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UK Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 Longlist Announced
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason and Zakia Sewell are on the longlist for the UK Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2026, announced on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The Women’s Prize is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. In 2024, they unveiled the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction…
Book Digest: Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Adil Babikir, Stephen Buoro, Kweku Abimbola
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Adil Babikir, Stephen Buoro, and Kweku Abimbola. Song and Dread by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek Publisher: Talon BooksDate: March 15, 2023Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Click here. Otoniya J. Okot Bitek Otoniya J. Okot Bitek Otoniya J. Okot Bitek is a poet and scholar. Her…
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Literary Magazines: Doek, Ibua, Isele, Iskanchi
Doek, Isele, Iskanchi, and Ibua are all literary magazines that are currently available for your reading pleasure Doek Doek! Literary Magazine (Doek!) is a free, independent, and Pan-African online literary magazine produced in Windhoek, Namibia. It publishes short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from Namibia, Africa, and the African diaspora. The current edition features prose,…
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Paterson Joseph wins UK’s RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2023.
Paterson Joseph’s The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho was named the winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2023 on Thursday, June 8, 2023. The RSL Christopher Bland Prize is an annual award, worth £10,000, given to a debut novelist or non-fiction writer first published aged 50 or over. The Prize was launched in 2018 by the Bland family and friends, with the RSL, in memory of Sir…
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Roger Reeves wins Griffin Poetry Prize 2023
Roger Reeves’ collection Best Barbarian won the Griffin Poetry Prize 2023 in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written in or translated into English. The Canada-based prize was founded by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin in 2000. The award has geographical…
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Writing Africa Podcast Episode 29
Welcome to episode 29 of the Writing Africa Podcast. It’s a blockbuster one as we say goodbye to author, poet, playwright, and academic Ama Ata Aidoo and South African writer, political analyst, journalist, and broadcaster Eusebius McKaiser. We will be chatting about the Kendeka Prize, Arablit Short Story Prize, and the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) Short Fiction Story Contest as…
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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s latest novel launches in Abuja.
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s latest novel When We Were Butterflies launched at the Spine & Label, Abuja Nigeria on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is the author of the books The Whispering Trees (2012), Seasons of Crimson Blossoms (2015), and Dreams and Assorted Nightmares (2020). He is a multi-award nominee and winner with the Nigeria Prize for Literature win being his most notable in…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for June 2023.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in June 2023. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share. Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Morland Travel Awards Deadline: June 30Details: Click here. Literary…
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Is the Ake Festival set to return?
The Ake Arts and Book Festival was nominated for the International Aficionado Award on May 11, 2023. The nomination announcement led to speculation that Festival may return for an eleventh edition. The Ake Arts and Book Festival was founded by Lola Shoneyin in Nigeria in 2013. The festival with its unique offering of book readings, panel discussions, poetry recitals, film screenings, theatre,…
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Eldoret Regional Bookfair kicks off on May 31
The Eldoret Regional Bookfair is scheduled to be hosted in the Rift Valley based town from May 31 – June 3, 2023. The fair theme is “Nurturing Talent through Publishing.” The Kenya Publishers Association, the umbrella body for book publishers in Kenya, encourages the widest possible spread of printed and digital books throughout Kenya and beyond. Apart from promoting and protecting by all lawful…
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South African writer Eusebius McKaiser has passed away
South African writer Eusebius McKaiser passed away in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Eusebius McKaiser was a political analyst, journalist, and broadcaster. Among others, he wrote for the Mail & Guardian, the Sunday Times, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Business Day, for which he wrote a weekly column. The Johannesburg-based writer wrote the…
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Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 judges announced.
Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu, Richard Ali, and Pasomi Mucha are the judges for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023. The panel chaired by Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu was unveiled on April 14, 2023. The Kendeka Prize for Africa Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. Previous wines of the prize founded by Kenyan writer and…
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US’ Pulitzer Prize 2023 winners announced
Carl Phillips, Robert Samuels, and Toluse Olorunnipa are among the winners at the Pulitzer Prize 2023 announced on May 8, 2023. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition held annually in the United States. It was established by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper…
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Island Prize 2023 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Island Prize 2023 was announced on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA) as well as Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It is aimed at giving writers from Africa (or the diaspora) a chance to showcase their work to a wider audience, with the possibility of feedback, mentoring,…
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Tuzo Nyerere winners feted in Dar es Salaam
The winners of the inaugural literary prize Tuzo Nyerere were announced in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on April 13, 2023. Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano was guest of honour at the event. President Julius Nyerere, Tanzania’s founding president from 1964–1985, was famous for writing numerous political texts like Ujamaa (1968) and Freedom and Socialism (1969). He also took…
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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is OCM Bocas Prize 2023 winner.
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo was named the winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2023 on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry, fiction (both novels and collections of short stories), and…
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Maryse Conde, GauZ’ on International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist.
Maryse Conde and GauZ’ are on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize 2023 announced on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. Some of the previous winners for the award, worth £50,000 split between author and…
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