Shortlist for 2020 AKO Caine Prize showcases huge diversity in the writing of African livesTHE 2020 AKO CAINE PRIZE SHORTLISTED...
Book events worldwide are on hold, but Afrolit Sans Frontieres uses social media to host frank discussions around writing, creativity,...
BROADWAY Arts Festival organisers have announced the winners of a new short story prize launched in response to the coronavirus...
Submissions are open March 1 to April 30, 2020. Guest judge Alexander Chee will choose three stories from a shortlist...
Budleigh Salterton Library is giving away £100 to the winner of a short story writing competition as the service offers...
ILKLEY Literature Festival has opened its annual writing competitions for entries. The Walter Swan Poetry Prize is run in partnership...
PENfro Book Festival has launched two competitions to find some of the country’s best ‘eco’ poets and short-story writers. Two...
Cheryl A. Wall, a Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English long admired for her expertise in African-American...
Ever since winning the Book Prize, it’s been hard keeping up with Bernardine Evaristo’s achievements. The latest addition to these...
The Toyin Falola Prize is administered by the literary magazine Lunaris Review. The prize is named after and presented in...
Reading is one of the most loved ways to transcend into fantasy land, anywhere. Books are the reason that most...
The author of Maggie and Me on researching his first novel set in South Africa, being edited by Diana Athill,...