Category: Australia
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Book Digest: Stephanie Wambugu, Tigest Girma, Sarah Uheida, I.S. Jones
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Stephanie Wambugu, Tigest Girma, Sarah Uheida, and I.S. Jones. Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu Publisher: Little, Brown and CompanyPublication Date: July 29, 2025Genre: Fiction Language: English Where to find it: Little, Brown and Company Stephanie Wambugu Stephanie Wambugu was born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1998 and…
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Book Digest: Olufemi Terry, Eugen Bacon, Itamar Vieira Junior, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Olufemi Terry, Itamar Vieira Junior, Eugen Bacon, and Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie. Wilderness of Mirrors by Olufemi Terry Publisher: Restless BooksDate: September 9, 2025 Genre: Fiction Language: English Where to find it: Restless Books Olufemi Terry Olufemi Terry is a Sierra Leone-born writer, essayist, and journalist living…
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African Caribbean Writers’ Festival Australia for September 27
The African Caribbean Writers’ Festival Australia, with the theme “How We Tell Our Stories,” will be hosted in Sydney on Saturday, September 27, 2025. The African Caribbean Writers’ Festival Australia was founded to centre and celebrate the profound stories of Africa and the Caribbean diaspora while also highlighting and empowering the voices of African and…
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Cundill History Prize 2025 longlist announced
Tiya Miles, Marlene L. Daut, and Santilla Chingaipe are on the Cundill History Prize 2025 longlist announced in Montreal, Canada, on Monday, July 28, 2025. The Cundill History Prize recognizes and rewards the best history writing in English, including translations. Founded by Peter Cundill and administered by McGill University in Montreal, Canada, it encourages informed…
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Santilla Chingaipe on Australia’s Stella Prize 2025 shortlist
Santilla Chingaipe’s book Black Convicts is on the Stella Prize 2025 shortlist announced in Adelaide, Australia, on Tuesday, April 8, 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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Tigest Girma on Australia Book Industry Awards 2025 shortlist
Tigest Girma is on the Australia Book Industry Awards 2025 shortlist announced in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. The Australian Book Industry Awards are publishers’ and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney since 2006. Works are selected by an academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then…
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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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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: Sefi Atta, Fabio Kabral, Nadia Maddy, Tigest Girma
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Sefi Atta, Fabio Kabral, Tigest Girma, and Nadia Maddy. Corpo Seco by Nadia Maddy Publisher: Nehanda BooksDate: September 29, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Barnes and Noble Nadia Maddy Nadia Maddy is a London-based writer with roots in Sierra Leone, exploring themes of…
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Dilman Dila, Eugen Bacon are Philip K. Dick Award 2024 nominees.
Dilman Dila and Eugen Bacon were named nominees of the Philip K. Dick Award 2024 in Philadelphia, USA on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Philip K Dick was a US science fiction writer who wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. In 1983, the…
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Sisonke Msimang wins at Western Australia Premier Book Awards.
Sisonke Msimang was announced a winner at the Western Australia Premier Book Awards at a ceremony in Perth, Australia on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards supports, develops and recognises excellence in Western Australian writing. Awards are given in fiction, poetry, non-fiction, Western Australian History, children’s book, writing for Young Adults,…