The longlist for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022 was announced on Thursday, September 1, 2022. The Kendeka Prize for African Literature is awarded for the best piece of an unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. The first edition of the prize founded by Kenyan writer and publisher Andrew Maina was won […]
The longlists for the African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature were announced on September 1, 2022. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to shed a light on some of the best emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners […]
Noviolet Bulawayo, Leila Mottley, and Percival Everett are on the longlist for The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 announced today, July 26, 2022. The Booker Prize for Fiction, worth £50,000, is a literary prize awarded annually for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom. Since it started […]
Ipikai, Shallow Tales Review, Mosi Oa Tunya Literary Review, and Fiyah Literary Magazine are currently available for your reading pleasure. Ipikai Ipikai, founded by Batsirai Chigama and Fungai Tichawangana is an initiative of the new Zimbabwe Poets Society. The first edition of the magazine edited by Tariro Ndoro features contributions by among others Samir Mtamba, […]
Zibusiso Mpofu was declared the winner of the final edition of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize on Monday, May 2, 2022. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, worth £3,000, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. It was founded by Booker […]
The winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize 2022 have been announced today, March 29, 2022. Here are the six writers of African descent who made the list. The Windham-Campbell Prize was established in 2013 with a gift from the late Donald Windham in memory of his partner of 40 years, Sandy M. Campbell. English language writers […]
The shortlist for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022 was announced on Monday, March 21, 2022. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, worth £3,000, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. It was founded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo who […]
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Yasser Abdel Hafez, TJ Benson, Abdelaziz Errachidi, and Tariro Ndoro are the African writers to taking part in the Iowa International Writing Program 2022. The University of Iowa International Writing Program prides itself as being the oldest and largest multinational writing residency in the world. Started in 1967, it is designed for […]
The winners for Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Awards 2022 were announced in a ceremony in Harare on Saturday, February 26, 2022. The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of annual awards granted by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts and culture. The categories have […]
New online poetry journal Ipikai, an initiative of the new Zimbabwe Poets Society, has launched today March 2, 2022. Ipikai is the Shona word for ‘be open to receiving.’ Zimbabwe Poets Society is the brainchild of two poets, Batsirai Chigama and Fungai Tichawangana, who have both contributed to the Zimbabwean arts and culture scene in […]
The longlist for inaugural Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa was announced on Monday, February 7, 2022. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA) as well as Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It is aimed at giving writers from Africa […]
T.L. Huchu and Kareem Rosser were declared winners at the Alex Awards 2022 on Monday, January 24, 2021. The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The Alex Awards, sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust, were first given annually in […]
LitFest Harare 2021, the eighth edition of the literary festival that runs annually in Zimbabwe, ran from November 24-27, 2021. LitFest Harare is a literature festival hosted annually in Harare, Zimbabwean since it was founded in 2013. You can read some of our coverage of the festival in 2014 and 2015. The 2021 edition of […]
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature with books from Bisi Adjapon, Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Nsah Mala, Mbizo Chirasha, and Albert Dalela Keeper of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon Publisher: HarperCollinsPublication Date: November 16, 2021Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: HarperCollins Bisi Adjapon Bisi Adjapon is the writer of […]
Ope Adejedi, Asiya Gaildon, Tinashe Mushakavanhu,and Refilwe Mafokeng were declared Morland Writing Scholarships 2021 winners on Thursday, November 25, 2021. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as the Morland Writing Scholarship, is an opportunity to allow writers to finish a manuscript. Scholars writing fiction receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly […]
