Industry: Literature
Zambian Writer Mubanga Kalimamukwento Wins the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Zambian writer Mubanga Kalimamukwento has won the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize,…
Submit to the Inaugural Kenyan Anthology by Soma Nami Press | Deadline: March 15
Soma Nami Press, a recently launched publishing house in Nairobi, Kenya, is…
Submit Children’s Books to the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024 | Deadline: April 2
The Nigeria Prize For Literature is now accepting submissions for its 2024…
The Arabic Translation for Leila Aboulela’s River Spirit Just Came Out Amidst the Ongoing War in Sudan
The Arabic translation for Leila Aboulela’s 2023 novel River Spirit just came out despite…
The Third Issue of Weganda Review Explores Home in Ugandan Fiction and Nonfiction
The third issue of The Weganda Review is out this January 2024 and it…
Lola Shoneyin and Made Kuti Team Up in New Spoken Word Performance for Financial Times
What is it like when coups and military dictatorships threaten your democracy?…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Holds Magical Christmas Launch for Mama’s Sleeping Scarf
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie held a magical Christmas launch for her…
Lola Shoneyin is Now Chairman of the University of Lagos Press and Bookshop Board
Nigerian author Lola Shoneyin has been appointed as the new Chairman of…
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Shortlisted for New Hodler Prize Worth 1.1 Bitcoin
The newly launched Hodler Prize worth 1.1 Bitcoin seeks to award the…
“Twilight Comes with Stories to Tell”
I am a man who builds caves for the shards of my…
Spoken Word Poet Kelvin Maina and His Verse and Vision Diaries
In May 2022, spoken word poet Kelvin Maina (aka Maina Mind) released…
Abdulrazaq Salihu Uses Poetry to Advocate for Change
Abdulrazaq Salihu, TPC I, is a Nigerian poet and member of the…