Category: Publishers
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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…
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Ethale launches app for African books in Portuguese.
Mozambican publisher Ethale has launched an app for African books in Portuguese. Mozambican publisher Ethale is one of the most exciting new names in African publishing in the last few years. It was founded by British journalist Alex Macbeth and Mozambican journalist Jessemusse Cacinda in 2016. Since then, they have published several books in the…
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African, Caribbean publishers’ associations join International Publishers Association.
Publishers’ associations from Africa and the Caribbean joined the International Publishers Association at its international congress on October 15, 2021. The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world’s largest federation of national, regional and specialist publishers’ associations, comprising dozens of organisations from 60 countries across six continents. It was founded in 1896 to promote and…
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Opportunities for writers, poets, and publishers for February 2021.
In our continuing monthly series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in January 2021. Frankfurt Rights Frankfurt Rights, a new platform for international rights and license trade from Frankfurter Buchmesse, is seeking African Publishers to sign up. Deadline: Not specified. Information: Click here.…
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Konya Shamsrumi Releases Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan
Pan-African poetry publishing collective Konya Shamsrumi to release Funmi Gaji’s The Script of Bruises and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan’s The Other Names of Grief. Are you looking for the finest African poets? Brash new poetry-only publishing house, Konya Shamsrumi, is set to release two new books by Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan this February. Founded…
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February 12: Selling Rights Internationally Workshop for African Publishers.
A workshop for Selling Rights Internationally for African Publishers will be conducted by Sylvia Schuster on Zoom on February 12, 2021. The event will be moderated by James Murua. Frankfurter Buchmesse, hosted in Frankfurt, Germany, where buyers and sellers of rights from all over the world converge, has long been considered the Mecca of the…