Wole Oguntokun Nominated for Inaugural Young-Howze Theatre Awards Focused on...
Playwright and director Wole Oguntokun has been nominated for the inaugural Young-Howze Theatre Awards. The awards were set up by the playwright and screenwriters Ricky and Dana Young-Howze to...
View ArticleTochi Onyebuchi and Hafizah Geter Nominated for 52nd NAACP Image Awards
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel Riot Baby and Hafizah Geter’s poetry collection Un-American have been nominated for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards in the categories, respectively, of Outstanding Literary...
View ArticleListen to Teju Cole Discuss His Latest Photobook, Fernweh
Earlier this month, Teju Cole appeared as a guest on the the literary podcast, “Between the Covers,” with David Naimon from Tin House. “Between the Covers” is a long-form in-depth podcast where guests...
View ArticleArao Ameny Wins 2020 James Olney Award
Ugandan poet and journalist Arao Ameny has been named winner of The Southern Review’s 2020 James Olney Award for her poem “Home is a Woman,” published in the 2020 spring issue. The James Olney Award is...
View ArticleTop Chef Finalist, Eric Adjepong, Signs Two Book Deals with Penguin Random House
Eric Adjepong, Ghanaian-American chef and co-founder of Pinch & Plate, has recently signed two book deals with Penguin Random House. How does a chef get two book deals with the largest publishing...
View ArticleMasande Ntshanga Assumes Stewardship of New Contrast Magazine
Masande Ntshanga has been appointed editor of New Contrast Magazine. The journal, which was established in 1960, is one of South Africa’s oldest surviving journals. Its mission is “publishing the best...
View ArticleThe Longlist for the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award Is Out
Awele Creative Trust has announced the longlist for the 2020 Awele Short Story Prize. The annual prize, valued at ₦50,000, rewards a short story of up to 5,000 words by a Nigerian writer aged between...
View ArticleUzodinma Iweala Shares the Sweetest Note about Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s...
In case you haven’t heard, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Uzodinma Iweala’s mom, has been made the Director General of the World Trade Organization. While there’s plenty of coverage on this appointment, we...
View ArticleTochi Onyebuchi ‘s Forthcoming Book, (S)kin Folk, Is a Response to Adichie’s...
The only news more exciting than the forthcoming release of a new book by your favorite author is when the said book is connected to a book by another favorite author. Tochi Onyebuchi’s new book,...
View ArticleRwandan Poet Innocent Bahati Is Reported Missing
BBC News Gahuza reports that 26-year-old poet, Innocent Bahati, has been missing since the evening of February 7, 2021. According to Bahati’s roommate, poet Junior Rumaga, Bahati attended dinner with...
View ArticleThe 16 Writers Longlisted for the 2021 Afritondo Short Story Prize
A longlist of sixteen names has been announced for the 2021 Afritondo Short Story Prize. The prize, in its second year of running, confers a cash prize of $1,000 to an unpublished work of fiction...
View ArticleZukiswa Wanner Has a Children’s Book Forthcoming May 2021
Zukiswa Wanner has a new children’s book on the way! South African novelist and 2020 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year Zukiswa Wanner has a new children’s book forthcoming from UK’s...
View ArticleLauren Beukes Curates Anthology of “What If” Stories by Tade Thompson, Angela...
South African writer, Lauren Beukes, has teamed up with the African investment firm, RisCura, to curate an anthology of parables predicting possible financial futures. The anthology is part of...
View ArticleJordan Ifueko Has a Forthcoming Comic Book for Jim Henson’s The Storyteller:...
Nigerian-American fantasy writer Jordan Ifueko announced on Instagram that she has written a comic book for Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Trickster series. The series is based on the Emmy Award-winning...
View ArticleSarah Ladipo Mayinka is a Finalist for Prestigious Audio Book Award
Nigeria’s Sarah Ladipo Mayinka is a finalist for the 2021 Audie Award for her first novel In Dependence. The novel was published by Cassava Republic Press and has sold more than three million copies in...
View ArticleOpportunity for Writers: Enter Your Unpublished Manuscript for the 2021 James...
The James Currey Prize for African Literature is currently accepting submissions for its maiden edition. The prize, which is administered by World Arts Literary Agency founder Onyeka Nwelue, was...
View ArticleGrace Adichie, Mother of Chimamanda Adichie, Dies on Her Husband’s Birthday
Barely five months after the burial of her father, award-winning Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has also lost her mother, Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie. Various Nigerian news sites report that she...
View ArticleLupita Nyong’o’s Children’s Book to be Adapted into a Netflix Animated Musical
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o announced on Twitter last month that her best-selling children’s book, Sulwe, will be adapted into an animated musical by Netflix. Sulwe (2019), written by Nyong’o with...
View ArticleEkow Eshun, Author of Africa State of Mind, Has a New Book Coming Out
British publishing powerhouse Hamish Hamilton has acquired the rights to Ekow Eshun’s new book The Stranger, described as a “‘powerfully intimate, richly imagined’ investigation into Black...
View ArticleOpportunity for Writers: Enter the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature
The Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature is currently accepting submissions for its third edition. The prize, administered by African Writers Development Trust, is named in honor of Wakini...
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