Category: United Kingdom

  • Book Digest: Hayat Kasdi, Patrice Lawrence, Kamilah Cole, Nicole Sealey

    Book Digest: Hayat Kasdi, Patrice Lawrence, Kamilah Cole, Nicole Sealey

    Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Hayat Kasdi, Patrice Lawrence, Kamilah Cole, Nicole Sealey, and John Murillo. Chouf…A Marseille by Hayat Kasdi Publisher: Les éditions El AmirDate: December 7, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Amazon, FNAC Hayat Kasdi Hayat Kasdi is a writer from Algeria who writes in French. Chouf…A Marseille…

  • British Science Fiction Awards 2024 longlists announced

    British Science Fiction Awards 2024 longlists announced

    The British Science Fiction Awards 2024 longlists were announced on Saturday, February 1, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent in the running. The British Science Fiction Awards, a production of the British Science Fiction Association, have been presented annually since 1970. The awards are voted on by members of the British Science Fiction…

  • Book Digest: Dzifa Benson, Nathaniel Bivan, Yael Valencia Aldana

    Book Digest: Dzifa Benson, Nathaniel Bivan, Yael Valencia Aldana

    Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Dzifa Benson, Nathaniel Bivan, and Yael Valencia Aldana. Black Mestiza by Yael Valencia Aldana Publisher: University Press of KentuckyDate: January 21, 2025Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: University Press of Kentucky Yael Valencia Aldana Yael Valencia Aldana, an Afro-Latinx/e poet and writer, is the author of…

  • Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist announced

    Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist announced

    The Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist was announced in Ireland on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by the Dublin City Council, Ireland. If the winning…

  • Caleb Femi on International Booker Prize 2025 jury

    Caleb Femi on International Booker Prize 2025 jury

    Caleb Femi is on the International Booker Prize 2025 jury; the winner will be announced on April 8, 2025. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the finest single work of fiction from around the world translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland. Founded as the Man Booker Prize in 2004,…

  • Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members

    Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid are Booker Prize 2025 jury members

    Ayòbámi Adébáyò and Kiley Reid are on the Booker Prize 2025 jury announced in London, UK on Monday, December 9, 2024. The Booker Prize for Fiction, founded in 1969, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom. Some winners of African descent…

  • Book Digest: Nuzo Onoh, John van de Ruit, Vanda Machado, Cheryl S. Ntumy

    Book Digest: Nuzo Onoh, John van de Ruit, Vanda Machado, Cheryl S. Ntumy

    In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Nuzo Onoh, John van de Ruit, Vanda Machado, and Cheryl S. Ntumy Spud: The Reunion by John van de Ruit Publisher: Pan Macmillan South AfricaDate: November 8, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan South Africa John van de Ruit John Howard van…

  • Edward Stanford Travel Book Awards 2025 shortlists announced.

    Edward Stanford Travel Book Awards 2025 shortlists announced.

    Noo Saro-Wiwa, Nikki May, and Éric Chacour are on the Edward Stanford Travel Book Awards 2025 shortlists announced on December 7, 2024. The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, presented by Viking Cruises, celebrate the world’s best travel writers. The UK-based prize comprises the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year, the Viking Award for Fiction…

  • Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère 2025 premiere selection announced

    Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère 2025 premiere selection announced

    The premiere selection of Prix Fragonard De Litterature Etrangere 2025 was announced on Monday, December 9, 2024. Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère (English: Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature) is a French literary prize that rewards a book written by a woman, translated into French and published in France, to give more visibility to foreign women’s…

  • Jacqueline Crooks wins Pen America Open Book Award 2024.

    Jacqueline Crooks wins Pen America Open Book Award 2024.

    Jacqueline Crooks’ novel Fire Rush won the Pen America Pen Open Book Award 2024 on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. PEN America Open Book Award (formerly the Beyond Margins Award) is a program intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities. The award is given to an exceptional book-length work of…

  • Nadia Maddy novel Corpo Seco launches in London

    Nadia Maddy novel Corpo Seco launches in London

    Nadia Maddy’s sophomore novel Corpo Seco launched at the Africa Centre in London, UK on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Nadia Maddy, a London-based writer with roots in Sierra Leone, is the author of The Palm Oil Stain (2011), which tackles the realities of the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Her newest novel Corpo Seco which we recently featured…

  • Book Digest: TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, Mubanga Kalimamukwento

    Book Digest: TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, Mubanga Kalimamukwento

    Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. The Legend of Arniston House by TL Huchu Publisher: Tor BooksDate: November 12, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan, Amazon TL Huchu T. L. Huchu has been published previously (as Tendai Huchu) in the adult…

  • Tottenham Literature Festival 2024 for London

    Tottenham Literature Festival 2024 for London

    The Tottenham Literature Festival 2024, North London’s Black Literature Festival, will be hosted in London, UK from November 11 – 17, 2024. The Tottenham Literature Festival was founded by Bernie Grant Arts Centre Artistic Director & CEO Hannah Azieb Pool to celebrate the word and storytelling in all its glorious forms in 2019. It was…

  • Book Digest: Chido Muchemwa, Lynda Chouiten, Tomilola Coco Adeyemo, Dreda Say Mitchell

    Book Digest: Chido Muchemwa, Lynda Chouiten, Tomilola Coco Adeyemo, Dreda Say Mitchell

    In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Chido Muchemwa, Lynda Chouiten, Tomilola Coco Adeyemo, and Dreda Say Mitchell. Who Will Bury You by Chido Muchemwa Publisher: House of Anansi Press IncDate: October 8, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: English Where to find it: House of Anansi Press Inc Chido Muchemwa Chido Muchemwa is a…

  • Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners

    Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners

    The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners were announced in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) is a private library, archive, writing residency, and museum dedicated to the work of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century…