Category: Malawi
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Book Digest: Celeste Mohammed, Muthi Nhlema, Yurieth Romero, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Celeste Mohammed, Muthi Nhlema, Yurieth Romero, Maika Moulite, and Maritza Moulite. Ever Since We Small by Celeste Mohammed Publisher: Jacaranda BooksDate: April 17, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Jacaranda Books, Celeste Mohammed Celeste Mohammed Celeste Mohammed has been a lawyer since 2001, but she has…
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Stanley Onjezani Kenani to chair Malawi Writers Union Short Story Prize 2025 jury.
Stanley Onjezani Kenani, Renee Akitelek Mboya, and Stephen Embleton are the jury of the inaugural Malawi Writers Union Short Story Prize 2025. The Malawi Writers Union Short Story Prize is a new literary award that interrogates the intersections of mental health and artificial intelligence, challenging writers to imagine futures, unravel ethical dilemmas, and reflect on…
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The Malawi Short Story Prize is coming
The Malawi Writers Union Short Story Prize, open to Malawian writers based on the continent or in the diaspora with a deadline of May 1, 2025, is here. The Malawi Writers Union is a national body of creative writers in Malawi founded in September 1995 to lobby for members and provide them with opportunities for…
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Shadreck Chikoti is new Malawi Writers’ Union President
Shadreck Chikoti was elected the new Malawi Writers’ Union President in Lilongwe on Saturday, December 21, 2024. The Malawi Writers Union is a national body of creative writers in Malawi, an affiliate of the Pan African Writers Association, founded in September 1995. Its role is to lobby for the members and provide them with opportunities…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2023 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the Morland Writing Scholarships 2023 were announced on Thursday, October 12, 2023. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as the Morland Writing Scholarship, is an opportunity to allow writers to finish a manuscript. Scholars writing fiction receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over twelve months while those…
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Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 was announced on Thursday, September 26, 2023. The Kendeka Prize for African Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. Previous winners of the prize founded by Kenyan writer and publisher Andrew Maina have been Jenny Robson…
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Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2023 was announced on Monday, September 19, 2023. The Kendeka Prize for Africa Literature is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story either fiction or creative non-fiction. Previous winners of the prize founded by Kenyan writer and publisher Andrew Maina have been Jenny Robson…
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Gabrielle Emem Harry, Yanjanani L. Banda are Literary Laddership 2023 Recipients
Gabrielle Emem Harry and Yanjanani L. Banda were named the recipients of The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors 2023 on Friday, June 2, 2023. In 2022, Nigerian fantasy, science fiction, and speculative writer and academic Suyi Davies Okungbowa announced a new fellowship he called “The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors.” It was aimed…
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Kalemba Short Story Prize 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist for Kalemba Short Story Prize 2023 was announced in Lusaka, Zambia on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Kalemba Short Story Prize is awarded annually to the best work of original and unpublished short fiction written in English by a Zambian administered and funded by Ukusefya Words. Previous winners have been Mali Kambandu (2018),…
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Short Story Day Africa Inkubator fellows announced.
The twelve writers taking part in the Inkubator Program, designed by Short Story Day Africa and Laxfield Literary Associates, have been announced today. In the last few years, Short Story Day Africa has built its name as an organisation that focuses on writers and their needs. Their most popular projects have been the Short Story…
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Book Digest: Lea N’Guessan, Raymond Antrobus, Shamiso Chikoti, and Taban Lo Liyong.
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature with books from Lea N’Guessan, Raymond Antrobus, Shamiso Chikoti, and Taban Lo Liyong. La Secret d’Adjaratou by Lea N’Guessan Publisher: Vallesse Editions (Cote D’Ivoire)Publication Date: November 11, 2017Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Vallesse Editions Lea N’Guessan Lea N’Guessan is an…
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Book Digest: Wilfried N’Sonde, Courttia Newland, Beaton Galafa, Farrah Rochon
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest feature. Today our focus is books from Wilfried N’Sonde, Courttia Newland, Beaton Galafa, and Farrah Rochon. Femme du Ciel Et Des Tempêtes, Wilfried N’Sonde Publisher: Actes SudPublication Date: August 18, 2021Genre: Literary fictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Actes Sud, Amazon Wilfried N’Sonde…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2020 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Morland Writing Scholarships 2020 was announced today, October 19, 2020. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as the Morland Writing Scholarship, is an opportunity to allow writers to finish a manuscript. Scholars writing fiction receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over twelve months while those writing…
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Toyin Fálọlá Prize 2020 longlist announced in Lagos.
There are 24 writers on the longlist for the Toyin Fálọlá Prize 2020 announced on September 14, 2020. The Toyin Fálọlá Prize is a new prize from Nigerian-based Lunaris aimed at honouring distinguished African scholar and foremost historian, Professor Toyin Fálọlá, whose contributions to the field of African history and culture have continued to place…
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A snapshot of Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 1.
Afrolit Sans Frontières was hosted by African writers from cities around the world from Monday, March 23 to Monday, March 30, 2020. The Afrolit Sans Frontiers Virtual Literary Festival is an initiative from writers of African origin curated by Zukiswa Wanner. Sixteen writers from 10 African countries shared their own original work from 15 different…