Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Wins 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
The Nigerian author and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki wins the 2022 World Fantasy Award for The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021), edited by Ekpeki and published by Jembefola Press....
View ArticleAttend Accord Literary’s Creative Retreat for Authors/Illustrators |...
Accord Literary will be hosting a 10-day celebration of literature for young readers in Accra, Ghana in May 2023. Accra will be the UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023, so the retreat will be held at a...
View ArticleHighlights from the 2022 Akada Children’s Book Festival
The fourth edition of the Akada Children’s Book Festival was held on October 29, 2022 at the UpBeat Centre in Lagos. The Akada Children’s Book Festival showcases children’s books written by African...
View ArticleProducer of Crazy Rich Asians Options Masande Ntshanga’s Triangulum for TV
Masande Ntshanga’s 2019 Afrofuturist novel Triangulum has been optioned for TV to California-based film production company SK Global Entertainment, U.K.-based company BlueLight, and Paris-based Black...
View ArticleHausa International Book and Arts Festival 2022 Will Use Virtual Reality to...
Open Arts, the curators of the Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF), have announced the second edition of the festival with the theme Being and Becoming. This edition intends to use...
View ArticleEnter for the 2023 100 Year Starship Canopus Awards for African Writers |...
The Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing is an initiative of the scientific organization 100 Year Starship. The prize recognizes “the finest fiction and non-fiction works that expand...
View ArticleGoodreads Choice Awards 2022 | Vote for Akwaeke Emezi, Safia Elhillo & Warsan...
Goodreads has announced the nominations for the 2022 edition of its awards and three African authors are on it. They are Nigerian author Akwaeke Emezi, Sudanese poet Safia Elhillo, and Somali poet...
View ArticleDillibe Onyeama, Nigerian Author & Publisher, Passes Away at the Age of 71
The Nigerian author and publisher Dillibe Onyeama, popularly regarded as the first Black boy to attend the elite Eton College, has passed on. He was aged 71. The news of his passing was shared by his...
View ArticleCraig Shreve’s 2023 Novel The African Samurai is in the Works to Become a...
Craig Shreve has a powerful second novel coming out in 2023 titled The African Samurai. The novel will explore the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreign-born samurai and the only samurai of...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: 2023 UJ Prize for South African Writing
Submissions are currently open for The University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prize for South African Writing. The prize, which was established in 2006, is awarded to South African writers regardless of...
View ArticleJude Idada’s KOFA Wins Big at AFRIFF 2022
Nigerian writer and filmmaker Jude Idada’s latest film project KOFA was one of the major players at the 2022 Globe Awards of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) which took place at the...
View ArticlePoetry Africa Festival Crowns 2022 South African Poetry Slam Champion
After a weeklong celebration of poetry and poets, the 26th edition of the Poetry Africa festival came to a close on October 16. During the celebratory closing ceremony, all poets said goodbye with one...
View ArticleWatch the Petina Gappah Masterclass to Learn About the Principles of Writing...
BP Fam, here’s a cool opportunity to learn the principles of writing (for free!) from one of Africa’s most accomplished literary voices. The celebrated Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah was a guest on...
View ArticleBrittle Paper Debuts 100 Notable African Books of the Year List
We are thrilled to share our 100 notable African books of 2022 list. This year, we broke our 3-year tradition of compiling a list of 50 notable African books and upped the number to 100. The reason is...
View ArticleSalma El-Wardany Appointed New Breakfast Show Host for BBC Radio London
The Egyptian novelist and BBC presenter Salma El-Wardany is the new breakfast show host for BBC Radio London. El-Wardany’s new role involves bringing news and entertainment from across the 32 boroughs...
View ArticleLOATAD Announces AU20 “Our Africa, Our Future” Writing Residents
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) has announced the five writers from across Africa selected to be in residence at the LOATAD centre in Accra, Ghana, this November for the AU20...
View ArticleCheck Out These Stunning Highlights from the Lagos Book & Arts Festival...
The Lagos Book & Arts Festival (LABAF) 2022 was the 24th edition of the fest and ran from November 14 to 20. The theme of the festival was “Pathways to the Future.” The events included book...
View ArticleNobel Prize BFFs Wole Soyinka & Abdulrazah Gurnah and Other Ake Festival 2022...
The Ake Arts & Book Festival was held in Lagos, Nigeria from November 24–26, 2022. The 2022 edition of the festival was a resounding success as prominent authors and book lovers in the African...
View ArticleSome Highlights from the 2022 African Studies Association Conference in...
The African Studies Association (ASA) held its annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from November 17–19, 2022. The 65th edition of the conference was focused on the theme of “African...
View ArticleWorks by Dangaremgba, Serpell, and Jennings Featured in the Latest Issue of...
A new issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books (JRB) edited by Jennifer Malec is out. The issue features writing by Mostwana author Tjawangwa Dema, a rumination on literary get-together in Kenya by...
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