EVENT: Warsan Shire and Bernardine Evaristo at WOW London Festival | March 11...
The 2022 Women of the World (WOW) Festival in London which will run from March 11 through 13. We are happy to let you know that some of your faves are on the bill. First of, there is Bernardine...
View ArticleBridgerton’s Martins Imhangbe Stars in Trailer for Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open...
Ahead of the paperback release of his debut novel Open Water, author and breakout literary star Caleb Azumah Nelson, has released a short promotional trailer for the book. Justin Marosa directs and...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Abdurazak Gurnah Meets Fans at Radical Books Collective Event
Radical Books Collective (RBC) recently hosted Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah at a book club event featuring his novel Gravel Heart. Swahili literatures scholar Meg Arenberg led the virtual event and...
View ArticleMary Watson Wins the 2022 Philida Literary Award
The South African writer and Caine Prize winner Mary Watson wins the 2022 Philida Literary Award bestowed to a mid-career writer for an “oeuvre of literary excellence.” Established in 2020, The award...
View ArticleThe Trailer for the Apple TV Adaptation of South African Novel The Shining...
The series adaptation of the best selling novel The Shining Girls by South African author Lauren Beukes is set to premiere globally on April 29. Fans have waited 9 years to see Beukes’ novel about a...
View ArticleNigerian Poet Titilope Sonuga and Her Family Star in Short Film About Black...
Nigerian poet Titilope Sonuga and her family star in a short film celebrating Black Canadian communities. The film is a Black on the Prairies project and features Sonuga’s parents, her children, her...
View Article8 Writers from 10 African Countries Longlisted for The Island Prize for Debut...
Eight writers from ten African countries are on the longlist of the 2021 The Island Prize, which seeks to highlight new writers from the continent and create an opportunity for them to share their work...
View Article5 African Authors on €100,000 Dublin Literary Award Longlist
The Dublin Literary Award has announced its 2022 longlist of 79 names, and there are 5 African authors, 6 down from the twelve selected last year. The longlisted authors are the International Booker...
View ArticleTendai Huchu and Jordan Ifueko Among Those Honored for the 2021 Children’s...
The Zimbabwean author Tendai Huchu and Nigerian breakout star Jordan Ifueko are among seven honorees at the 2021 edition of the Children’s Africana Book Awards. The Awards, created in 1991, are...
View ArticleEmmanuel Iduma Launches Newsletter on African Photography
Brittle Paper fam, the Nigerian author Emmanuel Iduma recently launched a newsletter titled Tender Photo. The newsletter is weekly and highlights the work of early to mid-career photographers based on...
View ArticleNairobi Book Store Soma Nami Lands Partnership Deal with Work Space Provider...
Soma Nami Books, an independent bookhub based in Nairobi, recently launched a book curation project dubbed “the shelfie project,” in partnership with KOFISI Africa, a workspace provider with facilities...
View Article“PEN Made Me Return to Gĩkũyũ”| Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Acceptance Speech at the...
Congratulations to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on being awarded the 2022 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, one of the most prestigious honors conferred by PEN America. The award is a...
View ArticleFather of Novelist Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia Passes On at 84
The Nigerian economist and professor emeritus Chief Obidinma Isiah Okoli Onyemelukwe, father of the author Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, has passed on, aged 84. According to a note shared by Cheluchi on...
View ArticleAnnouncing New Zimbabwean Poetry Magazine Ipikai!
Brittle Paper fam, a new journal has joined the vibrant space of African online publishing. Ipikai is a journal for Zimbabwean poetry. Name of the quarterly journal is a Shona word meaning “be open to...
View ArticleNigerian Novel Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun Heads to Netflix, with Will...
With months away before it hits the shelves, the screen rights to Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by the British-Nigerian author Tọlá Okogwu has been snapped up by a combined power-house team of...
View ArticleBilingual KiSwahili and English Short Story Masterclass with Zukiswa Wanner &...
Zukiswa Wanner & Elias Mutani are running a bilingual KiSwahili and English short story writing workshop from 4-9 July 2022 hosted by the Goethe Institut and the Alliance Française. The event is...
View ArticleWATCH | Explore Africa’s Culinary Histories in Reclaiming the Tongue by Wana...
Nigerian poet and journalist Wana Udobang curates a new 4-part video series for the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University. The project is titled Reclaiming the Tongue and explores black...
View ArticleDoek Launches the Inaugural Doek Literary Festival | April 21 – 23
Doek Magazine is hosting a literary festival in Namibia. University of East Anglia’s International Chair of Creative Writing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, is backing the festival, which is scheduled to take...
View ArticleCongolese-British Novelist JJ Bola’s The Selfless Art of Breathing Is Headed...
Inspiring breakout star JJ Bola recently announced the acquisition of screen rights for his second novel The Selfless Act of Breathing. The film will be produced by Bron Studios, the powerhouse behind...
View ArticleJordan Ifueko & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Are 2022 BSFA Finalists
The British Science Fiction Awards have announced the finalists for their 2022 awards and two Africans are on it. They are the Nigerian writers Jordan Ifueko, listed in the category of “Best Book for...
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