NEWS AT NOON

240pp., paperback, London, 2022

Satirical novel set in Lagos, Nigeria. Journalist Ifiok and his colleagues cover an imminent Ebola pandemic by raising awareness, sharing information, and supporting the outreach efforts of health workers as they battle against hysteria, misinformation, corruption and denial.

Anietie Isong's first novel, Radio Sunrise, won the 2018 McKitterick Prize. His collection of short stories, Someone Like Me (2020), won the first annual Headlight Review Chapbook Prize for Prose Fiction.