Tag: Hussain Ahmed
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Book Digest: Nadia Davids, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Lolá Ákínmádé, Hussain Ahmed
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Nadia Davids, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Lolá Ákínmádé, and Hussain Ahmed. Cape Fever By Nadia Davids Publisher: Simon & SchusterPublication Date: December 9, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Simon & Schuster Nadia Davids Nadia Davids is an acclaimed South African playwright, novelist, academic, and former President of…
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Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025 finalists announced
The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025 finalists were announced on Monday, July 28, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent among them. The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry is awarded by Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. It is awarded to a full-length book…
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Hussain Ahmed wins Orison Poetry Prize 2022.
Hussain Ahmed’s Blue Exodus was declared the winner of the Orison Poetry Prize 2022 on Saturday, September 3, 2022. The Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction for book-length manuscripts are prizes offered by USA-based Orison Books founded by Luke Hankins in 2014. The winner for the 2022 edition of the Orison Poetry prize, selected by…