Christopher Mlalazi’s novel Running With Mother is now available in Spanish from Mexican outfit El Sotano. Bulawayo-born Christopher Mlalazi is the writer of several titles…
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Colson Whitehead and Bernardine Evaristo are on the shortlist of the UK’s Orwell Prize 2020 announced on May 21, 2019. The Orwell Prizes, named in…
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The shortlist for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 announced today, May 19, 2020, features Erica Sugo Anyadike, Chikodili Emelumadu, Jowhor Ile, Rémy…
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Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Award-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other is now available in Spanish from Alianza de Novelas. Bernardine Evaristo has been doing us proud for…
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Botho Lejowa was announced the winner of the African Writers Trust Publishing Grant 2020 today, May 18, 2020. The African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme,…
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Pemi Aguda was announced the winner of the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2020 today, May 12, 2020. Deborah Rogers (1938-2014) was a literary agent…
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The longlist for the K & L Prize 2020 was announced on May 8, 2020. The K & L Prize, founded and sponsored by New…
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Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys is a winner in the fiction category at the Pulitzer Prize 2020 announced today, May 4, 2020. He becomes only…
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Pemi Aguda and Stephen Buoro are on the shortlist for the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2020 announced on May 1, 2020. Deborah Rogers (1938-2014)…
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Namwali Serpell is on the longlist for The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award 2020 announced on May 3, 2020. The Sunday Times Audible Short…
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In our continuing monthly series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other art in May 2020.…
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Ishmael Beah’s newest novel Little Family launched virtually at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., USA on April 28, 2020. The Sierra Leonean…
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Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other is on the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Literature 2020 announced on April 21, 2020. The Women’s Prize for…
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Elma Shaw kicked off the second day of Season 2 of the Afrolit Sans Frontieres Virtual Literary Festival on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. She was…
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The shortlist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 has been announced today, April 21, 2020. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the…
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