Mona Eltahawy’s second book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is set to make its debut on September 17, 2019. Mona Eltahawy is an author, activist, and contributing columnist to the New York Times opinion pages. Her essays and op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, The Guardian, Time, NBC, New York magazine […]
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize 2019 longlist was announced today on January 31, 2019. On the list is Novuyo Rosa Tshuma for her novel House of Stone. Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of […]
Aminatta Forna is set to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019. She will be joined by four other judges. The Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away from cancer the year before. The award recognized excellence in Canadian fiction – […]
The Uganda International Writers Conference 2019 is set to happen in Kampala, Uganda from May 15-17, 2019. The conference is organised by the African Writers Trust. The Uganda International Writers Conference was started in 2013 as a biennial international platform for writers and publishing professionals to converge for a week’s debate of intellectual stimulation and […]
Akwaeke Emezi and Ahmed Bouanani were announced as PEN America 2019 Finalists on January 24, 2019. Emezi is in the running for debut novel Freshwater while Bouanani is there on the strength of his poetry collection The Shutters. PEN America announces awards in different categories to celebrate the best of writing in that country. In […]
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 is set to be hosted in Lilongwe, Malawi from October 11-13. This inaugural edition will be run by a team led by festival director Shadreck Chikoti. Malawi hasn’t been very active in the African literary festival circuit in the recent past. This is set to change with the newest festival, […]
The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize 2018 winners have been announced by the board chair, Abdilatif Abdalla today January 23, 2019. The two are Zainab Alwi Baharoon and Jacob Ngumbau Julius. The Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature was founded to recognise writing in African languages and encourage translation from, between and into African languages. […]
Veronique Tadjo is the chair of the Orange Book Prize in Africa jury announced on January 22, 2019. The other judges are Valérie Marin La Meslée, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Wilfried N’Sondé, Michèle Rakotoson, Kouam Tawa, Elizabeth Tchoungui, and Fawzia Zouari. In November 2018, a new literary prize aimed at French- speaking Africa called the Orange […]
Artists for Goethe-Institut Kenya’s Artistic Encounters 2019 have been announced by series creator and curator Zukiswa Wanner. In 2017, the Goethe-Institut introduced Kenyan audiences to a series they called “Artistic Encounters.” Curated by Kenyan based South African author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner, two artists of different genres from two different countries meet and share their […]
Ngozi Ukazu and Tomi Adeyemi are finalists for the William C. Morris Award 2019. The William C. Morris Young Adult Debut Award, first given in 2009, honours a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The winner is announced annually at the American Library […]
Nii Ayikwei Parkes’ newest book, a short story collection The City Will Love You, is almost here. You can lend your hand to get this book out to the reading public. Nii Ayikwei Parkes isn’t a new name in the world of African writing. His début novel, Tail of the Blue Bird (our review), was […]
Swahili Poet Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo has passed on. The announcement was made on January 9, 2019. Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo was a Kenyan poet and healer born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1936. He is the older brother of Abdilatif Abdalla the chairman of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize. Ahmad Nassir Juma Bhalo was one […]
The Ghana Association of Writers Literary Award 2018 winners have been announced. In August 1987, the Ghana Association of Writers with the support of patrons of the arts instituted and established its first-ever awards programme to recognise and honour deserving Ghanaian writers all over the world who submit their works. The winners of the awards have […]
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Kintu and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s House of Stone are on the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019 shortlist announced on January 11, 2019. The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards celebrate the best travel writing and travel writers in the world. The UK based prize gives prizes like the Stanford Dolman Travel Book […]
The Mboka Festival 2019 program has been unveiled. The program features activities with literary players from The Gambia and others from outside the West African country. Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof which makes sense that the festival in The Gambia is called the Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport or Mboka Festival in […]
