James Murua Literary LiveStream 3: Tete Loeper, Asal Dardan
Tete Loeper and Asal Dardan are the second set of guests of season 3 of the James Murua Literary LiveStream […]
Imbolo Mbue is Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2022 winner.
Imbolo Mbue’s Puissions-nous vivre longtemps was declared the winner of Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2022 on December 21, 2022. Prix […]
Brittle Paper Persons of the Year 2022 announced.
The Brittle Paper Persons of the Year 2022 were revealed on Sunday, December 22, 2022. In 2010, Brittle Paper was […]
Esi Edugyan, Adjoa Andoh to judge Booker Prize 2023.
Esi Edugyan and Adjoa Andoh are among the judges of the Booker Prize 2023 announced on December 13, 2022. The […]
Fatma Qandil wins Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022
Fatma Qandil’s Aqfas farigha (Empty Cages) was declared the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2022 on December […]
African Publishers Network (APNET) gets new leadership.
The new leadership of the African Publishers Network (APNET) will take office in January 2023. Lawrence Njagi will be the […]
A snapshot of Lagos’ Ake Festival 2022
The Ake Festival 2022 was hosted in Lagos, Nigeria from November 24 – 26, 2022. Here is a recap of […]
Mara Menzies wins at Scotland’s National Book Awards 2022.
Mara Menzies’s Blood and Gold was revealed to be a winner at Scotland’s National Book Awards on Thursday, December 8, […]
Aspen Words Literary Prize 2023 longlist announced.
The Aspen Words Literary Prize 2023 longlist was announced on December 12, 2022. Here are the writers of African descent […]
Noor Naga, Wole Soyinka honoured at Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022
Noor Naga and Wole Soyinka were honoured at the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2022 awards on December 6, […]
Koleka Putuma is Standard Bank Young Artist Awards 2022 winner
Koleka Putuma is among the winners at the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards 2022 announced on December 1, 2022. The […]
Tiya Miles is Cundill History Prize 2022 winner.
Tiya Miles was announced the winner of the 2022 Cundill History Prize for All That She Carried: The Journey of […]
Opportunities for writers, poets, and publishers for December ‘22.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other […]
Belal Fadi, James Scanlan win ArabLit Story Prize 2022.
Belal Fadi and James Scanlan were declared winners of the ArabLit Story Prize 2021 on December 1, 2022. The ArabLit […]
James Murua Literary LiveStream 3: Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Melanie Raabe
Mukoma Wa Ngugi and Melanie Raabe are the first guests of season 3 of the James Murua Literary LiveStream on […]
