Efua Traoré is Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018 winner.
Efua Traoré is the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018 winner for the Africa region for her short story True Happiness. […]
Hawa Jande Golakai, Muthoni Wa Gichuru star at Literary Crossroads.
Hawa Jande Golakai and Muthoni Wa Gichuru were the featured authors at Literary Crossroads at the Goethe-Institut in Nairobi on […]
Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction 2018 longlist announced.
The Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction 2018 longlist has been announced. The Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Creative Non […]
Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist announced.
The Writivism Short Story Prize 2018 longlist was been announced on Tuesday, June 25, 2018. The longlist of ten features […]
Bongani Ngqulunga, Harry Kalmer are Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 winners.
The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 winners Bongani Ngqulunga and Harry Kalmer were announced at a ceremony in Johannesburg, South […]
Kistrech International Poetry Festival 2018 for October.
The Kistrech International Poetry Festival 2018 is set to happen in a series of towns in Kenya from October 3-10. […]
Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor is Short Story Day Africa Prize 2017 winner.
Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor is the Short Story Day Africa Prize 2017 winner for his story All Our Lives. Agazit Abate […]
“This Mournable Body” completes Tsitsi Dangarembga trilogy.
This Mournable Body is the third in the Tsitsi Dangarembga trilogy that started off with Nervous Conditions and was followed […]
Open Book Festival 2018 set for Cape Town in September.
Authors from all over the continent will be converging on Cape Town, South African for the Open Book Festival 2018 […]
Uganda Book Market rocks Kampala literary scene.
The Uganda Book Market, a new initiative bringing together the Ugandan publishing and reading community, is rocking the Kampala literary […]
Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers 2018 open on June 30.
The Miles Morland Foundation has announced that the Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers 2018 open on Saturday June 30, […]
Ake Festival 2018 theme and dates announced. #AkeFest18
The Ake Festival 2018 theme and dates have been announced by the organisers. The festival will be happening in Lagos, […]
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s complaint about Public Slander by Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire.
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is one of the brightest names in African writing right now. The native of Zimbabwe who has […]
700 page Sol Plaatje biography to launch at Sol Plaatje University.
Sol Plaatje: A Life Of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876 – 1932 by Brian Willan is sent to launch at the […]
Day of the African Child 2018 celebrated by Nairobi based “Time Out.”
The Day of the African Child 2018, celebrated annually on June 16, was this year marked with song and dance […]