Tag: African Writers Trust

  • Botho Lejowa is African Writers Trust Publishing Grant 2020 winner.

    Botho Lejowa is African Writers Trust Publishing Grant 2020 winner.

    Botho Lejowa was announced the winner of the African Writers Trust Publishing Grant 2020 today, May 18, 2020.The African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme, targeting 30 candidates across eastern, southern and west Africa, focuses on the professional development of upcoming talent in African publishing. The objective is to facilitate the sharing of skills and collaborative…

  • A snapshot of the Uganda International Writers Conference 2019.

    A snapshot of the Uganda International Writers Conference 2019.

    The Uganda International Writers Conference 2019 was hosted at the Fairway Hotel, Kampala, Uganda from May 15-17, 2019. The theme for this year’s conference was “The Right to Write in a Global Context.” Every two years since 2013, writers and other publishing professionals have converged on Kampala, Uganda for days of intellectual stimulation and thought-provoking…

  • Uganda International Writers Conference 2019 for Kampala in May.

    Uganda International Writers Conference 2019 for Kampala in May.

    The Uganda International Writers Conference 2019 is set to happen in Kampala, Uganda from May 15-17, 2019. The conference is organised by the African Writers Trust. The Uganda International Writers Conference was started in 2013 as a biennial international platform for writers and publishing professionals to converge for a week’s debate of intellectual stimulation and…

  • Abdulrahman Ndegwa is African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship winner.

    Abdulrahman Ndegwa is African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship winner.

    Abdulrahman “Abu Amirah” Ndegwa is the winner of the African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship. The African Writers Trust was founded to bring together African writers in the Diaspora and on the continent to promote the sharing of skills and other resources. Some of the activities of the organisation founded in 2009 by Goretti Kyomuhendo include…

  • African Writers Trust workshop hosted in Kampala, Uganda.

    African Writers Trust workshop hosted in Kampala, Uganda.

    The African Writers Trust hosted a mentoring and training workshop moderated by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey alongside Demere Kitunga and Catherine Mark. The workshop was hosted in November 2018. The African Writers Trust is an organisation founded to coordinate and bring together African writers in the Diaspora and writers on the continent to promote the sharing…

  • Call for Applications: African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme

    Call for Applications: African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme

    Writers and other publishing industry professionals are invited to apply to The African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship programme. Your deadline is July 30, 2018. The African Writers Trust is an organisation that bridges the divide between African writers and publishing professionals living in the Diaspora and on the continent. One of their activities is the…

  • Kemigisha, Asinde, Prof Erapu, Umutoni talk about the current state of African publishing

    Kemigisha, Asinde, Prof Erapu, Umutoni talk about the current state of African publishing

    Precious Kemigisha, Regina Asinde, Prof Laban Erapu, Louise Umutoni talked about the current state of African publishing at the Uganda International Writers Conference 2017. They would also be moderated by Elone Natumanya. The panel begun with what is starting to be a thing at this space as the moderator asked the panellists to introduce themselves.…

  • Kagumiire, Kakoma and Nabagereka kick off Uganda International Writers Conference 2017

    Kagumiire, Kakoma and Nabagereka kick off Uganda International Writers Conference 2017

    Rosebell Kagumiire, Nyana Kakoma and Zaahida Nabagereka were the first panellists at the Uganda International Writers Conference 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. They were moderated by Elone Natumanya. The third edition of the Uganda International Writers Conference 2017 kicked off on March 6th at the Fairway Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. The conference was organised by our…

  • African Writers Trust’s Moonscapes anthology launches at the Goethe Nairobi

    African Writers Trust’s Moonscapes anthology launches at the Goethe Nairobi

    The African Writers Trust’s Moonscapes: Short Stories and Poetry anthology made its Nairobi debut at the Goethe Nairobi on February 9th, 2017. The event included speeches by the trust’s Diana Santiago and a keynote address by Isaac Otidi Amuke. Excerpts from three of the stories in the anthology were read at the event by the…

  • African Writers Trust (AWT) workshop participants announced

    African Writers Trust (AWT) workshop participants announced

    The African Writers Trust (AWT) has announced the writers who have qualified for the third Editorial and Publishing Training workshop take place in Kampala, Uganda. This call out which I told folks about has come to its logical conclusion and the list of the writers from the Horn of Africa heading to “KLA” is 12…

  • African Writers Trust workshop call out

    African Writers Trust workshop call out

    So you want to be better at this literature thing? Want to up your game as someone in the publishing industry as an editor or writer? Then you need to be in Kampala in October as our friends from the African Writers Trust (AWT) have just announced their 3rd Editorial and Publishing Training workshop in…

  • African Writers Trust workshop call out

    African Writers Trust workshop call out

    So you want to be better at this literature thing? Want to up your game as someone in the publishing industry as an editor or writer? Then you need to be in Kampala in October as our friends from the African Writers Trust (AWT) have just announced their 3rd Editorial and Publishing Training Workshop in…