Category: United States
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Book Digest: Nnedi Okorafor, Afabwaje Kurian, A. K. Herman, Enajite Efemuaye
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from Nnedi Okorafor, Afabwaje Kurian, A. K. Herman, and Enajite Efemuaye. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Publisher: William MorrowDate: January 14, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: English, Speculative FictionWhere to find it: Harper Collins, Nnedi Okorafor Nnedi Okorafor Nnedi Okorafor is the author of multiple award-winning and New…
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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…
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Aspen Words Literary Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Aspen Words Literary Prize 2025 longlist was announced in Aspen, USA on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture in the US. Eligible works include…
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US NAACP Image Awards 2025 nominees announced.
The NAACP Image Awards 2025 finalists were announced on US TV on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States aimed at advancing justice for African Americans. It was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, and…
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Claudia Rankine, James Noël are DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2025
Claudia Rankine and James Noël were named DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2025 on July 11, 2024. The DAAD 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 invited to live and work in Berlin. As part of its long-term support…
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US National Book Critics Circle Awards 2024 longlist announced
The US National Book Critics Circle Awards 2024 longlists were announced in New York, USA from December 16 – 19, 2024. The National Book Critics Circle celebrates the best books published in English in Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism in the United States since 1974. Finalists are nominated, evaluated, and selected by a…
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Joseph Earl Thomas, Patrick Chamoiseau win at US Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2024
Joseph Earl Thomas and Patrick Chamoiseau were feted at the US Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2024 in New York, USA on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York, USA, since 2006. It recognizes…
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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…
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US poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni has passed away.
US poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni passed away on Monday, December 9, 2024. Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr was born in Knoxville, Tennessee to Yolande Cornelia Sr. and Jones “Gus” Giovanni on June 7, 1943. Soon after her birth, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where her parents worked at Glenview School.…
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Cherise Morris wins Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize
Cherise Morris is the Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize winner with Desta Haile and Pamella Gysman coming runners up. The announcement was made on Thursday, December 5, 2024. The Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, open to emerging and established Black women writers globally, sought to celebrate the best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. The first jury was…
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Book Digest: Remy Ngamije, Mai Sennaar, Liss Kihindou, Nfol
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Remy Ngamije, Mai Sennaar, Liss Kihindou, and Nfol. Only Stars Know the Meaning of Space: A Literary Mixtape by Remy Ngamije Publisher: Gallery/Scout PressDate: December 3, 2024Genre: Fiction, Short storiesLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Simon and Schuster, Apple Books Remy Ngamije Rémy Ngamije is…
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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…
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W Paul Coates, Percival Everett feted at US National Book Awards 2024
W Paul Coates and Percival Everett are among the US National Book Awards 20204 winners announced in New York, USA on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. The US National Book Awards are literary awards from the Northern American nation’s National Book Foundation established in 1936. They are conferred on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young…
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Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize shortlist announced
The Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize shortlist was announced on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, open to emerging and established Black women writers globally, seeks to celebrate the best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. The first jury is chaired by award-winning author and Booker Prize 2019 winner Bernardine Evaristo, Ugandan…
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Ignyte Awards 2024 winners announced
The winners of the Ignyte Awards 2024, organised by US-based Fiyah Literary Magazine, were announced on Saturday, November 9, 2024. Fiyah is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine featuring stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora based in the USA founded in 2016. In 2021, they announced that they would host FIYAHCON for…