Category: Brazil
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Book Digest: Dzifa Benson, Nathaniel Bivan, Yael Valencia Aldana
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Dzifa Benson, Nathaniel Bivan, and Yael Valencia Aldana. Black Mestiza by Yael Valencia Aldana Publisher: University Press of KentuckyDate: January 21, 2025Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: University Press of Kentucky Yael Valencia Aldana Yael Valencia Aldana, an Afro-Latinx/e poet and writer, is the author of…
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Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
The Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist was announced in Ireland on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by the Dublin City Council, Ireland. If the winning…
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Itamar Vieira Junior wins at Prêmio Jabuti 2024
Itamar Vieira Junior’s novel Salvar o fogo won a leading Brazilian literary prize, Prêmio Jabuti 2024, in São Paolo on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Prêmio Jabuti (English: “Tortoise Prize”) is a literary award given out by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) conceived by then chairman Edgard Cavalheiro in 1959. Accolades are handed out to authors,…
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Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize shortlist announced
The Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize shortlist was announced on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, open to emerging and established Black women writers globally, seeks to celebrate the best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. The first jury is chaired by award-winning author and Booker Prize 2019 winner Bernardine Evaristo, Ugandan…
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Brazil’s Festa Literária Das Periferias 2024 to honour Black women
Festa Literária Das Periferias 2024 with the theme “The skirt goes around, life goes around” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 11 – 17, 2024. Festa Literária Das Periferias (English: Literary Festival of the Peripheries) is the literary festival of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. The first edition took place in 2012, in…
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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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Brazil’s Prêmio Jabuti 2024 finalists announced
The Prêmio Jabuti 2024 finalists, a leading Brazilian prize, were announced in Sao Paolo on Thursday, October 24, 2024. The Prêmio Jabuti (the “Tortoise Prize”) is a literary award given out by the Brazilian Book Chamber (CBL) conceived by then chairman Edgard Cavalheiro in 1959. Accolades are handed out to authors, editors, illustrators, graphics, and…
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Brazilian International Colloquium on Negritude and Literature starts November 5
Colóquio Internacional Negritude e Literatura, celebrating Afro-Brazilian portal Literafro will be hosted in Minas Gerais, Brazil from November 5 – 7, 2024. Literafro, founded by Eduardo de Assis Duarte, is a portal of Afro-Brazilian literature active online since December 13, 2004. Its founders and current managers are professors and researchers from the Federal University of…
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Premio Oceanos 2024 finalists announced
The finalists of Premio Oceanos 2024 were announced in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos-Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the first years, only work by Brazilian writers was eligible for…
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Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty 2024 kicks off October 9
Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty 2024 runs in Paraty, Brazil from October 9 – 13, 2024. The Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (International Literary Festival of Paraty – FLIP) is a literary festival held annually in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil since 2003. It was founded by Bloomsbury Publishing co-founder Liz Calder, who lived in…
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Premio Oceanos 2024 longlist announced
Angolan, Brazilian, Mozambican, and Cape Verdean writers feature on the longlists for Premio Oceanos 2024 announced on Friday, August 23, 2024. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos-Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the first years, only work by Brazilian…
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Book Digest: Biyi Bandele, Shirlene Obuobi, Ana Paula Maia, Munira Hussein
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Biyi Bandele, Shirlene Obuobi, Ana Paula Maia, and an anthology from Nairobi. Seeing Our Sisters: Anthology by Munira Hussein, Resh (Rehema Zuberi), Joanna Cockerline, Ellah Hallets, Hellen Mwololo and Jacque Nzioka (TJ) Publisher: IndependentDate: July 20, 2024Genre: Fiction,…
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Conceição Evaristo to open Brazil’s Festival da Palavra de Curitiba 2024
Conceição Evaristo is the opening act at Festival da Palavra de Curitiba 2024 which runs in Curitiba, Brazil from June 16 – 22, 2024. The festival theme is “Resistance.” Festival da Palavra de Curitiba (English: Curitiba Word Festival) was first hosted in the Brazilian city of Curitiba in 2023. That edition ran from September 27…
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Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 was announced on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize is for book-length literary translations into English from any living European language. It aims to honour the translation craft and recognise its cultural importance. It was founded by Lord Weidenfeld and is supported by New College, The…
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Ana Paula Maia wins Republic of Consciousness Prize 2024
Ana Paula Maia’s novel Of Cattle and Men was declared the winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2024 in London, UK on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses is an annual British literary prize founded by the author Neil Griffiths. It rewards fiction published by UK and…