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Benjamin Zephaniah, Tammye Huf win at UK’s Diverse Book Awards 2021

Benjamin Zephaniah and Tammye Huf won in their categories at the Diverse Book Awards 2021 announced on October 21, 2021. The Diverse Book Awards were created by Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis, founders of The Author School to celebrate the diversity of writing in the UK in 2019. The judges for 2021 are Amy Mae […]

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Xavier Luffin, Dr. Günther Orth for James Murua Literary LiveStream on October 27

Xavier Lufin and Dr. Günther Orth are the guests of the James Murua Literary LiveStream on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 18:00 GMT/ 19:00 WAT/ 20:00 CAT/ 21:00 EAT. You can join the stream, brought to you in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office, on Facebook, YouTube, or […]

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Awards Canada DR Congo

Blaise Ndala wins Prix Kourouma 2021 in Geneva.

Blaise Ndala was revealed to be the winner of Prix Kourouma 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland on October 22, 2021. When legendary Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma passed away in 2003, the African salon at the Geneva Book Fair decided to pay tribute to him by creating a literary prize that bears his name in the following […]