This year’s Maria Edgeworth Festival will take place online For 2021 The Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival is going virtual from...
Monica Ali and Suzannah Lipscomb have been unveiled as the chairs of the judging panels for the 2024 Women’s Prize...
This year we received 992 entries, over 300 more than last year. They came from 30 different countries. Selecting the...
The death has been announced of Mrs Aino Oni Okpaku who died on 26 December 2019, in her home country,...
Nigerian startup InstaNovella has launched a social community to help African writers connect with readers and opportunities to monetise their...
Ohio University Press seeks submissions of novels, memoirs, and story collections for its Modern African Writing series edited by Dr....
It is that time of the year again, for a writer to begin the journey to becoming a published author....
PEN America has announced its 2021 longlist for its annual literary awards. This year, the longlist features seven African writers...
The deadline to enter the 2021 Prize is 31st January 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been some...
The Swahili Literary Festival 2021 which happens at the Kilindini Cultural Centre, Mombasa kicked off today and runs until March...
Nigerian authors, Temi Oh and Suyi Davies Okungbowa will contribute to the forthcoming anthology Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda. Oh...
After a successful first edition in 2019, Clever Clogs Books has concluded plans to host the second edition of the...