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The 2019 Brittle Paper Award for Creative Nonfiction: Meet The 4 Finalists
The 5 Shortlists for The 2019 Brittle Paper Awards were announced in November. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by...
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The 2019 Brittle Paper Anniversary Award: Meet The 6 Finalists
The 5 Shortlists for The 2019 Brittle Paper Awards were announced in November. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by...
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The 2019 Brittle Paper Award for Poetry: Meet The 5 Finalists
The 5 Shortlists for The 2019 Brittle Paper Awards were announced in November. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by...
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Treasure is a New Novella by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Calling all fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer! Oyinkan Braithwaite has a new novella out. Titled Treasure, the book is part of Hush, a collection of six novellas published by Amazon Original...
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Kenyan Filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu and Ghanaian American Playwright Jocelyn Bioh...
Wanuri Kahiu will direct the Disney+ film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Once on This Island, reports Hollywood Reporter. Ghanaian-American playwright and actor, Jocelyn Bioh, who is the writer...
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Wole Soyinka Writes Letter of Solidarity for Detained Humanist Mubarak Bala
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has never hesitated to speak out in the face of injustice. He recently penned a letter of solidarity to Mubarak Bala, the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria,...
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Ugandan Novelist Jennifer Makumbi on All-Female Short Story Prize Longlist
Celebrated Ugandan author Jennifer Makumbi is on the longlist of the 2020 Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her debut collection Manchester Happened. The £10,000 award is annually conferred by Edge Hill...
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Nnedi Okorafor’s LaGuardia Wins 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic
Nigeria’s Nnedi Okorafor is on a roll! Barely two weeks since bagging an Eisner Award, Okarafor wins the coveted Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic for her graphic novel LaGuardia. She wins...
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Nwando Achebe’s New Book Celebrates Centuries of Female Power in Africa
A new book by renowned historian Nwando Achebe traces a history of African women in power. Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa was published in July by Ohio University Press through its Ohio...
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Burna Boy Samples Ama Ata Aidoo in New Track Criticizing Colonial Exploitation
Nigerian Afrobeats singer Burna Boy recently released his fifth studio album, and everyone cannot stop talking about all the catchy new tunes. But we are excited about the album for a different...
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The Actual is Inua Ellams’ First Full Poetry Collection
Poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer Inua Ellams has a new book coming out! The book is titled The Actual and is being published by Penned in the Margins on Oct. 5. The Actual is...
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Ben Okri’s New Story Begins 20,000 Years After the Apocalypse
Ben Okri has published a new short story titled “And Peace Shall Return” in Emergence Magazine. The story opens with the line, “Once upon a time, in a world that no longer exists…” and contains 7...
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To Celebrate Brittle Paper’s 10-Year Anniversary, We are Launching The Decade...
Brittle Paper is 10 this year! That’s right. It’s been 10 long and amazing years of bringing you the latest about books and African literary culture. To commemorate this milestone, we are launching a...
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Register For Yoruba Writing Symposium Featuring Notable Yoruba Scholars and...
Linguist, writer, and scholar, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, has convened an online symposium aimed at advancing Yorúbà literacy in the 21st century. In his recent essay,”Writing Africa’s Future in New...
View ArticleRhodasi Mwale is winner of the 2020 Kalemba Short Story Prize
The 2020 Kalemba Short Story Prize has been awarded to Rhodasi Mwale for her short story “If It Ain’t Broke.” The $1000 prize, now in its third year, is funded and administered by the publishing...
View ArticleBrittle Paper Anniversary Giveaway: Win Okada Books Vouchers!
Hey Brittle Paper readers! To thank you for being our cheerleaders over the past ten years, we’re hosting a series of giveaways on Instagram. Up for grabs for our first giveaway are THREE vouchers from...
View ArticleHuza Press is Changing Rwanda’s Literary Landscape Through Community Building
Huza Press was established to expand Rwanda’s publishing industry and literary culture. Founded by Rwandan publisher, communications expert and writer Louise Umutoni, the press has become a mainstay of...
View ArticleTwo African Women Make Historic Booker Prize Shortlist: Tsitsi Dangarembga...
It was a great day for African fiction. Two African women made the 2020 Booker Prize shortlist: Tsitsi Dangaremgba for This Mournable Body and Maaza Mengiste for The Shadow King. Dangarembga and...
View ArticleTola Rotimi Abraham’s Black Sunday is a Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize
Nigerian author Tola Rotimi Abraham’s Black Sunday has been announced a finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize in the category of fiction. Abraham is one of four debut authors on the list of six. Since its...
View ArticleFounder of The African Writers Faith Moyosore Agboola Awarded a Chevening...
Faith Moyosore Agboola, Founder and CEO of digital literary platform The African Writers, is one of the awardees of the 2020 Chevening Scholarship. Agboola will receive a fully-funded bursary to study...
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