Short Story Day Africa Prize 2017 longlist announced
The Short Story Africa Prize 2017 has announced the 21 Africans making the cut for one of the continent’s most […]
Elshadai Tesfaye wins Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature All-Stars 2017
Elshadai Tesfaye is the winner of the Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature All-Stars 2017. The announcement was made […]
Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2017 All Stars unveiled
The shortlist for the Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2017 All Stars has been unveiled. The Burt Award […]
Short Story Day Africa, Goethe Institut announce ID Flow Workshop Participants
Short Story Day, Goethe Institut have announced participants to take part in ID Flow Workshop across the continent. The workshops […]
Africans galore on International Dublin Literary Award 2016 longlist
The International Dublin Literary Award, formerly known as the IMPAC Award, is the richest in the world for a single […]
Mengestu Dinaw and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on Folio Prize long list
The Folio Prize is the first major English language book prize open to writers from around the world published in […]
Top Names in Washington Post’s top 50 fiction books for 2014
I really should have flagged this Top Fiction Books by the Washington Post in November but I somehow missed out […]
Dinaw Mengestu makes New York Times 100 notable books
The New York Times has unveiled their 100 notable books of 2014 and there is novel by a name readers […]
Dinaw Mengestu in the running for Kirkus Prize 2014
Ethiopian born writer Dinaw Mengestu is in the running for this years Kirkus Prize as his book All Our Names […]
Zukiswa Wanner’s newest book London, Cape Town, Jo’burg out in May
Zukiswa Wanner’s latest book London, Cape Town, Jo’burg launches in May in Johannesburg, SA. Zukiswa Wanner is one of the […]
Storymoja 2012 guest writer Dinaw Mengestu wins ‘Genius grant’
Its been a good time for some in the writing business. Ng’ang’a Mbugua recently won the Wahome Mutahi Literature award […]
