Masobe Books is Hiring Editors Based in Lagos | Apply by July 19
Nigerian publisher Masobe Books is looking for experienced editors to join their team. If you have 2+ years of editing experience, an eye for a good story, impeccable editing skills, and are based in...
View ArticleNigerian-American Author Nnedi Okorafor Signs Million-dollar Book Deal for...
We have some big news. Nigerian-American Africanfuturist writer signs a seven-figure deal with William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins for her forthcoming novel titled The Africanfuturist. The book...
View ArticleOpportunity for South African Writers: Submit Your Work for the Achmat Dangor...
Submissions are now open to the Achmat Dangor Literary Prize, a new book prize for black South African authors who are currently working on their second manuscript. The winner will receive concentrated...
View ArticleNnedi Okorafor Drops Brand New Story About Space Travel
Africanfuturist author Nnedi Okorafor’s short story “Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach” was recently published on June 27. It is available in both e-Book and an Audiobook formats and can be read or listened...
View ArticleAre You Ready for Kenya’s Biggest African Books Sale! | August 1–5, 2023
Soma Nami Books is hosting Kenya’s biggest showcase and sale of African books at its first African Book Fair from August 1–5 at the McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Street, Nairobi. Offering over...
View ArticleRoyal Society of Literature Announces 6 New African Fellows
The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) announced its 62 new fellows last Wednesday, of which 6 of them are African. The African fellows include Beverley Naidoo, Leila Aboulela, Emma Dabiri, Sarah Ladipo...
View ArticleSubmit Poems, Essays, and Photography to Lagos International Poetry...
Submissions are now open for the second issue of Márọkọ, the Lagos International Poetry Festival’s annual print and digital journal. The theme is “Here and Now” and explores the post-pandemic pandemic...
View ArticleLolwe Releases Stunning New Issue Containing Writing and Art From 11 African...
Lolwe Magazine recently released its 7th issue on June 23. The issue features writers and photographs from 11 countries across the world including Equatorial Guinea and Burundi. The issue is...
View ArticleAbubakar Adam Ibrahim Looks Fab on the Latest Cover of Masobe Quarterly
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim adorns the cover of the latest edition of Masobe Quarterly, published by Nigerian publishing house Masobe Books. The magazine is released on a quarterly basis and available for...
View ArticleCelebrated Nigerian Author Prof. Kole Omotoso Passes On, Aged 80
The prominent Nigerian author and professor of African literature, Prof. Kole Omotoso, has passed on at the age of 80. He died on July 19, 2023. According to a statement shared on social media by his...
View Article3 African Books Longlisted for the 2023 New American Voices Award
The 2023 New American Voices Award longlist is out, and three of the ten longlisted books are by African authors: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, What Napoleon Could Not Do by DK...
View ArticleZa! is a New Magazine Centering Northern Nigerian Literature
Za! magazine published its debut issue titled the “Juju Issue” on July 7. The issue focuses on different kinds of spirituality in Northern and North-central Nigeria apart from the more visible...
View ArticleZimbabwean Author Yvette Lisa Ndlovu Shortlisted for the 2023 Ursula K. Le...
The 2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist is out and Zimbabwean author Yvette Lisa Ndlovu’s debut short story collection Drinking from Graveyard Wells is on it. The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize...
View ArticleThe Cover Art for This Anthology of Queer Nigerian Nonfiction is a Visual...
Love Offers No Safety celebrates the lives of queer Nigerian men and is coming out on August 29 from Cassava Republic. Edited by Jude Dibia and Olumide F. Makanjuola, the anthology features nonfiction...
View ArticleBrittle Paper and Kweli Journal Launch New Voices Scholarship for African...
Brittle Paper is thrilled to announce the New Voices Scholarship in collaboration with Kweli Journal. Four writers, whose works have previously been published on Brittle Paper, have been selected to...
View ArticleAfrican Speculative Fiction Publishing Opportunity: Submit to Phoenix Imprint...
Submissions are now open to Phoenix, the new speculative imprint launched by Nigerian publisher Ouida Books in collaboration with Nnedi Okorafor and Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn. If you are a writer of African...
View Article3 African Authors Featured in Jordan Peele’s New Black Horror Anthology –...
3 African authors have been featured in Jordan Peele’s groundbreaking Black horror anthology titled Out There Screaming. Releasing on October 3 through Random House, the book includes stories by...
View ArticleMubanga Kalimamukwento and Mamdouh Hebeshy Are the 2023 Tejumola Olaniyan...
Zambian author Mubanga Kalimamukwento and Egyptian writer and filmmaker Mamdouh Hebeshy have been awarded the 2023 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship. Run by the Africa...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Jacana Media Launches African Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror Imprint
Jacana Media has launched a new imprint called Mother for thrilling tales in fantasy, speculative fiction, Afrofuturism, and horror fiction. Jacana Media is an independent South African publisher,...
View ArticleNigeria’s $100K Literary Prize Reveals Longlist of 11 Plays
The longlist for the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature is out. This year is all about drama, and the judges have selected 11 outstanding plays for the longlist. The Nigeria Prize for Literature is an...
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