The Ghana International Book Fair 2022 runs at the National Theatre, Accra, Ghana from August 25-28, 2022. It’s theme is “Reforming The Book Industry For The Future Generation.” The Ghana International Book Fair brings together local and international book industry players like publishers, editors, authors/ writers, designers, illustrators, printers, librarians, booksellers, students, teachers and a […]
The Ghana International Book Fair 2021 starts at the National Theatre of Ghana, Accra today, Thursday, August 26, and runs until Sunday, August 29, 2021. The theme is “books for people from all walks of life.” The Ghana International Book Fair brings together book industry players (both local and international) like publishers, editors, authors/ writers, […]
The Ghana International Book Fair has been postponed from the planned date of August 27–30, 2020 to August 26–29, 2021 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. The Ghana International Book Fair brings together book industry players (both local and international) like publishers, editors, authors/ writers, designers, illustrators, printers, librarians, booksellers, students, teachers and a host […]
August 2019 promises just as much activity as the previous months on the African literary calendar. Here are four literary festivals and book fairs across the continent to check out. July 2019 was a great month for the African literary community. In West Africa, there were two festivals in Nigeria in the Niyi Osundare International […]
Covering the length and breadth of the continent, here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2019. This list is regularly updated as and when information becomes available. 2018 was a very literary festival filled year for Africa. East Africa had a variety of festivals including the Hargeysa International Book Fair, […]
The Ghana International Book Fair 2018 was held at the Accra International Conference Centre from Thursday, 30th August to Sunday, 1st September, 2018. The theme for the fair, which was running for the 16th year, was “Revitalising the Book Chain for National and International Cooperation.” The Ghana International Book Fair has been growing from strength […]
The Ghana International Book Fair 2017 was hosted at the Accra International Conference Centre from August 24-27. The festival theme was “Books and Culture in the Digital Age.” The Ghana International Book Fair is a platform where both local and international book industry players come together to trade books and negotiate deals. The public gets […]
Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2017. 2016 promised and delivered to literary feast of festivals in all corners of the continent. Writers and readers met and interacted in many different venues in many types of environments. Some like Abantu Book Festival were new while the older ones like […]
The Ghana International Book Fair 2016, the fourteen running of the fair, is scheduled for Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th August, 2016 at the National Theater, Accra, Ghana. The theme for this year’s event is “Growing the Knowledge-based Economy through Reading.” This year the whole publishing industry in Ghana has come together to take part […]
What a year 2015 was where African literary festivals were concerned. A record number showcased some of the coolest people and their writing in various spaces around on this rock that we live on. It looks like it’s not letting up as there are very many events for this year. Here are some of the […]
So when attending the Writivism Festival 2015, I recall making fun of the people from Ghana for not having a literary festival while even Somalia has one. This ribbing was not received well by some of the people on my Twitter. I have just come to learn that perhaps I was not too well informed […]
2014 was a great year for Africa’s literature and a slew of festivals across the continent. So with the new year still upon us I figured that for planning purposes some of you would like to join in on the fun. Here is a list of events that will be happening in the next twelve […]
