Lola Shoneyin on Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up.
The inaugural Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up has been unveiled with the festival set to rock Botswana from September 21-22. […]
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 […]
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2018 winners announced.
The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2018 winners were announced with a ceremony in Yantai, China on May 26. The biggest […]
Gaborone Book Festival hosts World Book Day 2018 celebrations.
The Gaborone Book Festival Trust hosted a Book Night on World Book Day 2018 to celebrate the transformative power of […]
New Gaborone Book Festival 2018 for September
The first edition of the new Gaborone Book Festival 2018 is set to happen on September 21-22. The festival organisers […]
Women’s Poetry Festival 2018 hosted in Blantyre, Malawi
The Women’s Poetry Festival 2018, organised by PEN Malawi, was hosted in Blantyre from March 19-21, 2018. The festival was […]
Seven African books shortlisted for The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2018
Eight African writers are in the running with seven books on cooking published in Africa at The Gourmand World Cookbook […]
Tjawangwa Dema wins Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018
Tjawangwa Dema is the winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2018 is for her collection, The […]
African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2018
Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2018. 2017 promised and delivered to literary feast […]
The Miles Morland Scholarship 2017 shortlist announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has announced the shortlist of 21 names for the 2017 Morland Writing Scholarships. The Morland Writing […]
Lauri Kubuitsile wins big at Sharjah International Book Fair 2017
The Scattering by Botswana author Lauri Kubuitsile has won the prize for best international fiction at this year’s Sharjah International […]
“The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story!” 2017 announces longlist
The team organising The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story!, a short story competition open to all […]
Writivism announces emerging writers to be molded for 2017 anthology
Writivism has announced the 29 emerging writers who will take part in the 2017 mentoring programme. The writers come from […]
Caiphus Mangenela wins Bessie Head Short Story Competition 2016
Caiphus Mangenela is the winner of the Bessie Head Short Story Competition 2016 for his story A Mother Amongst The […]
Donald Molosi’s We Are All Blue makes Botswana debut
Donald Molosi launched his book We Are All Blue (WAAB) with a colourful ceremony at the Cresta President Hotel in […]
