Category: Publishers
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Wendy Njoroge to head new Narrative Landscape Press East Africa
Wendy Njoroge is set to head the newly constituted Narrative Landscape Press East Africa. In 2017, doctor-turned-writer and publisher Eghosa Imasuen and editor Anwuli Ojogwu set up Narrative Landscape Press in Lagos, Nigeria. The new outfit promised new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from talented writers in their country and they went on to do just…
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Ibrahim El Moallem is International Publishing Association Champion
Ibrahim El Moallem was proclaimed an International Publishing Association Champion in Guadalajara, Mexico on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world’s largest federation of national, regional, and specialist publishers’ associations founded in 1896. It organizes the International Publishers Congress, a platform for networking and discussion among the world’s publishers on…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2024 winners announced
The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2024 winners were announced in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, September 28, 2024. The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature celebrates Kenyan writers in the categories of fiction for adults, youth (young adults), and children in English and Kiswahili. The awards, which have been running since 1972, are given by the…
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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…
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Exclusive: Kenya Publishers Association’s 25 Notable Books and Authors
In a Writing Africa exclusive, we share advance information on the Kenya Publishers Association “notable 25 books and authors” to be announced on Saturday, September 28, 2024, The Kenya Publishers Association (KPA), representing the publishing fraternity in Kenya, was founded in 1972. It plays several roles, such as lobbying for publishers at the government level…
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Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024 longlist announced
The longlist for the inaugural Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa was announced on Thursday, August 15, 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…
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024 jury announced
Dr. Wale Okediran, Edwige-Renée Dro, and Ashraf Aboul-Yazid are on the jury for the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa. The announcement was made on June 7, 2024. The CANEX Book Factory is a programme of events of the Creative Africa Nexus initiative of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) that is designed to spotlight and…
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa seeks entries
The new CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa, a partnership between the CANEX Book Factory and the Narrative Landscape Press, seeks entries. The announcement was made on Wednesday, May 21, 2024. African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance, facilitate and promote intra and extra-African trade. Having recognized the relevance…
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Kenyan publisher Henry Chakava has passed away.
Kenyan publisher Henry Chakava passed away at age 77 in Nairobi on Friday, March 8, 2024. Henry Chakava graduated from the University of Nairobi in 1972 and his lecturer at the Department of Literature, Professor Andrew Gurr, arranged an apprenticeship at Heinemann Educational Books in Nairobi. This role became a life dedicated to books as…
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Eldoret Regional Bookfair kicks off on May 31
The Eldoret Regional Bookfair is scheduled to be hosted in the Rift Valley-based town from May 31 – June 3, 2023. The fair theme is “Nurturing Talent through Publishing.” The Kenya Publishers Association, the umbrella body for book publishers in Kenya, encourages the widest possible spread of printed and digital books throughout Kenya and beyond.…
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Nigeria International Book Fair 2023 for May.
The Nigeria International Book Fair 2023 will be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria from May 10 – 13, 2023. The Nigeria International Book Fair was first hosted by the Nigerian Publishers Association in Lagos in 2001. The book fair has grown to become one of the leading publishing events in the West African region. News has…
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African Publishers Network (APNET) gets new leadership.
The new leadership of the African Publishers Network (APNET) will take office in January 2023. Lawrence Njagi will be the new leader of the organisation. The African Publishers Network (APNET) is a pan-African, non-profit, collaborative network that exists to connect African publishing associations in order to exchange information and promote and strengthen indigenous publishing. The…
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Kenya Publishers’ Nakuru Regional Book Fair kicks off on June 1.
The Kenya Publishers Association’s Nakuru Regional Book Fair runs in the newly minted city from June 1-4, 2022. The Kenya Publishers Association is the association of publishers in Kenya founded in 1972. They host one major activity every year bringing together the publishing fraternity called the Nairobi International Book Fair. For a few days every…
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Kiarie Kamau is new Kenya Publishers Association chairman.
The new council of the Kenya Publishers Association, led by new chairman Kiarie Kamau, was announced at their Annual General Meeting on April 26, 2022. The Kenya Publishers’ Association is the umbrella body for book publishers in Kenya with many of the leading firms as members. Apart from being a lobby group for its members…
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Opportunities for writers, poets, and publishers for March 2022.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in March 2022. These callouts are divided into journals, publishers, prizes, and education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies) Illino Seeks stories we’re looking for submissions that push the bounds of language…