The Longlist for the 2024 Toyin Falola Prize is Out!
The longlist for the 2024 Toyin Falola Prize has just been announced. The nine writers included in the longlist come from all over the continent including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa....
View ArticleCheck Out the Shortlist of Zambian Hope Prize Launched by Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Zambian author Mubanga Kalimamukwento has launched the Hope Prize in honor of her late mother Rachael Hope Banda. The shortlist came out recently in early June. A partnership between Zambian literary...
View ArticleNigerian Publisher Ouida Books Launches New Imprint Lufu | Submit Now
Nigerian publisher Ouida Books has launched a new imprint geared toward commercial fiction. Named Lufu, the imprint is now open for submissions. Ouida has six other dynamic imprints till date – the...
View ArticleStruggling to Pay your Bills? Apply for a Grant through the Royal Literary...
If you’re struggling to pay your bills as a writer in the UK, we have just the solution for you. The Royal Literary Fund offers a range of hardship grants to professional writers needing short-term to...
View ArticleAfrolution Fest 2024 Features Star-Studded Cast Including Tsitsi Dangarembga,...
The 2024 Afrolution Festival will be held in Berlin, Germany from June 27-30. Centered on the theme of “African/-Diasporic Pluriverses I”, the fest is bound to be a great success as guests include...
View ArticleAchille Mbembe Celebrates with Ato Quayson and Others at Holberg Week in Norway
Cameroonian academic Achille Mbembe, Ghanaian literary critic Ato Quayson, and others attended at the 2024 Holberg Week in Bergen and Oslo in Norway. The Holberg Week 2024 took place from June 4–7 and...
View ArticleIvorian Author Veronique Tadjo Receives Honorary Doctorate from University of...
Ivorian author Veronique Tadjo received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland this June. Congrats to her! Tadjo was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters. The...
View ArticleSoma Nami Books Celebrates the Grand Opening of its New Store in Ngara, Nairobi
Nairobi-based Kenyan bookstore Soma Nami recently celebrated the grand opening of its new store! Affectionately named Soma Nami 2.0, the new location looks absolutely incredible and we are so thrilled...
View ArticleHighlights from 2024 Resonanzen Schwarzes Literaturfestival Celebrating...
The Resonanzen Schwarzes Literaturfestival took place from Thursday, May 30 to Sunday, June 2 and celebrated Black-German language literature. The festival is part of the larger, annual Ruhrfestival,...
View ArticleListen to Novel Dialogue Podcast Episode with Masande Ntshanga | Machine,...
Novel Dialogue just dropped a podcast episode with South African novelist Masande Ntshanga and Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra, featuring a conversation about technology and the human imagination. Released on...
View ArticleNigerian-British Writer Chidi Ebere Makes it to the 2024 RSL Christopher...
Nigerian-British writer Chidi Ebere made it to the 2024 RSL Christopher Bland Prize shortlist. Congrats! The RSL Christopher Bland Prize is an annual award of £10,000 celebrating outstanding...
View ArticleThe Longlist for the 2024 Sunday Times Literary Awards is Out!
The longlist for the 2024 Sunday Times Literary Awards is out! This year marks the 34rd anniversary of the non-fiction and 23 years of the fiction prize. The Sunday Times Literary Awards are South...
View ArticleNnedi Okorafor Reveals Two Covers for Death of the Author in Puzzle Solving...
Nigerian-American Africanfuturist writer Nnedi Okorafor just revealed not one, but two exciting covers for her upcoming fiction novel Death of the Author. The novel will be published by HarperCollins...
View ArticleAttend Conversation on The Lions’ Den with Iris Mwanza and Ainehi...
Zambian-American author Iris Mwanza and Brittle Paper’s very own Ainehi Edoro-Glines will have a conversation about Mwanza’s debut novel The Lions’ Den. The event will be held on July 11 as an IG Live...
View ArticleMeet the 2024 Akada Children’s Book Festival Editorial Board!
The 2024 Akada Children’s Book Festival (ACBF) has just gotten a new editorial board consisting of eight remarkable volunteers. This fantastic group will take this year’s festival to new heights! The...
View ArticleThe Zulu Translation of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth is Now...
The Zulu translation of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth is now available in stores! Translated from English by Makhosazana Xaba and published by Inkani Books on May 1, the isiZulu version of...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2024 Nommo Awards Finalists!
The finalists for the 2024 Nommo Awards celebrating African speculative fiction and fantasy are out! Mostly hailing from Nigeria, the shortlist also features a couple of writers from South Africa,...
View ArticleSubmit to Speculative Fiction Anthology Planet Black Joy | Deadline: Jan 1, 2025
Submissions are now open to an anthology of speculative fiction published through Rosarium Publishing and edited by Chinelo Onwualu titled Planet Black Joy. If you are a Black, African, or of...
View ArticleSee Photos of Accra Launch of Someone Birthed Them Broken by Ama Asantewa Diaka
Ama Asantewa Diaka launched her book Someone Birthed Them Broken in Accra, Ghana on June 13 at the Nubuke Foundation. The event was held in conversation with Bernard Avle. The book was published on...
View ArticleSouth African Poet Gabeba Baderoon Receives Prestigious Harvard Radcliffe...
South African poet and professor Gabeba Baderoon recently received a prestigious Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year. Founded five years ago, the Harvard Radcliffe...
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