Nnedi Okorafor and Ebony Flowers won at the Eisner Awards 2020 announced on July 25, 2020. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to…
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Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2020 nominees announced.
The nominees for the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2020 featuring writers and poets with African roots were announced on July 23, 2020. The Hurston/Wright Legacy…
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Kenechi Uzor founded Iskanchi Press and Magazine is here!
Iskanchi Press and Magazine, founded by publisher, journalist, and writer Kenechi Uzor, is here. Kenechi Uzor has worked as the Kachifo/Farafina Enterprise Editor and the…
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Lisa Lucas, Dana Canedy making moves in US publishing.
Lisa Lucas and Dana Canedy are moving up in prominent publishing outfits in the United States. The United States publishing industry isn’t famous for its…
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Colson Whitehead is Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction 2020 recipient.
Colson Whitehead was announced the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction 2020 recipient on July 13, 2020. The Library of Congress Prize for American…
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Colson Whitehead wins Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2020.
Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys was announced the winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2020 earlier today, July 9, 2020. The Orwell Prizes,…
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Kalynn Bayron’s Young Adult novel “Cinderella is Dead” published on July 7.
Kalynn Bayron’s Young Adult offering Cinderella is Dead, from Bloomsbury YA, was published on July 7, 2020. This blogger was first introduced to Kalynn Bayron…
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A snapshot of the Juneteenth Book Festival 2020.
The Juneteenth Book Festival, organised by author L.L. McKinney and book publicist Saraciea Fennell, happened this past June 19, 2020. Its aim was to shine…
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards 2020 announced.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards 2020 were announced in Philadelphia, USA, on June 27, 2020. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually…
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Hannibal Tabu wraps up day one at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 4.
Hannibal Tabu wrapped up day one of Season 4 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from Los Angeles, USA on June 29, 2020. He was hosted by…
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Nisi Shawl, K. Tempest Bradford, and Marlon James are Locus Awards 2020 winners.
Nisi Shawl, K. Tempest Bradford, and Marlon James were among the winners of the Locus Awards 2020 announced on June 27, 2020. The Locus Awards…
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Colson Whitehead, Bernardine Evaristo on Orwell Prize 2020 shortlist.
Colson Whitehead and Bernardine Evaristo are on the shortlist of the Orwell Prize 2020 announced on June 25, 2019. The Orwell Prizes, named in honour…
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Helon Habila, Saidiya Hartman on James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2020 shortlists.
Helon Habila’s Travellers and Saidiya Hartman’s Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval are on the shortlists for the James Tait Black Memorial…
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Fiyah, Libretto, and Lolwe: A tale of three literary magazines.
Fiyah, Libretto, and Lolwe are three literary magazines by African/Black publishers currently available for your reading pleasure. A literary magazine is a periodical that publishes…
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Namwali Serpell’s “The Old Drift” on Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 shortlist.
Namwali Serpell‘s The Old Drift is on the shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020 announced on June 18, 2020. The annual Arthur C.…
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