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British Science Fiction Awards 2024 finalists announced
Wole Talabi and Eugen Bacon are among the British Science Fiction Awards 2024 finalists announced on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The British Science Fiction Awards, a production of the British Science Fiction Association, have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and by the…
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Book Digest: Abdulrazak Gurnah, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, Kennedy Ryan, Tracy Deonn
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Abdulrazak Gurnah, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva, Kennedy Ryan, and Tracy Deonn. Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah Publisher: Random HouseDate: March 18, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury Abdulrazak Gurnah Abdulrazak Gurnah is the 2021 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the…
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UK’s Jhalak Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Jhalak Prize 2025 longlist was announced in London, UK on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent in the running. The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) writers…
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Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award 2024 longlist announced
The Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award 2024 longlist was announced on Monday, March 18, 2025. The Awele Creative Trust is a non-profit organisation created to provide an enabling environment and platform for creative young persons founded by Chika Unigwe. Its annual prize the Awele Creative Trust Award rewards a short story of up to…
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Hemley Boum wins Le Grand Prix Afrique 2025
Hemley Boum was declared Le Grand Prix Afrique 2025 winner in Paris, France on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Le Grand Prix Afrique, formerly Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire, is a literary prize presented annually by the Association of French Language Writers (ADELF) for a text in French from Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the winners first…
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The Malawi Short Story Prize is coming
The Malawi Writers Union Short Story Prize, open to Malawian writers based on the continent or in the diaspora with a deadline of May 1, 2025, is here. The Malawi Writers Union is a national body of creative writers in Malawi founded in September 1995 to lobby for members and provide them with opportunities for…
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OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist was announced in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, March 16, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry, fiction…
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Aspen Words Literary Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Percival Everett and Afabwaje Kurian are on the Aspen Words Literary Prize 2025 shortlist announced on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture in the US.…
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Santilla Chingaipe on Australia’s Stella Awards 2025 longlist
Santilla Chingaipe’s book Black Convicts is on the Stella Awards 2025 longlist announced in Adelaide, Australia on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The Stella Prize is a major annual literary award celebrating Australian women and non-binary writers for an outstanding book of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. The award, worth $60,000, was established by 11 Australian women…
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Book Digest: Tierno Monénembo, Saara El-Arifi, Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Tierno Monénembo, Saara El-Arifi, Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, and Remilekun Anikulapo-Kuti. The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura by Tierno Monénembo Publisher: Schaffner PressDate: March 4, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: English (Translated from French by Ryan Chamberlain)Where to find it: Schaffner Press Tierno Monénembo A winner of some…
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REVEAL! Comic Arts Festival 2025 for Nairobi
REVEAL! Comic Arts Festival 2025 with the theme “Comic in Education— adding fun to teaching and learning” runs in venues in Nairobi, Kenya from March 14 – 16, 2025. In 2017, Kenyan writer, activist, and journalist Msanii Kimani Wa Wanjiru wrote Ink & Pixels: The Wild & Wondrous Tale of Kenyan Comics as part of…
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Audie Awards 2025 winners announced.
The Audie Awards 2025 winners were announced in New York, USA on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent who won in their categories. The Audie Awards have been awarded annually by the American Audio Publishers Association for audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment since 1996. The awards are given to types of…
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Noo Saro-Wiwa wins at Edward Stanford Travel Book Awards 2025
Noo Saro-Wiwa won travel book of the year at the Edward Stanford Travel Book Awards 2025 on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, presented by Viking Cruises, celebrate the world’s best travel writers. The UK-based prize comprises the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year, the Viking Award for Fiction with…
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Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist was announced on Thursday, March 6, 2025. These are the writers of African descent who made the cut. Carol Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer who is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the US Pulitzer Prize for…
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Olongo Africa’s Black Orpheus Fellows Announced
Olongo Africa’s Black Orpheus Fellows were announced in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Olongo Africa is a web publication that features African writing, including literature, journalism, and travelogues, founded by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún in 2020. In 2024, they announced that they were offering long-term and short-term opportunities to support quality research and writing on…
