Noviolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett on Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 longlist
Noviolet Bulawayo, Leila Mottley, and Percival Everett are on the longlist for The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 announced today, […]
Literary Magazines: Ipikai, Shallow Tales Review, Mosi Oa Tunya Literary Review, Fiyah
Ipikai, Shallow Tales Review, Mosi Oa Tunya Literary Review, and Fiyah Literary Magazine are currently available for your reading pleasure. […]
Zibusiso Mpofu wins final Brunel International African Poetry Prize.
Zibusiso Mpofu was declared the winner of the final edition of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize on Monday, May […]
Windham-Campbell Prize 2022 winners announced
The winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize 2022 have been announced today, March 29, 2022. Here are the six writers of […]
Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022 was announced on Monday, March 21, 2022. The Brunel International […]
Meet the African Writers for the Iowa Writing Program 2022.
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Yasser Abdel Hafez, TJ Benson, Abdelaziz Errachidi, and Tariro Ndoro are the African writers to taking part […]
Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards 2022 winners announced.
The winners for Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Awards 2022 were announced in a ceremony in Harare on Saturday, February 26, […]
New Zimbabwean Poetry Journal “Ipikai” launched.
New online poetry journal Ipikai, an initiative of the new Zimbabwe Poets Society, has launched today March 2, 2022. Ipikai […]
Island Prize for a Debut Novel 2022 longlist announced.
The longlist for inaugural Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa was announced on Monday, February 7, 2022. The […]
T.L. Huchu, Kareem Rosser win at US’ Alex Awards 2022
T.L. Huchu and Kareem Rosser were declared winners at the Alex Awards 2022 on Monday, January 24, 2021. The Alex […]
A snapshot of LitFest Harare 2021.
LitFest Harare 2021, the eighth edition of the literary festival that runs annually in Zimbabwe, ran from November 24-27, 2021. […]
Book Digest: Bisi Adjapon, Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Nsah Mala, Mbizo Chirasha, and Albert Dalela
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature with books from Bisi Adjapon, Khadija […]
Morland Writing Scholarships 2021 winners announced.
Ope Adejedi, Asiya Gaildon, Tinashe Mushakavanhu,and Refilwe Mafokeng were declared Morland Writing Scholarships 2021 winners on Thursday, November 25, 2021. […]
New Arabic translations presented at Sharjah International Book Fair 2021.
Arabic translations of novels by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Peter Kimani, Lola Shoneyin, and Petina Gappah were presented at the Sharjah […]
Tsitsi Dangarembga receives German Book Trade Peace Prize 2021 in Frankfurt.
Tsitsi Dangarembga received the German Book Trade Peace Prize 2021 at a ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday, October 24, […]