Pagecast at OBF 2026: Selali Fiamanya and Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane in conversation

Next to join Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane in the Pagecast studio at Open Book Festival 2026 is debut novelist Selali Fiamanya. Selali was born and raised in Glasgow, with a couple of years spent in Accra, Ghana. He won a place on the inaugural Breakthrough Novel-Writing Course for Black Writers, run by Curtis Brown Creative. He is currently undertaking his GP training in Scotland. Before We Hit the Ground is his debut novel. It asks what it means to love and be loved in return, offering an intimate portrait of a family and one man’s struggle to find his place. Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane is a practising advocate and also a part-time in-counsel at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. They were named one of the Top 200 Young South Africans in 2018 and, in 2022, formed part of the judging panel for the Caine Prize for African Writing. #Pagecast #SelaliFiamanya #BeforeWeHitTheGround #OpenBookFestival #QueerWriting