Tunisia’s Golden Comar Prize 2017 announced
Tunisia’s Golden Comar Prize 2017 announced. The Golden Comar Prize was created in 1997 by the insurance company Assurances Comar […]
World Exclusive: The Johannesburg Review of Books debuts on May 1, 2017
The Johannesburg Review of Books, a new publication giving a view of world literature through African eyes, debuts on May […]
Rutanang Book Fair 2017 goes online
The second edition of the Rutanang Book Fair 2017 hosted on May 2-4 will be an exclusively online affair. The […]
An evening of performances in honour of Camara Laye #WorldBookCapital
There was an evening in honour of Guinea author Camara Laye at the Franco Guinea Cultural Centre on April 24, […]
Guinee minister of culture Barry Siaka speech (French) #WorldBooKCapital2017
Guinee minister of culture gave a rousing speech at the opening ceremony of the World Capital Book on April 23, […]
Legendary Guinee author Williams Sassine honoured with fancy play #WorldBookCapital2017
Guinee writer Williams Sassine was honoured with a play in his honour at World Book Capital 2017 in Guinee Conakry. […]
African writers mourn Ghanaian author Kojo Laing
Ghanaian author of short stories and speculative fiction Kojo Laing passed on April 20, 2017. Kojo Laing, born as Bernard […]
Christine Kamau, Philipp Khabo Koepsell feature at Artistic Encounters
Poet Philipp Khabo Koepsell and trumpeter Christine Kamau were the second pair featured at the Goethe-Institut Kenya’s Artistic Encounters on […]
Brittle Paper to release Holy Sex: Nigeria Church erotica
Brittle Paper, one of Africa’s leading literary platforms, has announced that it will be releasing Holy Sex: A Nigerian Church […]
Short Story Day Africa 2017 workshops seeks submissions
Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops across […]
Black Letter Media seeks your short stories
Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso South African based publisher Black Letter Media wants to read and publish your short stories in the […]
Babishai Haiku 2017 call for submissions
The Babishai Haiku 2017 award, the leading prize for Haiku writing in Africa, is seeking your submissions for this year’s […]
The Time of the Writer 2017 opening ceremony
The 20th Time of the Writer International Festival took place in Durban, South Africa from 13 – 18 March 2017. […]
Video from Time of the Writer 2017 #TOTW2017
The 20th Time of the Writer International Festival set took place in Durban, South Africa from 13 – 18 March […]
José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto and Chinelo Okparanta make Dublin 2017 shortlist
José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto and Chinelo Okparanta are three African on the shortlist of the Dublin International Literary Award […]