Accra International Book Festival Awards 2018 shortlist announced.
The Accra International Book Festival Awards 2018 shortlists were announced on December 27, 2018. The awards are the First Book […]
Abdulrahman Ndegwa is African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship winner.
Abdulrahman “Abu Amirah” Ndegwa is the winner of the African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship. The African Writers Trust was founded […]
RadioBook Rwanda launches at Goethe-Institut Nairobi.
RadioBook Rwanda launched at Goethe-Institut Nairobi on Thursday, December 13, 2018. RadioBook Rwanda is an international collaboration aimed at producing […]
Peter Kimani to chair Caine Prize for African Writing 2019 judges panel.
Peter Kimani will chair the panel of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2019 judges in an announcement made on […]
A snapshot of the Re-imagined Storytelling Festival 2018.
The Re-imagined Storytelling Festival 2018 was hosted at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on December 15, 2018. Here is a snapshot […]
Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2018 shortlist announced.
Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2018 shortlist was announced on December 17, 2018. The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize […]
Omaima Al-Khamis is Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Arabic Literature 2018 winner.
Omaima Al-Khamis was announced the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Arabic Literature 2018 winner at a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on […]
Golden Baobab Prize 2018 shortlist announced; no official winner awarded.
The Golden Baobab Prize 2018 shortlist was announced on December 16, 2018. No finalist will be awarded this year. The […]
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor reads “The Dragonfly Sea” at Freedom Conversations.
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor read an excerpt from her highly anticipated sophomore novel The Dragonfly Sea at the “Freedom Conversations” event […]
A snapshot of the Abantu Book Festival 2018.
The third edition of what is quickly becoming Southern Africa’s premier literary festival, the Abantu Book Festival 2018, was hosted […]
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is US’s Raven Award 2018 winner.
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was announced the Raven Award 2018 winner for her young adult novel Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree […]
Ben Okri to headline Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019.
Ben Okri will headline Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019. The festival with the theme “Transitioning from Migration“ is in its […]
Meet the judges for the Writivism Fiction and Nonfiction prizes for 2019.
The judges for the Writivism Short Story Prize 2019 and the Koffi Addo Prize for Nonfiction 2019 were announced on […]
Swahili Literary Festival 2019 set for Mombasa, Kenya in March.
The Swahili Literary Festival 2019 is set for Mombasa, Kenya from March 1-3, 2019. This will be the first running […]
Five questions: Nigerian poet Tolu’ A Akinyemi – “Dead Dogs Don’t Bark.”
As part of a blog tour featuring Tolu’ A. Akinyemi, the Nigerian poet whose most recent poetry collection is Dead […]