Tag: Fred Khumalo
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Book digest: Diriye Osman, Fred Khumalo, Taiye Selasi, Warsan Shire
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Warsan Shire, Diriye Osman, Fred Khumalo, and Taiye Selasi. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire Publisher: Penguin Random HousePublication Date: March 1, 2022Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Penguin Random House…
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University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing 2021 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing 2021 were announced on September 9, 2021. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprised of a main prize and a debut prize, given annually for “the best original creative work…
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Fred Khumalo at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 2.
Fred Khumalo kicked off the seventh day of Season 2 of Afrolit Sans Frontières from Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, April 26, 2020. He was hosted by Makanaka Mavengere. Afrolit Sans Frontières, an initiative by and for writers of African origin, was started in March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown. Season…
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Fred Khumalo reveals cover for his newest fiction title “The Longest March.”
Fred Khumalo has revealed the cover for his newest fiction title The Longest March, published by Umuzi, set to make its debut on September 2019. Fred Khumalo is a journalist, short story writer, and novelist whose writing has appeared in various publications, including the Sunday Times, the Toronto Star, New African magazine, the Sowetan and…
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Fred Khumalo’s “Talk of the Town” now available for your reading pleasure.
Fred Khumalo’s short story collection Talk of the Town was made available for your reading pleasure on April 19, 2019. Fred Khumalo is a Johannesburg based journalist, short story writer, and novelist whose writing has appeared in various publications, including the Sunday Times, the Toronto Star, New African magazine, the Sowetan and Isolezwe. His books…
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Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 guest list unveiled.
The guest list for Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019 has been unveiled. The festival curated by writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga runs from April 4-7, 2019. In 2018, writers from across Africa and its diaspora converged on Berlin for the African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner. The festival organised by InterKontinental and…
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Abantu Book Festival 2018 artist line up unveiled.
The Abantu Book Festival 2018 artist line up was announced on the event’s social media platforms on October 23, 2018. The festival now in its third year is set for Soweto, South Africa from December 6-9, 2018. The Abantu Book Festival was founded in 2016 to build a space for black South African readers and…
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The University of Johannesburg Prize 2017 shortlist announced.
The University of Johannesburg Prize 2017 shortlist was announced on September 11, 2018. Those in the running for the prize include Fred Khumalo, Lesego Rampolokeng, and Rehana Rossouw. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises of a main prize…
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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist has been announced. The Africa regional shortlist featured Harriet Anena, Fred Khumalo, Cheryl Ntumy, Michelle Sacks, Efua Traoré, and Obi Umeozor. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction and open to Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over. Founded in…
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The Miles Morland Scholarship 2017 shortlist announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has announced the shortlist of 21 names for the 2017 Morland Writing Scholarships. The Morland Writing Scholarship is an annual award given to African writers to enable them to work on a manuscript over a year without worrying about an income. Writers awarded a fiction scholarship will each receive £18,000, paid…
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Open Book Festival 2017 kicks off in Cape Town, South Africa
The Open Book Festival 2017 kicked off today in Cape Town, South Africa. The festival will run from September 6-10, 2017. The Open Book Festival is an annual literary festival held in Cape Town, South Africa with a focus on South African literature in an international context. The event, first held in 2011, includes over…
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20th Time of the Writer International Festival set for Durban, South Africa
The 20th Time of the Writer International Festival set to take place in Durban, South Africa from 13 – 18 March 2017. The Festival theme is “The Past Paving the Future.” The Festival, hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within UKZN’s College of Humanities, will feature some of the South Africa’s most prolific…
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Cat Hellisen wins Short Story Day Africa Prize 2015 #AkeFest2015
Cat Hellisen is the winner of the Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction 2015. The winner has just been announced at the ongoing Ake Art & Book Festival here in Abeokuta, Nigeria by prize judge Abubakar Adam Ibrahim. The South African writer who won over the judging panel with her story “The Worme…
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2015 Short Story Day Africa Prize Shortlist announced
Short Story Day Africa has just announced the short list for the R10 000 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction. Over 450 entries were received for the Prize from over two dozen countries, from writers both living on the African continent and in the African diaspora. These were cut down to 21 in…
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Short Story Day Africa 2015 longlist announced
Short Story Day Africa has announced the longlist of this year’s anthology. The stories from writers from across the continent explored the theme “Water” in interesting and unexpected ways, and both the readers and the SSDA team and editors felt the collection to be exceptional in scope and skill. The twenty-one stories will now be…