Category: Botswana
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Nommo Awards 2025 finalists announced.
The African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards 2025 finalists were announced in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Sunday, August 17, 2025. The African Speculative Fiction Society was founded to celebrate speculative fiction genres of magical realism, Sci-Fi, horror, and graphic novels in 2016. In the following year, they introduced the Nommo Awards to celebrate writers in…
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Ignyte Awards 2025 finalists announced
The Ignyte Awards 2025 finalists, the fifth edition of the award scheme, were announced on Monday, June 9, 2025. Fiyah is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine featuring stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora based in the USA, founded in 2016. In 2021, they announced that they would host FIYAHCON for Black,…
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Island Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa 2025 shortlist was made public on Monday, May 5, 2025. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA), and Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It aims to give writers from Africa (or the diaspora) a chance…
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Island Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa 2025 longlist was made public on Monday, March 24, 2025. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA), and Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It aims to give writers from Africa (or the diaspora)…
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Botswana Literature Awards 2024 winners announced
The Botswana Literature Awards 2024 winners were announced in Gaborone on Saturday, December 14, 2024. The Botswana Literature Awards were founded to recognize the contributions and hard work of authors in Botswana by Dr Lame Pusetso in 2023. That first edition celebrated the Best Children’s Book, Best Setswana Poetry Book, Best English Poetry Book, Best…
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Botswana Literature Awards 2024 finalists announced
The Botswana Literature Awards 2024 finalists were announced in Gaborone on Monday, December 9, 2024. The Botswana Literature Awards were founded to recognize the contributions and hard work of authors in Botswana by Dr Lame Pusetso in 2023. That first edition celebrated the Best Children’s Book, Best Setswana Poetry Book, Best English Poetry Book, Best…
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Botswana Literature Awards 2024 longlist announced
The Botswana Literature Awards 2024 longlists were announced in Gaborone on Sunday, November 24, 2024. The Botswana Literature Awards were founded to recognize the contributions and hard work of authors in Botswana by Dr Lame Pusetso in 2023. That first edition celebrated the Best Children’s Book, Best Setswana Poetry Book, Best English Poetry Book, Best…
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Book Digest: Veronique Tadjo, Zukiswa Wanner, Andie Davis, Bill “Blade” Howell
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Veronique Tadjo, Zukiswa Wanner, Bill “Blade” Howell, and Andie Davis. Je Mercie La Nuit by Veronique Tadjo Publisher: Mémoire d’EncrierDate: August 19, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Mémoire d’Encrier Veronique Tadjo Born in Paris, Véronique Tadjo grew…
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Tawanda Mulalu is Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2023 winner.
Tawanda Mulalu’s poetry collection Please Make Me Pretty, I Don’t Want to Die: Poems was named the winner of the African Poetry Book Fund’s Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2023 on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is named for poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Glenna Luschei. Administered…
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Keabetswe Molotsi wins Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023.
Keabetswe Molotsi’s short story Matlhalerwa was announced the winner of the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 at a ceremony in Thika, Kenya on Saturday, October 7, 2023 The Kendeka Prize for African Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. Previous winners of the prize founded…
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Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 was announced on Thursday, September 26, 2023. The Kendeka Prize for African Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. Previous winners of the prize founded by Kenyan writer and publisher Andrew Maina have been Jenny Robson…
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Book Digest: Farai Mudzingwa, Safiya Sinclair, Stefanie Hirsbrunner, Tlotlo Tsamaase
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Farai Mudzingwa, Safiya Sinclair, Stefanie Hirsbrunner, and Tlotlo Tsamaase. Avenues by Train By Farai Mudzingwa Publisher: Cassava RepublicDate: September 25, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Click here. Farai Mudzingwa Farai Mudzingwa is a Zimbabwean writer whose fiction…
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Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 was announced on Monday, September 19, 2023. The Kendeka Prize for Africa Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. Previous winners of the prize founded by Kenyan writer and publisher Andrew Maina have been Jenny Robson…
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Tawanda Mulalu is Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2023 finalist.
Tawanda Mulalu is a finalist of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2023; the announcement was made on Thursday, August 24, 2023. The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry is awarded by Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. It is awarded to a full-length book of poems…
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Caine Prize for African Writing 2023 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Caine Prize for African Writing 2023 has been announced in London, UK today, July 6, 2023. The Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded annually to an African writer published in English for an outstanding short story since the year 2000. It has recognised some of the most famous writers working…