Category: Fiction
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Prix Jean-Marie Adiaffi de la Littérature Ivoirienne 2025 finalists announced
Prix Jean-Marie Adiaffi de la Littérature Ivoirienne 2025 finalists were announced on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Jean-Marie Adé Adiaffi or Jean-Marie Adiaffi was a writer, screenwriter, filmmaker and Ivorian critic. He studied film at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques and philosophy at the Sorbonne, before going back to Côte d’Ivoire to teach. He passed away…
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UK Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist announced
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Karen Jennings, and Laila Lalami are on the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist announced on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the…
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Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Awards 2025 announced
The Zimbabwe National Arts Merit Awards 2025 winners were announced in Harare on Saturday, March 1, 2025. The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of awards granted by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in the arts and culture annually. The categories have differed over the years.…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for March 2025.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in March 2025, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. Please do us a favour and mention to whoever you applied to that you got the…
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Z. K. Abraham wins at Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards 2025
Z. K. Abraham won at the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awards 2025 on Thursday, February 27, 2025. The Scottish Book Trust is a charity that promotes reading and writing in Scotland. Since 2009, it has hosted an annual awards programme to support individuals committed to developing their writing. The winners are celebrated in the…
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Book Digest: Jessica Horn, Ivana Akotowaa Ofori, Maaza Mengiste, Tinga Maluvana
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Jessica Horn, Ivana Akotowaa Ofori, Maaza Mengiste, and Tinga Maluvana. African Feminist Praxis by Jessica Horn Publisher: Sage PublicationsDate: December 19, 2024Genre: NonfictionLanguage: English Where to find it: Sage Publications Jessica Horn Jessica Horn is a feminist writer and inter-disciplinary practitioner. Grounded in work around body…
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International Booker Prize 2025 longlist announced
Astrid Roemer and Gaëlle Bélem are on the International Booker Prize 2025 longlist announced on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland in the previous year. It was founded as…
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Prix Littéraire Québec-France Marie-Claire Blais 2025 longlist announced
Eve Guerra, Yasmina Liassine, and Gyslain Ngueno are on the Prix Littéraire Québec-France Marie-Claire Blais 2025 longlist announced on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. Marie-Claire Blais was a Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec. In a career spanning seventy years, she wrote novels, plays, collections of poetry and fiction, newspaper articles,…
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2025 shortlist announced
Ahmed Fal Al Din and Mohamed Samir Nada are on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2025 shortlist announced at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. The International Prize for Arabic Fiction rewards excellence in contemporary Arabic creative writing while encouraging the readership of high-quality Arabic literature through the translation and publication…
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Book Digest: Diana Evans, Do Nsoseme, Xolisa Guzula, Lauren Francis-Sharma
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Athambile Masola, Do Nsoseme, Xolisa Guzula, Diana Evans, and Lauren Francis-Sharma. Ngambo Ya Congo by Do Nsoseme Publisher: Editions MesdamesDate: January 23, 2025Genre: PoetryLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Editions Mesdames Do Nsoseme Do Nsoseme is a Congolese spoken word artist, poet, and photographer, born in 1994…
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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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Moses McKenzie on UK’s Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award 2025 shortlist
Moses McKenzie is on The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award shortlist announced on Sunday, February 16, 2025. The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer of the Year award is a literary prize awarded to a British author under 35 for a published work of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Some…
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Book Digest: Baalu Girma, Canisia Lubrin, Daniel Black, Ibi Zoboi
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Baalu Girma, Canisia Lubrin, Daniel Black, and Ibi Zoboi. Oromay by Baalu Girma Publisher: Soho PressDate: February 4, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: English (Translated from Amharic)Where to find it: Penguin Random House, Baalu Girma Baalu Girma was one of Ethiopia’s greatest writers and Oromay was his most famous…
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Book Digest: Hayat Kasdi, Patrice Lawrence, Kamilah Cole, Nicole Sealey
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Hayat Kasdi, Patrice Lawrence, Kamilah Cole, Nicole Sealey, and John Murillo. Chouf…A Marseille by Hayat Kasdi Publisher: Les éditions El AmirDate: December 7, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Amazon, FNAC Hayat Kasdi Hayat Kasdi is a writer from Algeria who writes in French. Chouf…A Marseille…
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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2025 longlist announced
‘Pemi Aguda, Percival Everett, and John Vercher are on the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2025 longlist announced on Monday, February 3, 2025. The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, first handed out in 1981, is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year’s best works of fiction by living US American citizens. Some…