NEWS:

16/05/10 - From 13.00pm, Samson Kambalu appears at Voices of Africa, Allerweltshaus, Cologne, Germany

Four new dates for Samson Kambalu's book tour in Switzerland:

20/05/10 - Literature House, Basel
19/05/10 - Ono Theatre , Bern
18/05/10 - Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
17/05/10 - Freihandbibliothek, St Gallen

01/02/10 -The Jive Talker: or How to Get a British Passport has been nominated for Global Reads being run by National Book Tokens. Global Reads are inspirational reads providing invaluable insights into new cultures and countries.To vote visit Global Reads.

02/06/10, From 7.00 pm, Samson Kambalu appears at Literature House, Leipzig, Germany.

07/03/10 -13/03/10 - Samson Kambalu appears at Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa and Cultural Hideaway, near Munich in Germany, for readings from Jive Talker. Other authors at event include Assia Djebar.

10/04/10 - 14.30 pm, Samson Kambalu will appear at Salzburg University , Austria, in conversation with Professor Sabine Coelsch-Foisner.

12/04/10 - Jive Talker and the artist will appear at Literarischer Salon , Leibniz University , Hannover, Germany.

07/04/10 - 11/04/10 - Jive Talker and the artist will appear at the 40th Anniversay of the Rauris Literature Festival , in Salzburg, Austria

02/10 - The Jive Talker will be published in German under the broader title of Jive Talker by Unionsverlag.

11/02/10 - Samson Kambalu appears at ZIP, Wettsteinallee 71. 4058 Basel, Switzerland. The art performance event includes an exposition of institutes of the Holyballist religion by the author, a reading from Jive Talker, followed by an open holyball kick about.

29/11/09 - The Jive Talker and the artist appears at Nextex , St Gallen, Switzerland. The art performance event includes an exposition of institutes of the Holyballist religion by the author, a reading from The Jive talker, followed by an open holyball kick about.

22/03/09 The Jive Talker is in Mr Motley , review by Daphne Pappers

03/02/09 The Jive Talker is in The Morning News , review by Robert Birnbaum

The Jive Talker will feature at Edinburgh International Book Festival, 2009

The Jive Talker will be published in German in 2010 by Unionsverlag

11/08 The Jive Talker is in Bookforum, review by Joscelyn Jurich.

23/08/08 Giles Foden reviews The Jive Talker in the Guardian

The Jive Talker is in the 10/08/08 Sunday Telegraph , review by Aminatta Forna.

The Jive Talker will be launched at Iniva's Rivington Place on 31st July. (With an installation of 52 Holy Balls.)

Monday 7 July 2008, from 1.30pm, The Jive Talker goes on BBC World Service's Outlook - with George Arney (Listen)

Wednesday 9 July 2008, from 9am, The Jive Talker goes on BBC Radio 4's Midweek - with Hardeep Singh Kohli (Listen)

Monday 23 June 2008, from 2pm, The Jive Talker goes on BBC London - with Robert Elms (Listen)

04/07/08 The Jive Talker is in The Independent , review by Susan Williams