All Over Again is a 2013 young adult novel by Jamaican author A-dZiko Simba Gegele. Aimed at teenage readers, it is set in Jamaica and tells the story of a 12-year-old boy going through puberty.[1][2]

The novel was awarded the inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature in 2014 and was longlisted for the 2015 International Dublin Literary Award.[3][4]

All Over Again was Gegele's first novel. As of 2018, the author, who is also a poet and spoken-word performer, is working on a second novel, Deep Water, about her work with the Munirah Theatre Company.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Andrews, Erline (July–August 2014). "Ready, set, read". Caribbean Beat. No. 128. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Donnell, Alison; Cummings, Ronald, eds. (2021). Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 324. ISBN 9781108597760.
  3. ↑ "'All Over Again' takes top award". Jamaica Gleaner. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "JK Rowling's alter ego makes longlist for €100,000 Impac award". The Guardian. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Drama part of A-dZiko's particpatory [sic] art". Jamaica Gleaner. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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