Category: Zambia
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Iris Mwanza for Lagos on June 21
Iris Mwanza will present her debut novel, The Lion’s Den, in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Iris Mwanza is a Zambian-American international lawyer, gender equality advocate, and a rising literary voice. With degrees from Cornell and Johns Hopkins, her career spans global institutions like the World Bank and the Gates Foundation. Her debut…
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Literary Laddership 2025 Recipients announced
Anisha Namutow and Rigwell Addison Asiedu were named the recipients of The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors 2025 on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. In 2022, Nigerian fantasy, science fiction, and speculative writer and academic Suyi Davies Okungbowa announced “The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors” fellowship. It was aimed at supporting, elevating, and connecting…
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Ubwali Hope Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Ubwali Hope Prize 2025 shortlist, the second in the series, was announced on Sunday, June 1, 2025. Ubwali is a literary magazine founded to showcase Zambian voices in 2014; they have since published four editions of the publication. One of its projects was the Ubwali Hope Prize, organised in partnership with Shenandoah, to celebrate…
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CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025 finalists announced
The finalists for the CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025, including Edwidge Danticat, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Yalie Saweda Kamara, JoAnne McFarland, and The Weganda Review, were announced on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) is an organisation of independent literary publishers and magazines founded in the USA in 1967. The CLMP Firecracker…
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Book Digest: Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Michelle Kekana, Iryn Tushabe, Jesudubami Jemima Aganaba
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Michelle Myeko Kekana, Iryn Tushabe, and Jesudubami Jemima Aganaba. The Fragile Mental Health of Strong Women by Michelle Myeko Kekana Publisher: Jacana MediaDate: April 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Jacana Media Michelle Kekana Michelle Myeko Kekana was a 2021 JIAS writing fellow. She…
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Santilla Chingaipe on Australia’s Stella Prize 2025 shortlist
Santilla Chingaipe’s book Black Convicts is on the Stella Prize 2025 shortlist announced in Adelaide, Australia, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The Stella Prize is a major annual literary award celebrating Australian women and non-binary writers for an outstanding book of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. The award, worth $60,000, was established by 11 Australian women…
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Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 longlist was announced on Friday, March 28, 2025. Afritondo, a platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of African and black minority populations worldwide, is the organisation behind the Afritondo Short Story Prize. Previous winners of the award, which celebrates the best short story writing by…
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Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2025 longlist was announced on Thursday, March 6, 2025. These are the writers of African descent who made the cut. Carol Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer who is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the US Pulitzer Prize for…
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Alexander Nderitu Prize For World Literature 2024 shortlist announced
The Alexander Nderitu Prize For World Literature 2024 shortlist was announced in Nairobi on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The Alexander Nderitu Prize For World Literature is a new prize awarded to the best unpublished short story from anywhere in the world. Aimed at launching new literary stars, it is named for Kenyan writer and critic…
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Zambia’s Ngoma Awards 2024 winners announced
The winners of the Ngoma Awards 2024 were announced in a ceremony in Lusaka, Zambia on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. The Ngoma Awards are an annual Zambian arts award ceremony that recognise the nation’s artistic talent organised by the National Arts Council of Zambia. First awarded in 1996, they are the official national artistic honours…
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Alexander Nderitu Prize for World Literature 2024 longlist announced
The Alexander Nderitu Prize for World Literature 2024 longlist was announced in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, November 30, 2024. The Alexander Nderitu Prize For World Literature is a new prize awarded to the best unpublished short story from anywhere in the world. Named for Kenyan writer Alexander Nderitu, it is aimed at launching new literary…
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Copper Monstera anthology writers announced
The writers who will feature in Copper Monstera’s Women & Money anthology were announced on Sunday, November 24, 2024. Copper Monstera refers to a Monstera plant displayed on or supported by a copper plant stand or other copper accessory. In Zambia, it relates to a publishing and entertainment brand focused on growing the Southern African…
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Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction 2024
Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s manuscript Shipikisha won the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction 2024 on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Dzanc Books was created in 2006 to advance great writing and impact communities nationally with its efforts to promote literary readership in the USA. One of their initiatives is the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction an annual award…
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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…
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Literary Magazines: Ubwali, Johannesburg Review, Isele, Fiyah
New editions of Literary Magazines Ubwali, Johannesburg Review of Books, Isele Magazine, and Fiyah are now available. Johannesburg Review of Books The Johannesburg Review of Books is an independent literary review that publishes reviews, essays, poetry, photographs, and short fiction from South Africa, Africa, and beyond. The issue has contributions from Shayera Dark, Wamuwi Mbao,…