Category: Nonfiction

  • South African Literary Awards 2024 winners announced.

    South African Literary Awards 2024 winners announced.

    The South African Literary Awards 2024 winners were announced in Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday, November 7, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly called the SALAs, organised by wRite associates have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo,…

  • Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 winners announced

    Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 winners announced

    The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 winners were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday, October 31, 2024. The Sunday Times Literary Awards are awarded annually in fiction (since 1989) and nonfiction (since 2001). Organised by South African newspaper The Sunday Times, it has been won in recent times by Siphiwe Ndlovu and Terry Kurgan…

  • Opportunities for writers and poets for November 2024.

    Opportunities for writers and poets for November 2024.

    In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in November 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments. Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Opportunity hubs…

  • Book Digest: Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, Evelyne Waithira Müller

    Book Digest: Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, Evelyne Waithira Müller

    In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, and Evelyne Waithira Müller. you get better with love by Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya Publisher:  Pan Macmillan South AfricaDate:  October 8, 2024Genre:  PoetryLanguage:  EnglishWhere to find it:  Pan Macmillan South Africa Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya is…

  • Literary Magazines: Ubwali, Johannesburg Review, Isele, Fiyah

    Literary Magazines: Ubwali, Johannesburg Review, Isele, Fiyah

    New editions of Literary Magazines Ubwali, Johannesburg Review of Books, Isele Magazine, and Fiyah are now available. Johannesburg Review of Books The Johannesburg Review of Books is an independent literary review that publishes reviews, essays, poetry, photographs, and short fiction from South Africa, Africa, and beyond. The issue has contributions from Shayera Dark, Wamuwi Mbao,…

  • Pumla Dineo Gqola wins Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024

    Pumla Dineo Gqola wins Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024

    Female Fear Factory written by Pumla Dineo Gqola and published by Cassava Republic won the inaugural Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa in Algiers, Algeria on Friday, October 18, 2024. The CANEX Weekend with the whole artistic compendium on the continent starring was hosted at the capital city of Algeria over the weekend. The writing…

  • South African Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced.

    South African Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced.

    The South African Literary Awards 2024 shortlists were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, October 14, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly called the SALAs, organised by wRite associates have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo,…

  • Book Digest: Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, Fary Ndao, Lisa Stringfellow, Solo Niaré

    Book Digest: Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, Fary Ndao, Lisa Stringfellow, Solo Niaré

    In our regular Book Digest segment, we wrap up book news for our readers with books from Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, Fary Ndao, Lisa Stringfellow, and Solo Niaré. The Kingdom of Dust by Lisa Stringfellow Publisher:  Quill Tree BooksDate:  August 20, 2024Genre:  Fiction, Young AdultLanguage:  EnglishWhere to find it:  Harper Collins Lisa Stringfellow Lisa Stringfellow is the…

  • Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize longlist announced

    Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize longlist announced

    The longlist for the Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize was announced on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The new Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, open to emerging and established Black women writers globally, seeks the best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. The first jury is chaired by award-winning author and 2019 Booker Prize recipient Bernardine Evaristo,…

  • Opportunities for writers and poets for October 2024.

    Opportunities for writers and poets for October 2024.

    In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in October 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments. Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Opportunity hubs…

  • South African Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced.

    South African Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced.

    The nineteenth edition of the South African Literary Awards longlists were announced on Thursday, September 19, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly referred to as the SALAs, organised by wRite associates have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta…

  • Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024 shortlist announced

    Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024 shortlist announced

    The shortlist for the inaugural Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa was announced on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa recognises the publisher of the best African fiction or non-fiction title. It is open to writers from all over the African continent with submissions reviewed by a team of experienced…

  • Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2024 finalists announced

    Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2024 finalists announced

    The Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2024 finalists were announced in Washington, USA on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. The Hurston/Wright Foundation is named for US African American literary icons Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award honours the best in Black literature in the United States and around the globe. The Legacy Award…

  • US National Book Awards 2024 longlists announced

    US National Book Awards 2024 longlists announced

    The longlists for the US National Book Awards 2024 were announced from September 10 – 13, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nations National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on the categories of fiction, nonfiction,…

  • Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced

    Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced

    The shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, September 8, 2024. The Sunday Times Literary Awards are awarded annually in fiction (since 1989) and nonfiction (since 2001). Organised by South African newspaper The Sunday Times, it has been won in recent times by Siphiwe Ndlovu and…