The ArabLit Story Prize open for stories in Arabic-English translation
The ArabLit Story Prize is a new award for the best short stories, in any genre, newly translated from Arabic […]
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins French Voices Award 2017
Senegal born writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr won the French Voices Award 2017 for his novel Terre Ceinte (Earth Girdle) on […]
Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s “Nairobi Heat” out in French in April 2018
Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s debut novel Nairobi Heat is set to be unveiled as a translation in French in April. His […]
Huzama Habayeb wins Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2017
Poet, short-story writer, and novelist Huzama Habayeb is the winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2017 for her […]
Alain Mabanckou makes Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist
Alain Mabanckou is on the Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist that has been announced today. The Man Booker International […]
Noo Saro-Wiwa travel book “Looking for Transwonderland” now in Italian
Travel writing the world over has been in main an genre that seems to be belong to one type of […]
Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Sika Fakambi win Prix Laure Bataillon
The Prix Laure Bataillon is an award that recognizes the best foreign work translated into French in a year. The […]
Helen Oyeyemi to judge UK’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015
Nigerian born award-winning novelist Helen Oyeyemi has joined a prestigious panel of judges for the £10,000 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize […]
Wanjiku Wa Ngugi’s book now in German as Die Scheinheiligen
Wanjiku Wa Ngugi is a daughter of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o who is yet again being tipped as a frontrunner for […]
