Debut Fiction Prize Archives - The Lagos Review

·June 26, 2025·1 min read

Waterstones announces 2025 debut fiction shortlist

Waterstones has unveiled the six authors shortlisted for its prestigious fourth annual Debut Fiction Prize, celebrating “astonishingly impressive and inspiring...

The Feast – Falz’s Most Intimate Offering Yet – Michael Kolawole

Femi Kuti’s “Journey Through Life” Is a Bitter but Repetitive Reflection on Nigeria’s Woes

Wizkid’s Morayo: A Sonically Rich and Thematically Inconsistent Experience – Michael Kolawole

Will Affliction Arise a Second Time?: A Review of Lola Akinmade’s ‘Bitter Honey’— Olukorede S Yishau

An Unsettling and Complex Vision of Lagos in Okungbowa’s ‘Lost Ark Dreaming’ – Sima Essien

A review of Fatima Bala’s ‘Hafsatu Bebi’- Olukorede S. Yishau

Red herrings and misdirections in Yemi Morafa’s ‘The Party’ – Chinonso Nzeakor

‘Landline’ Review: A bold, promising, yet flawed film – Precious Nzeakor

RMD’s Radio Voice Finds Strength in Subtlety and Social Insight – Michael Kolawole

LAMDA’s production of James Baldwin’s “The Amen Corner” interrogates Christian charity – Toni Kan

Intriguing Insights into Reincarnation: A review of Cheta Igbokwe’s “Awele” — Nenye Okoye

With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi

I Thought I Could Speak French Until I Arrived in France – Odueh Dorathy Ngozi

Chimamanda’s male characters: A parade of villains and “thieves of time” – Chinonso Nzeakor

Africa’s brave new ancestor called Ngugi — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Toyin Akinosho @ 65: Tribute to a polymath – Toni Kan

Adrien Brody’s “Red Chip” revolution beyond the box office

I try to find that sweet spot between substance and form — Michael Afenfia

Toni Kan in Conversation with Nels Abbey who says – My favourite book would be The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah.

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Debut Fiction Prize

Waterstones announces 2025 debut fiction shortlist

Nigeria, Brazil forge stronger cultural bonds in Creative Industry Exchange

Ankara Press relaunches a new era for Black commercial fiction & nonfiction

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