Category: Events
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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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Iris Mwanza for Lagos on June 21
Iris Mwanza will present her debut novel, The Lion’s Den, in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Iris Mwanza is a Zambian-American international lawyer, gender equality advocate, and a rising literary voice. With degrees from Cornell and Johns Hopkins, her career spans global institutions like the World Bank and the Gates Foundation. Her debut…
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The Shallow Tales Review Literary Reading for March 15
The Shallow Tales Review is hosting its fifth literary reading with eighteen African writers on Saturday, March 15, 2025 Reading Shallow Tales is a literary reading that brings together African writers in one space to read from their books. The virtual event, organised by our good friends at The Shallow Tales Review, allows up-and-coming writers…
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Kinyanjui Kombani’s “Last Villains of Molo” twentieth anniversary
Kinyanjui Kombani is celebrating 20 years since the publication of his debut novel, The Last Villains of Molo, with a series of events, starting with a Twitter/X space on Friday, February 21, 2025. In 2005, Kenyatta University graduate Kinyanjui Kombani published his debut novel The Last Villains of Molo. It followed characters caught up in…
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Njeri Wangari launches new book for children
Njeri Wangari’s new book for children My Colouring Book of Rhymes launched in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, February 8, 2025. Njeri Wangari first came to our attention when she was dazzling with her poetry stages at the monthly Kwani Open Mic in the mid-2000s. She was also an archivist of the era giving news and…
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Will This Be a Problem Anthology launches in Nairobi
The fifth edition of the Will This Be a Problem Anthology was launched in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday, January 31, 2025. Will This Be a Problem is a literary journal dedicated to publishing speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, essays, and book reviews since it was established in 2014. They amplify voices from African writers…
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Kenyan comics anthology launches in Nairobi.
The new Kenyan comics anthology launched at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. There has been a huge growth in comics in Nairobi as more people have gotten into the business in the last few years. The breadth of the scene was shown when the Nyrobi Comic Fest showcased some of the…
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Natasha Omokhodion, Mulenga Kapwepwe book chat in Lusaka
Natasha Omokhodion and Mulenga Kapwepwe had a chat on their new titles in Lusaka, Zambia on August 15, 2024. Natasha Omokhodion’s new novel is Even if the Stars Should Fall and Mulenga Kapwepwe’s is Perfect Marriage. Natasha Omokhodion first came to the attention of the African literary community when her manuscript No Be From Hia…
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Kenyan Readathon 2024 event for September 14
The official Kenyan Readathon 2024 event will be hosted at the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi on Saturday, September 14, 2024. In 2020, literary activist Lexa Lubanga unveiled the “Kenya Readathon” initiative to celebrate writing from the East African nation. It was a virtual series to encourage readers to promote Kenyan authors with their work as…
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Let Us Conspire, Bald Dandelions anthologies launch in Nairobi
The two anthologies Let Us Conspire and Other Short Stories and Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Off launched at Cheche Books, Nairobi on August 15, 2024. Cheche Books was the site of launching the two anthologies Let Us Conspire and Other Short Stories (Jahazi Press) and Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Off (Huza…
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Kisumu Literacy Day for August 31
Kisumu Literacy Day will be hosted at the Kenyan National Library in Kisumu on Saturday, August 31, 2024. The Kenya National Library Service is known for its work in providing library services in its many libraries across the country. The beloved service has announced that it will host the “Kisumu Literacy Day” in the city…
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Panashe Chigumadzi for University of Johannesburg seminar
Mukoma Wa Ngugi is set to give a seminar at the University of Johannesburg on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. He will be in conversation with recently minted Dr Panashe Chigumadzi. The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is an afropolitan international university with an identity of inclusion transforming lives and diversifying professions based in Johannesburg, South Africa.…
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Iris Mwanza’s “The Lion’s Den” for Cheche Conversations (virtual)
Iris Mwanza’s debut novel The Lion’s Den is the subject of the latest Cheche’s “Conversations With Authors” on Friday, July 26, 2024. The time will be 8 PM EAT/1 PM ET. Cheche Books is a Nairobi-based independent Pan-African feminist bookstore, café, and event space, founded by Ubax Abdi in 2020 to make books by African…
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Shani Akilah’s “For Such a Time As This” launches in London
Shani Akilah’s interconnected short story collection For Such a Time As This launched in London, UK on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Shani Akilah’s short story collection For Such a Time As This follows a group of young, Black British friends navigating the complexities of modern life in London. From the excitement of new relationships to…
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Iris Mwanza’s novel Lion’s Den launches in London
Iris Mwanza’s debut novel Lion’s Den launched at the Africa Centre, London, UK on Friday, June 14, 2024. Here are some images from the launch. Iris Mwanza is a Zambian-American professional who recently wrote the Canongate-published novel The Lion’s Den. The debut follows rookie lawyer Grace Zulu whose first client Willbess ‘Bessy’ Mulenga goes missing…