Category: Nigeria
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Book Digest: Lesley-Ann Brown, Nelson Lineu, Wole Talabi, Remy Ngamije
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Lesley-Ann Brown, Nelson Lineu, Wole Talabi, and Remy Ngamije. Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology edited by Wole Talabi Publisher: Android PressDate: November 21, 2023Genre: Speculative FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Amazon Wole Talabi Wole Talabi is an engineer, writer,…
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Okada Books set to shut down on November 30.
Nigeria’s digital publishing and bookselling platform Okada Books is set to cease operations on Thursday, November 30, 2023. In 2013, Okada Books was launched by Nigerian writer Okechukwu Ofili to simplify the distribution and selling of books in Nigeria. It was built on making self-publishing easy while connecting writers to people who would pay for…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the Morland Writing Scholarships 2023 have been announced today, Friday, November 17, 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. In the past, the scholarship has been accorded to writers from across the…
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Ake Festival 2023 program, guests known
The program and guests for the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2023 to be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria from November 22 – 25, 2023 are now known. You can register to attend the Sterling Bank and Luminate-sponsored festival by clicking here. The Ake Arts and Book Festival was founded by Lola Shoneyin in Nigeria in…
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Book Digest: Jesmyn Ward Kwame Dawes Noo Saro-Wiwa, Sarah Dass
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Jesmyn Ward, Kwame Dawes, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sarah Dass. When the Vibe Is Right Novel by Sarah Dass Publisher: Balzer + BrayDate: May 30, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Click here. Sarah Dass Sarah Dass was born…
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A snapshot of the Quramo Festival of Words 2023, QFEST 2023
The Quramo Festival of Words aka QFest 2023 was hosted at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria from October 4 – 8, 2023. The Quramo Festival of Words was first hosted by Quramo Publishing in Lagos, Nigeria in December 2017. Lagosians were treated to masterclasses, book readings, workshop discussions, film, theatre, and…
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World Fantasy Awards 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the World Fantasy Awards 2023 were announced in Kansas City, USA on Sunday, October 29, 2023. The World Fantasy Awards have been awarded annually for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year since 1975. It is organised and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention. Kacen Callender, Rivers Solomon, Nisi…
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ANA Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2023 longlist announced
The longlist for the Association of Nigerian Author’s Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2023 was announced on Monday, October 9, 2023. Chinua Achebe was the author of Things Fall Apart (1958) the most well-read novel written by an African. His other novels were No Longer At Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People,…
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Lagos Art & Books Festival 2023 starts November 13.
The Lagos Art & Books Festival 2023, popularly known as Labaf, runs in venues in Lagos, Nigeria from November 13 – 19, 2023. The festival theme is “The Reset: History and the Darkling Plan.” The Lagos Book & Art Festival is an annual arts festival founded by the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), a Nigerian-based…
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Lagos International Poetry Festival 2023 guests known
The guests who will take part in the Lagos International Poetry Festival 2023 under the theme “Sanctuary” which runs from October 26 – 29, 2023 are now known. The Lagos International Poetry Festival brings together poets, writers, artists, and thinkers from across the world to Lagos for a week of conversations, readings, performances, workshops, and…
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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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Book Digest: David Diop, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Romeo Oriogun, Kacen Callender
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from David Diop, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, Romeo Oriogun, and Kacen Callender. Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxDate: September 7, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Click here. David Diop David Diop…
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Logan February are DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2024
Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Logan February are among the artists in the DAAD Berlin Artists-in-Resident program 2024 announced on October 7, 2023. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program has been awarded internationally highly regarded fellowships since 1963. Over 1000 outstanding international visual artists, authors, filmmakers, composers, and sound artists have been invited to live and work in…
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Chiziterem Chijioke wins Quramo Writers’ Prize 2023.
Chiziterem Chijioke won the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2023 at a colourful ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, October 8, 2023. The Quramo Writers’ Prize is awarded annually to an unpublished fiction manuscript by an unpublished author. It was founded by Lagos, Nigeria-based Quramo Publishers to encourage and stimulate a new community of talented writers as…
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Quramo Writers’ Prize 2023 shortlist announced.
The shortlist for the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2023 was announced in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The Quramo Writers’ Prize is awarded annually to an unpublished fiction manuscript by an unpublished author. It was founded by Lagos, Nigeria-based Quramo Publishers to encourage and stimulate a new community of talented writers as well as…