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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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Safiyya Chance Named St. Martin Book Fair 2025 Literary Ambassador
Safiyya Chance was named the St. Martin Book Fair 2025 Literary Ambassador on May 29, 2025. The fair with the theme “Redefining” runs in the Caribbean island from June 5 – 7, 2025. St Martin is an island in the Caribbean that first hosted the St Martin’s Book Fair in 2003. The fair was founded…
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Read Caribbean Month 2025 is here!
“Read Caribbean Month,” dedicated to reading books written by Caribbean writers, kicked off on Sunday, June 1, 2025. In 2018, Jamaican-born, Trinidad and Tobago-based Cindy Allman established the Book of Cinz platform on Instagram to encourage people to read, read more, read widely, and explore Caribbean literature. A year later, Allman announced June as “Read Caribbean Month”…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for June 2025.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in June 2025, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. Please do us a favour and mention to whoever you applied to that you got the…
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Conceição Evaristo to headline A Festa Literaria Das Periferias 2025
Conceição Evaristo to headline A Festa Literaria Das Periferias 2025 which runs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 17 and 23 and November 27 and 30, 2025. A Festa Literária Das Periferias (English: Literary Festival of the Peripheries) is the literary festival of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. The first edition took place…
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Literary Magazines: Arablit, Nenta, Ipikai, Ubwali
New editions of Arablit Quarterly, Nenta Journal, Ipikai Journal, and Ubwali are now available for your reading pleasure. ArabLit Quarterly ArabLit Quarterly is a literary magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and food in translation, founded in 2018. The latest edition, which has the theme “Grief” in the background of the…
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Kenyan writer and academic Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o has passed away
Kenyan writer and academic Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o passed away in Buford, Georgia, United States on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o was a Kenyan writer and academic who was born in Kamiriithu, near Limuru, on January 5, 1938. He attended Alliance High School before studying at Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda, where he…
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Book Digest: Foday Mannah, Tochi Onyebuchi, King Kufulula, Olayinka Adekola
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Foday Mannah, Tochi Onyebuchi, Olayinka Adekola, and King Kufulula. The Search for Othella Savage by Foday Mannah Publisher: Quercus BooksDate: May 22, 2025Genre: Fiction, mysteryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Quercus Books Foday Mannah Born in London, Foday Mannah spent his formative years in Sierra Leone before…
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Iskanchi Book Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Iskanchi Book Prize 2025 shortlist, the second edition in the project, was announced on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Iskanchi Press, which has produced several literary magazine editions and numerous books, was founded in 2020. In 2024, they announced the Iskanchi Book Prize to bring to light the best new writing from the continent. Open…
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Alternating Current Press’ Best Small Fictions 2025 contributors announced
The contributors of the Alternating Current Press’ Best Small Fictions 2025 anthology were announced on Monday, May 26, 2025. Alternating Current Press is a literary press that focuses on publishing and promoting books and other works of literature that challenge readers and have a distinct sense of self, timelessness, and atmosphere in the US. They…
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Festival International de Littérature de Dakar 2025 winners announced.
Véronique Tadjo, Oumar El Foutiyou Ba, and Khady Fall Faye Diagne won at the Festival International de Littérature de Dakar 2025 in Dakar, Senegal on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Festival International de Littérature de Dakar (Filid) (English: Dakar International Literary Festival) was first hosted in Dakar, Senegal, in 2022. It was attended by writers, literary…
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Black Romance Book Fest 2025 starts May 30
The Black Romance Book Fest 2025, the first edition, will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from May 30 – June 1, 2025. The Black Romance Book Fest is a new event dedicated to amplifying and honoring the diverse narratives of Black Love in romance. The celebration of Black Romance literature, a grassroots effort by…
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Ferdia Lennon on Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2025 shortlist
Ferdia Lennon’s novel Eroi senza gloria is on the Premio Gregor von Rezzori 2025 shortlist announced on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Gregor von Rezzori was a novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays, actor, journalist, visual artist, art critic, and art collector. He passed away in 1998, and his widow, Beatrice Monti della Corte,…
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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi to headline Kampala Writes LitFest 2025
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is the headline act at Kampala Writes LitFest 2025 at Makerere University from August 15 – 17, 2025. The Kampala Writes Literature Festival, or Kampala Writes LitFest, was set up to create a platform for authors, writers, and literature lovers to engage, support each other, and tackle vital conversations in 2024. That…
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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…
