Ghanaian-British Artist Abaka Debrah wins 2025 #Merky Books’ New Writers’ Prize
Ghanaian-British spoken word artist and writer Abaka Debrah is the winner of the 2025 #Merky Books’ New Writers’ Prize for his debut Where Geezers Call Home. The novel is inspired partly by Debrah’s...
View ArticleThe Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary Project Wins...
The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project is the 2025 winner of the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies (DHMS) Prize awarded by the Medieval Academy of...
View Article28th Edition of South African Time of the Writer Festival | RECAP
The Time of the Writer Festival recently wrapped up its 28th edition in Durban, South Africa! Taking place March 18-23, 2025, the festival explored the theme “Imagination, Freedom & Accountability,...
View ArticleTV Adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s Mr Loverman Nominated for 3 BAFTAs!
The BBC series adaptation of Nigerian-British author Bernardine Evaristo’s seventh novel Mr Loverman has been nominated for the 2025 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) for Television in three...
View ArticleNigerian Author Samuel Kọ́láwọlé Wins a 2025 Whiting Award in Fiction!
Nigerian author Samuel Kọ́láwọlé is one of the ten winners of the 2025 Whiting Award! Whiting Awards hope to identify exceptional new writers who are just making their mark in the literary culture....
View ArticleFour African Titles Make the 2025 Ondaatje Prize Longlist
The UK’s Royal Society of Literature has announced the longlist for the 2025 Ondaatje Prize. Selected by judges Ruth Gilligan (Chair), Charlie Craggs and Roy McFarlane, the total list of fifteen titles...
View ArticleSee Who’s On the African Shortlist for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize!
The 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has shared the shortlists 25 writers from 18 countries and 5 regions: Africa, Asia, Canada & Europe, Caribbean, and Pacific. The Commonwealth Short Story...
View ArticlePfumo Collective Announces Cohort from Eight African Countries for Inaugural...
Pfumo Collective has revealed its selected writers for its inaugural CITIZEN project, which will take the form of in-person workshops, mentoring and an anthology of the same name. The collective...
View ArticleTwo Nigerian-American Authors Longlisted for 2025 PEN America Literary Awards!
PEN America has announced their Longlists for the 2025 Literary Awards. Among the many honorees are Nigerian-American authors Iheoma Nwachukwu and Samuel Kọ́láwọlé! The 2025 Literary Awards will confer...
View ArticleEugen Bacon Receives the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced that the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award will be presented to Eugen Bacon! The Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award is bestowed by SFWA to a...
View ArticleJordan Ifueko and Sofia Samatar are Finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards!
African-diasporic writers Jordan Ifueko and Sofia Samatar are finalists for the Hugo Awards! The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most...
View ArticleHere are the Winners of the 2025 Children’s Africana Book Awards!
The winners of the 2025 Children’s Africana Book Awards have been announced! The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and...
View ArticleSuyi Davies Okungbowa and Sofia Samatar are Finalists for the 2024 Nebula...
The finalists for the prestigious 2024 Nebula Awards have been announced and Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Lost Ark Dreaming (Tordotcom) and Sofia Samatar’s The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain...
View ArticleFrom Sirens to Galaxies: The Wild Visuals of Omenana’s Issue 32
Omenana released Issue 32 on March 31, and while the stories are great, the images deserve real attention too. For over a decade, Omenana has been pairing short fiction with visual art, and in that...
View ArticleNigerian Writer James Eze Will Chair the 2025 Things Fall Apart Day Planning...
The Centre for Memories – Ncheta Ndigbo, based in Enugu, has officially announced Nigerian poet, writer, journalist, and singer James Eze as the Chair of the Planning Committee for the 2025 edition of...
View ArticleCheck Out Ghanaian Singer Wendy Shay’s Music Video Set in the Library of...
Ghanaian music just got a literary twist! Singer Wendy Shay chose the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) in Accra as the backdrop for the hot music video for her new single...
View ArticleTsitsi Dangarembga Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Rhodes University
Acclaimed Zimbabwean novelist, filmmaker, and cultural activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Rhodes University! This prestigious recognition celebrates...
View ArticleNoisy Streetss Launches University Tour, Starting with Covenant University
Noisy Streetss, a Lagos-based publisher and platform seeking to “redefine what it means to be young, African, and expressive”, has announced the launch of its first-ever University Tour: an ambitious...
View ArticleZimbabwean Artist Chioniso Tsikisayi Fuses Poetry and Film in New Project...
In her latest experimental short film Bureau De Change, Zimbabwean poet and filmmaker Chioniso Tsikisayi—a frequent Brittle Paper contributor—pushes the boundaries of cinematic storytelling through a...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Shortlist for the 2025 Island Prize!
The Island Prize committee has announced the shortlist for the 2025 prize! In a press release, the judging committee expressed the difficulty of narrowing down the longlist of nine to a their typical...
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