Category: United Kingdom
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UK’s Royal Society of Literature Announces 2025 International Writers
The UK’s Royal Society of Literature announced its latest group of International Writers on Saturday, December 13, 2025. The Royal Society of Literature was founded to “reward literary merit and excite literary talent” in the United Kingdom in 1820. One of its awards is its International Writers Award, which recognises the contribution of writers across…
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LOATAD Announces Black Atlantic Residency Fellows 2026
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) announced the fellows selected for its 2026 Black Atlantic Residency on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Founded in 2023 by Sylvia Arthur, LOATAD is a private library, archive, museum, and writing residency dedicated to the works of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century onward.…
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Theresa Lola wins Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025
Theresa Lola’s poetry collection was declared the winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025 on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry is awarded by Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. It is awarded to a full-length book of poems by…
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Book Digest: Nathacha Appanah, Adedayo Agarau, Stella Dadzie, Donika Kelly
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Nathacha Appanah, Adedayo Agarau, Stella Dadzie, and Donika Kelly. La Nuit au Cœur by Nathacha Appanah Publisher: Editions GallimardDate: August 21, 2025Genre: Fiction Language: French Where to find it: Editions Gallimard Nathacha Appanah Nathacha Appanah is a Mauritian-French author known for her novels, which often explore…
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Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025 winners announced
Isabelle Baafi and Griot Gabriel won in their categories at the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2025 ceremony in London, UK, on Sunday, October 26, 2025. The Forward Prizes for Poetry were founded by William Sieghart to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience in 1992. There are four prizes on offer in the Forward…
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Prix Médicis 2025 Deuxièmes Sélections revealed
Nathacha Appanah and Natasha Brown are on the Prix Médicis 2025 Deuxièmes Sélections announced in Paris, France, on Thursday, October 16, 2025. In 1958, French citizens Gala Barbisan and Jean-Pierre Giraudoux founded Prix Médicis to recognise a novel, a story, a collection of short stories by an author who does not yet have notoriety corresponding…
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Book Digest: Olufemi Terry, Eugen Bacon, Itamar Vieira Junior, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Olufemi Terry, Itamar Vieira Junior, Eugen Bacon, and Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie. Wilderness of Mirrors by Olufemi Terry Publisher: Restless BooksDate: September 9, 2025 Genre: Fiction Language: English Where to find it: Restless Books Olufemi Terry Olufemi Terry is a Sierra Leone-born writer, essayist, and journalist living…
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T.S. Eliot Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Nick Makoha, Catherine-Esther Cowie, and Isabelle Baafi are on the T.S. Eliot Prize 2025 shortlist, announced on Monday, October 5, 2025. The T. S. Eliot Prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best new poetry collection published in the UK and Ireland. Founded to celebrate the UK Poetry Book Society’s 40th birthday and…
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Stella Gaitano wins PEN English Pinter Prize for Writer of Courage 2025.
Leila Aboulela selected Stella Gaitano as the PEN English Pinter Prize for Writer of Courage 2025 in London, UK, on Saturday, October 10, 2025. The PEN Pinter Prize is awarded annually to a writer from Britain, the Republic of Ireland, or the Commonwealth who, in the words of Harold Pinter’s Nobel Prize-winning speech, casts an…
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Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 for September 27
The Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 will be held at the British Library, London, United Kingdom, on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Words Across Waters Afro Lit Festival 2025 is a new festival that will bring together leading writers, thinkers, and performers for a programme of thought-provoking panel discussions, hands-on workshops, live performances, and…
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Nathacha Appanah, Natasha Brown on Prix Femina 2025 Premier Selection
Nathacha Appanah and Natasha Brown are on the Prix Femina 2025 Premier Selection announced in Paris, France, on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina) in 1904. It is decided each year by an exclusively female…
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Hemley Boum, Vanessa Onwuemezi are DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2026
Hemley Boum and Vanessa Onwuemezi were named DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2026 in the German city on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. The DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (English: German Academic Exchange Service)) 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…
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Book Digest: Brian Chikwava, Priya Hein, Raymond Antrobus, Ryad Assani-Razaki
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Brian Chikwava, Priya Hein, Raymond Antrobus, and Ryad Assani-Razaki. Shamiso by Brian Chikwava Publisher: CanongateDate: August 28, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Canongate Brian Chikwava Brian Chikwava is a London-based writer and author of Harare North, longlisted for the 2010 Orwell Prize for political writing.…
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Black British Book Festival 2025 for London on October 19
The Black British Book Festival 2025, the fifth edition, will be held in London, UK, on Sunday, October 19, 2025. The Black British Book Festival brings together authors, readers, publishers, and book lovers across the UK, celebrating Black British literature since 2021. The event celebrates and highlights black authors across all genres of literature in…
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Polari Awards 2025 cancelled
After controversy over the inclusion of a novelist accused of being trans exclusionary on the 2025 longlist, the Polari Prizes are cancelling this year’s edition. The Polari First Book Prize was established to celebrate new writing with a focus on LGBTIQ issues by writers born or based in the UK and Ireland by Paul Burston…