See the Featured Guests and Speakers for the 2022 African Book Festival Berlin
The Nigerian authors A. Igoni Barret & Emmanuel Iduma, Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Brittle Paper editor Ainehi Edoro, Congolese novelist Fiston Mujila, and South African author Dudu...
View ArticleEVENT | Attend the Ibom Art and Book Festival | July 28-31
A new literary festival has joined the African literary scene! The Ibom International Art and Book Festival is a new initiative that makes space for African writers to showcase their work and meet...
View ArticleBrittle Paper and African No Filter Launch The Writing Room, Online...
Hey fam! We have some big news! We have expanded Brittle Paper to include an online learning platform for writers, called The Writing Room. We now offer free masterclass videos on fiction writing. Our...
View ArticleIdza Luhumyo is the 5th Kenyan to Win the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
Kenya’s Idza Luhumyo wins the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “Five Years Next Sunday,” described by the judges as “an incandescent story.” She was announced winner at an...
View ArticleSubmit Your Manuscript for Assessment by Experienced Editors | July 31 Deadline
African Writers Trust is currently open for submissions of manuscripts for professional evaluation under its Manuscript Assessment Program (MAP). The initiative aims to provide African writers based on...
View ArticleThis African Feminist Podcast Compilation Centers the Writings, Histories,...
The Radical Books Collective (RBC) is curating an archive of notable feminist voices on the continent. In a series of episodes on their Book Rising podcast, they feature acclaimed writers from the...
View ArticleThese 4 African Writers Will Spend 6 Weeks in a 15th Century Italian Castle
The Civitella Ranieri Foundation has announced the fellows for their 2023-2025 seasons. The list of twenty-two features a fair representation of African writers. They are the British-Ghanaian novelist...
View ArticleKola Tubosun Translates Haruki Murakami’s Story into Yoruba
Yoruba literature lovers can now read “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Titled “Ìjẹ́wọ́ Ìnàkí Shìnágawà Kan,” the Yoruba version of the story was...
View ArticleMuseum of the African Diaspora Launches The African Literary Award
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Fransisco is launching the African Literary Award “in recognition of an author who has produced a work of literary excellence and taken a leadership...
View ArticleEloghosa Osunde’s Vagabonds! Shortlisted for Inaugural Waterstones Debut...
The Nigerian writer and multidisciplinary artist Eloghosa Osunde’s debut novel Vagabonds! is on the shortlist of the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. Described as “fiercely inventive” and “a...
View ArticleArts Lounge Magazine Announces Winners for Climate Change Prize
The Green We Left Behind is a literary project aimed at raising awareness for the issue of climate change. The project is curated by Arts Lounge Magazine, with support from the French embassy. The...
View ArticleChimamanda Adichie Endorses Peter Obi for President in Birthday Note
The award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie endorses Peter Obi, ex-Governor and Presidential aspirant, ahead of the 2023 Nigerian Presidential elections. Adichie made her intentions...
View ArticleNoviolet Bulawayo’s Glory, a Zimbabwean Masterpiece, Longlisted for 2022...
The record-setting Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo’s extraordinary second novel Glory is one of thirteen novels on the recently-announced Booker Prize for Fiction. This is a second appearance for...
View ArticleNew Edition of Classic Nigerian Travel Memoir An African Abroad Set for...
Masobe Books and Olongo Africa are reviving a Nigerian travel memoir classic. An African Abroad is the delightful, hilarious, and unbelievably wild adventures of Moshood Ọlábísí Àjàlá during his...
View ArticleSomali-British Novelist Nadifa Mohamed’s The Fortune Men Wins 2022 Wales...
The Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed’s latest novel The Fortune Men has won the 2022 Wales Book of the Year in the Fiction, People’s Vote, & Overall English Language categories. The award,...
View ArticleAn Evening of Conversation on Nduka Otiono’s Poetry Book DisPlace
The second online interactive poetry session hosted under the auspices of Peaquills Review, a new literary journal committed to promoting the literary arts, was held on Saturday, July 23, 2022. The...
View ArticleSubmit Your Children’s Books Manuscript to Blackbird Books | Deadline: 31 August
Leading South African indie press Blackbird Books is currently accepting submissions of manuscripts for children’s literature. Writers at various stages of their careers can pitch their completed...
View ArticleGhanaian Author Ayesha Harruna Attah Sells Movie Rights for Her Rom-Com Novel...
Zainab Takes New York by Ghanaian novelist Ayesha Harruna Attah is making its way to the big screen. According to reports from Publishers Marketplace, film rights to the book were recently sold to...
View ArticleOmenana Magazine’s 22nd Issue Features Speculative Fiction about Democracy
Leading African speculative magazine Omenana has released its anticipated 22nd issue. The special edition issue was published in collaboration with the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI). The...
View ArticleBiyi Bandele, Iconic Novelist & Movie Director, Passes on at 54
Nigerian novelist and filmmaker Biyi Bandele has passed on. He died on August 7th in Lagos. He was 54 years old. The cause of death is unknown. The news of his passing was made known by his daughter...
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