Simone Haysom’s The Last Words of Rowan Du Preez: Murder and conspiracy on the Cape Flats is set to make its debut at the London International Development Centre on October 11, 2018. The book was supported by the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship. The Miles Morland Writing Scholarship has established itself as one of the few […]
Luka Mwango has passed on. The Zambian was a performance poet signed to Bittersweet Poetry Zambia, the author of Twisted and Perdition, and a novice screen-writer. Luka Mwango first came to the attention of this blog in March 2018 when he was one of the delegates to the Time of the Writer in Durban South […]
Nigerian author, cultural critic and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the recipient of the Everett M. Rogers Award 2019. The Everett M. Rogers Award is given annually to honours the late USC Annenberg professor Everett M. Rogers, whose Diffusion of Innovations is the second-most cited book in the social sciences. The award has been given […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga was announced as the curator Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 at a ceremony in Berlin on September 25, 2018. The festival is set for April 4-7, 2019. On April 26-28, 2018 writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. Organised by […]
Kenyan writer and poet Peter Kimani is set to make a Nairobi splash with his novel Dance of the Jakaranda. He will be having a launch on September 27 at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi followed on September 28 with a book signing at Prestige Bookshop. Peter Kimani is an award-winning Kenyan author and journalist who works […]
Egyptian writer Mohammad Abdelnabi is the only African on the ArabLit Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced on September 15, 2018. The ArabLit Story Prize is a new award for the best short stories, in any genre, newly translated from Arabic into English. Translators must have rights to the work, and translations must have been previously […]
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi received her Windham-Campbell Prize 2018 cheque at Yale University, USA on September 12, 2018. The Windham-Campbell Prize, established in 2013 with a gift from the late Donald Windham in memory of his partner of 40 years, Sandy M. Campbell, is one of the richest and most prestigious literary prizes today. English language […]
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Meryem Alaoui are the two African writers on the Prix Femina 2018 longlist. The Prix Femina was created in 1904, and each year is decided by an all-woman jury. Fourteen translated books made this year’s longlist and two Africa writers make the cut, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and Meryem Alaoui. La saison des […]
The inaugural Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up has been unveiled with the festival set to rock Botswana from September 21-22. The guests include the Nigerian literary powerhouse that is Lola Shoneyin. The inaugural Gaborone Book Festival will be held from September 21-22, 2018 at Maitisong. The two day book festival will have panels, talks, readings, […]
Olumide Popoola and Ngartia were stars on the stage at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi’s Artistic Encounters on Thursday September 13, 2018. The event was moderated by blogger James Murua. There was a full house at the Goethe-Institut at Maendeleo House in Nairobi for the September edition of the popular series “Artistic Encounters.” The project curated by […]
The University of Johannesburg Prize 2017 shortlist was announced on September 11, 2018. Those in the running for the prize include Fred Khumalo, Lesego Rampolokeng, and Rehana Rossouw. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises of a main prize […]
Poet, academic and diplomat David Rubadiri has passed on. The Malawian’s family announced that he had moved to the ancestral plane on September 15, 2018. David Rubadiri was a Malawian diplomat, academic and poet, playwright and novelist ranked as one of Africa’s most widely anthologized and celebrated poets to emerge after his country’s independence. He […]
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele is a Mbokodo Awards 2018 winner. The South African novelist won in the literature category of the Southern African prize celebrating women in the arts. The Mbokodo Awards was founded to recognise South African women who had shown leadership, fostered growth and made efforts to strengthen the arts. The awards are chosen […]
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019 seeks your stories. The submission window opened on September 1 and will close November 1, 2018. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Previous winners of the […]
Writer and speaker Olumide Popoola and performance poet Ngartia are the featured artists at Goethe-Institut Nairobi’s Artistic Encounters on Thursday September 13, 2018. The event will be moderated by blogger James Murua. In Goethe-Institut Kenya’s Artistic Encounters, a project curated by Zukiswa Wanner, two artists of different genres meet and share their art in front […]
