Category: Literary Festivals/ Book Fairs
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Quramo Festival of Words 2025 starts October 2
The Quramo Festival of Words 2025, with the theme “A Brave New World,” will be held in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 2 – 5, 2025. The Quramo Festival of Words was first hosted in West Africa’s biggest city by Quramo Publishing in 2017. Those who attended the then-new literary festival were treated to events like…
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Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 for September 27
The Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 will be held at the British Library, London, United Kingdom, on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 is a new festival that will bring together leading writers, thinkers, and performers for a programme of thought-provoking panel discussions, hands-on workshops, live performances, and…
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The International Black Writers Festival 2025 starts September 30
The International Black Writers Festival 2025, with the theme “The Story of Us,” will be held at Howard University, Washington, DC, USA, from September 30 – October 2, 2025. The International Black Writers Festival, brought to you by Moorland-Spingarn Research Centre, was first hosted at Howard University in 2022. It was inspired by the National…
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Khayelitsha Book Festival 2025 starts today!
The Khayelitsha Book Festival 2025, with the theme “We Read, We Write: A Declaration…” will take place in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, from September 26 to 28, 2025. Khayelitsha Book Festival is a celebration of reading, writing, and storytelling rooted in the heart of one of South Africa’s most dynamic communities. Founded by Zimkhitha…
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Jinja International Poetry Festival 2025 starts September 26
The Jinja International Poetry Festival 2025, with the theme “Create: The First Step to Freedom,” will be held in Jinja, Uganda, from September 26 – 28, 2025. In 2024, Ugandan poet, editor, scriptwriter, and actor Muganza Keith founded the Jinja International Poetry Festival to celebrate the poetry from one of Western Uganda’s largest cities and…
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Nairobi International Book Fair 2025 starts today!
The schedule for the Nairobi International Book Fair 2025, with the theme “Inspiring Readers, Shaping Futures,” to be held from September 24 – 28, 2025, has been announced. The Nairobi International Book Fair, organised annually by the Kenya Publishers Association, has brought together publishers, authors, booksellers, print suppliers, media, and readers from Africa and worldwide…
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A snapshot of the Open Book Festival 2025
The Open Book Festival 2025 took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from September 5 to 7, 2025. Here are some of the highlights. The Open Book Festival is an annual literary festival held in Cape Town, South Africa, since 2011. It has hosted many of the leading writers and poets in South Africa, across…
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Word Fest 2025 for Makhanda from September 19
After a four-year hiatus, Word Fest 2025 returns to Makhanda, South Africa, from September 19 – 20, 2025. Word Fest is a literary festival that was born at the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA) at Rhodes University under the stewardship of South African poet Chris Mann in 1999. It hosted dozens…
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Sokhna Benga to headline Salon du Livre Féminin de Dakar 2025
Sokhna Benga is the headliner for Salon du Livre Féminin de Dakar 2025 to be held in Dakar, Senegal, from October 10 –12, 2025. The festival theme is “resistance.” Salon du Livre Féminin de Dakar (English: Dakar Women’s Book Fair), centering books and ideas that express the vision of African women, Senegalese women in particular,…
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Ghana Association of Writers Book Festival 2025 starts September 19
Ghana Association of Writers Book Festival 2025, also known as Gawbofest, will be held in Accra from September 19 – 20, 2025. The Ghana Association of Writers is one of the most storied on the continent, with beginnings as far back as the foundation of the Young Men’s Literary Club on March 29, 1920. Since…
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La Grande Rentrée Littéraire De Kinshasa 2025 starts September 18
La Grande Rentrée Littéraire De Kinshasa 2025 will be held in DR Congo’s capital from September 18 – 20, 2025. The rentrée littéraire is a practice adopted by French publishers, characterised by a large number of new book releases (all styles and genres mixed together), and takes place every year between late August and early…
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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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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
Kodi-Anne Brown and Brandon Mc Ivor won at the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2025 on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and…
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Kano International Poetry Festival 2025 starts September 11
Kano International Poetry Festival 2025, with the theme ‘Poetry in a Time of Crisis’, will be held in Kano, Nigeria, from September 11 – 13, 2025. Poetic Wednesdays is a youth-oriented, non-governmental, non-political, and non-partisan entity aimed at promoting literature and literary activities in Northern Nigeria. The Salim Yunusa-founded organisation has hosted events bringing poets…
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Nairobi International Book Fair 2025 starts September 24
The Nairobi International Book Fair 2025, with the theme “Inspiring Readers, Shaping Futures,” will be held in the East African city from September 24 – 28, 2025. The Nairobi International Book Fair, organised annually by the Kenya Publishers Association, has brought together publishers, authors, booksellers, print suppliers, media, and readers from Africa and worldwide since…