Bakwa Short Story Competition 2017 winner announced
Bengono Essola Edouard. Photo/Nchanji Melvin Bengono Essola Edouard is the winner of the Bakwa Short Story Competition 2017. Bakwa magazine, […]
A snapshot of the International Book Fair of Casablanca 2017
The 23rd edition of the International Edition and Book Fair Casablanca run from February 9-19, 2017. It was ten days […]
Pioneer South African author Miriam Tlali has passed on
Miriam Tlali the first black South African woman to be published passed on in Johannesburg on Friday February 24, 2017. […]
Scholastique Mukasonga makes Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2017 shortlist
Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is the running for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2017. The book has been translated into […]
A snapshot of The Gambia’s Mboka Festival 2017
The first Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport took place in The Gambia from 7 – 17 January 2017. […]
Helen Oyeyemi wins PEN America Literary Award 2017
Helen Oyeyemi has won a PEN America Literary Award 2017. She has won the book for an exceptional book-length work […]
Elnathan John, Kinyanjui Kombani feature at Goethe Nairobi’s Literary Crossroads
Elnathan John and Kinyanjui Kombani were the featured guests at the Literary Crossroads event at the Goethe Institut Nairobi on […]
Reading in Unusual Spaces: Langata Women’s Prison, Nairobi
The Goethe Institut funded project Reading in Unusual Spaces saw readers descend on Langata Women’s Prison in Nairobi on February […]
Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology
Writivism has announced the 29 emerging writers who will take part in the 2017 mentoring programme. The writers come from […]
Libyan, Egyptian make International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2017 shortlist
Libya’s Najwa Binshatwan and Egyptian author Mohammed Abdel Nabi are on the shortlist for International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2017. […]
Throwback Thursday: Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker Assia Djebar
In our continuing series Throwback Thursday where we shining a light on some of the best writers from a time […]
African Writers Trust’s Moonscapes anthology launches at the Goethe Nairobi
The African Writers Trust’s Moonscapes: Short Stories and Poetry anthology made its Nairobi debut at the Goethe Nairobi on February […]
Anietie Isong’s Radio Sunrise shortlisted for the Kingston University Big Read 2017
Radio Sunrise, by Anietie Isong has been shortlisted for the Kingston University Big Read project. The novel is one of […]
Dr Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Lemn Sissay for Uganda International Writers Conference 2017
The third biennial Uganda International Writers Conference 2017 will happen in Kampala, Uganda from 6th to 8th March, 2017. The […]
Hargeysa International Book Fair’s Jama Musse Jama hosted in Nairobi
Hargeysa International Book Fair’s Jama Musse Jama was hosted for an evening of Somali Literature, Culture and Heritage in Nairobi […]