Book Digest: Nassuf Djailani, Bernardine Evaristo, Pheroze Nowrjee, Yewande Omotoso
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature with books from Nassuf Djailani, Bernardine […]
Yewande Omotoso’s “The Woman Next Door” now available in Catalan.
Yewande Omotoso’s second novel The Woman Next Door is now available in Catalan as La Veina De Costat. Yewande Omotoso […]
Yewande Omotoso is Bottari Lattes Grinzane Award 2019 finalist.
Yewande Omotoso is a finalist for the Bottari Lattes Grinzane Award 2019 for her novel La Signora Della Porta which […]
Sitawa Namwalie, Shan Bartley, Yewande Omotoso rock final Artistic Encounters.
Sitawa Namwalie, Shan Bartley, and Yewande Omotoso were the final artists to feature at “Artistic Encounters” at the Goethe-Institut Kenya […]
Sitawa Nawalie, Yewande Omotoso, Shan Bartley for Artistic Encounters in November.
Sitawa Nawalie, Yewande Omotoso, and Shan Bartley are set to feature at this month’s edition of the Artistic Encounters at […]
Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2018 nominees announced.
The Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2018 nominees have been announced and feature writers and poets with African roots. They include […]
African writers converge for Berlin’s first African Book Festival.
Writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the first African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the […]
Africans make International Dublin Literary Award 2018 longlist
The International Dublin Literary Award 2018 longlist was announced today in Dublin today. The Africans in the running for the […]
A snapshot of the South African Book Fair 2017
The South African Book Fair 2017 was hosted in Johannesburg from September 8-10. The festival theme was #OURSTORIES. It was […]
Open Book Festival 2017 kicks off in Cape Town, South Africa
The Open Book Festival 2017 kicked off today in Cape Town, South Africa. The festival will run from September 6-10, […]
Yewande Omotoso, Ayobami Adebayo make Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 longlist
Yewande Omotoso and Ayobami Adebayo are on the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 longlist that has been announced on […]
Five kickass African novels that need to be made into movies
We need to see these five kickass African novels beloved by many become movies we can all watch at the […]
Yewande Omotoso and Jumoke Verissimo star at Literary Crossroads tonight
Author Yewande Omotoso and writer Jumoke Verissimo will be the star attractions at tonight’s Literary Crossroads event at the Goethe Institut […]
Yewande Omotoso new novel sneak peaked
Yewande Omotoso new novel The Women Next Door has been sneak peaked on her social media channels. Yewande Omotoso has […]
The Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Non Fiction 2016 call out
The Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Non Fiction is an annual award for non-fiction by emerging African writers resident in […]
