rumbling Journey Towards the Joys of Writing Memoirs\u2019, renowned writer Alfred Msadala is back with a new book titled War Drums are beating: Discourses of the anthill. Msadala, who also writes Literary Talk column in The Sunday Times, said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}