Category: Brazil
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Ana Maria Gonçalves joins the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Ana Maria Gonçalves was inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters in a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, November 7, 2025. Academia Brasileira de Letras (English: Brazilian Academy of Letters) is a non-profit literary society founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1897. Inspired by the Académie Française, it was established by 40 writers…
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Premio Oceanos 2025 finalists announced
Mia Couto, Francisco Guita Jr, and José Eduardo Agualusa are among the Premio Oceanos 2025 finalists announced in São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Prêmio Oceanos 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…
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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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English PEN Translates 2025 winners announced
Conceição Evaristo, Gaël Faye, and Ana Paula Maia are among the PEN Translates 2025 winners announced on Thursday, July 24, 2025. PEN Translates, with support from Arts Council England, has encouraged UK publishers to acquire more books from other languages since 2012. The award helps UK publishers to meet the costs of translating new works…
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Ana Maria Gonçalves elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Ana Maria Gonçalves was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the first Black woman, in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, July 10, 2025. The Brazilian Academy of Letters is a non-profit literary society in Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1897 by 40 writers and poets, inspired by the Académie Française. Its goals are to…
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Zukiswa Wanner’s Brazilian tour starts June 14
Author, editor, and publisher Zukiswa Wanner will make her first visit to South America with a tour of Brazil starting on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Zukiswa Wanner is the author of the novels The Madams (2006), Behind Every Successful Man (2008), Men of the South (2010), London Cape Town Joburg (2014), and Love Marry Kill…
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Conceição Evaristo to headline A Festa Literaria Das Periferias 2025
Conceição Evaristo to headline A Festa Literaria Das Periferias 2025 which runs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 17 and 23 and November 27 and 30, 2025. A 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…
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Premio Oceanos 2025 first selections announced
The Premio Oceanos 2025 first selections were announced in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. 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 works by Brazilian writers were eligible for…
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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…