Abi Ishola-Ayodeji’s Debut Novel Patience is a Subtle Thief Forthcoming from...
Emmy-nominated Nigerian journalist Abi Ishola-Ayodeji’s debut novel Patience is a Subtle Thief has been acquired by HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins. The rights to the novel was acquired by...
View ArticleIshmael Beah’s ‘Little Family’ is April Pick for One Read Africa
Sierra Leonean author and activist Ishmael Beah’s Little Family is the April selection for One Read Africa. Beah’s third, the novel follows “five young Africans on the quest to replace the homes they...
View ArticleJoshua Chizoma is Winner of the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award
Nigerian writer and law student Joshua Chizoma is winner of the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award (ACT award) for his short story ‘Their Boy’, about a young estranged couple’s complicated relationship...
View ArticleCommonwealth Short Story Prize Announces 2021 Shortlist: Meet the African...
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The shortlist of 25 is spread across the five regions under the commonwealth. This year, the prize...
View ArticleMaaza Mengiste Awarded a Cullman Center Fellowship to Work on Third Novel
Booker shortlisted author Maaza Mengiste is one of fifteen fellows -ranging from academics, literary artists and independent scholars- selected for the 23rd class of the New York Public Library’s...
View ArticleWanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ’s New Book is Titled Seasons of Hippoland
Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ has a new book on the way. The news of her book, which she shared on social media, comes in the heels of her father Ngugi wa Thiongo getting his first International Booker nomination....
View ArticlePoets Mark World Poetry Day with Readings in Honour of Pius Adesanmi
Over 40 poets from Europe, Africa, and North America participated in the World Poetry Day virtual launch of Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An Anthology in Honour of Pius Adesanmi edited by Nduka Otiono and...
View ArticleMalawi’s Timwa Lipeng Gets Signed by UK Literary Agent
Emerging Malawian writer Timwa Lipeng has been signed by UK-based literary agency Laxfield Literary Associates. Lipeng’s manuscript Songs from a Cabbage Patch was and entry for the 2020 African Writers...
View ArticleChukwuebuka Ibeh is the Runner-up Winner of the 2021 J.F Powers Prize for...
Nigerian writer and Brittle Paper Staff Writer Chukwuebuka Ibeh has been announced runner-up winner of the 2021 J.F Powers Prize for Fiction for his short story Miracle, about a young Nigerian woman...
View ArticlePick of the Week: Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai
The Pick of the Week is Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai published by Amazon Crossings on February 1, 2021. The Story: Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to his beloved “girls” on the...
View ArticleAdvice for Aspiring Writers Deprived of Books Due to Wars, Exile, and Poverty
In a recent essay published on Lithub, British-Eritrean novelist Sulaiman Addonia advised writers who, perhaps as a result of poverty, do not have access to books. He pointed out the class bias in the...
View ArticleUCT Library Containing Historic African Literature Collection Destroyed in...
The Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town has been severely damaged by fire. The library houses the university’s special collections, which includes its historic African literature collections....
View ArticleNew Award Program Expands African Books Collection in Wisconsin Public Libraries
The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently launched the Read Africa award program. The program gives libraries in the State of Wisconsin funds to enrich their...
View ArticleEloghosa Osunde is Winner of The Paris Review’s 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction
Nigeria’s Eloghosa Osunde has received the 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction, conferred by The Paris Review, for her short story “Good Boy” published in the Fall 2020 issue. The $10,000 award, named...
View ArticleKwame Dawes is 2021 PEN America Honoree for Career Achievement
Inspiring Ghanaian poet and editor Kwame Dawes is one of five honorees for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards for Career Achievement. The honorees, who cut across diverse fields of performance,...
View ArticleAyesha Haruna Attah’s New Book is a Romance Novel Titled Zainab Takes New York
Ghanaian author Ayesha Haruna Attah has a new book on its way. Titled Zainab Takes New York, the 352-pages novel, Haruna’s fifth, follows a young woman in pursuit of her dreams and on a quest to find...
View ArticleUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Selects Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom as...
Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom has been selected for the 2021-2022 University of Wisconsin-Madison Go Big Read program. The university community of over 40,000 students will be invited to take part...
View ArticleGoretti Kyomuhendo, Victor Ehikhamenor Among Judges of the 2021 AKO Caine Prize
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced the judges for its 2021 edition. Chaired by Ugandan novelist and Founder/Director of the African Writers Trust (AWT) Goretti Kyomuhendo, the panel...
View ArticleFrench Senegalese Author David Diop Shortlisted For 2021 International Booker...
French-Senegalese author David Diop’s debut novel At Night All Blood is Black has been shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, which celebrates the best fiction from around the world...
View ArticleBritish-Ghanaian Lawyer and Author Marie Claire Amuah’s Debut Novel Diary of...
Booker Prize-winning publisher Oneworld has acquired the rights to Diary of a Magpie, the debut offering by British-Ghanaian author and lawyer Marie Claire Amuah. The Bookseller reports that “UK and...
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