Tag: Irenosen Okojie

  • Book Digest: Irenosen Okojie, Nevin Holness, Umar Abubakar Sidi, Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa

    Book Digest: Irenosen Okojie, Nevin Holness, Umar Abubakar Sidi, Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa

    We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Irenosen Okojie, Nevin Holness, Umar Abubakar Sidi, Rachel Zadok and Helen Moffett. Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa edited by Rachel Zadok and Helen Moffett Publisher:  Catalyst PressDate:  May 7, 2024Genre:  Fiction, anthologyLanguage:  EnglishWhere to find it:  Catalyst…

  • Irenosen Okojie on Dublin International Literary Award 2024 jury

    Irenosen Okojie on Dublin International Literary Award 2024 jury

    Irenosen Okojie is on the jury for the Dublin International Literary Award 2024 announced in Dublin on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by the Dublin City…

  • Irenosen Okojie among UK Women’s Prize 2023 judges

    Irenosen Okojie among UK Women’s Prize 2023 judges

    Irenosen Okojie is on the judging panel for the Women’s Prize 2023 announced on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary prizes started in 1996. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in…

  • AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 shortlist announced.

    AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 shortlist announced.

    The shortlist for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 announced today, May 19, 2020, features Erica Sugo Anyadike, Chikodili Emelumadu, Jowhor Ile, Rémy Ngamije, and Irenosen Okojie. The AKO Caine Prize is awarded annually for a short story by an African writer published in English. It is named after the late Sir Michael…

  • Irenosen Okojie’s “Nudibranch” on UK’s Jhalak Prize 2020 longlist.

    Irenosen Okojie’s “Nudibranch” on UK’s Jhalak Prize 2020 longlist.

    Irenosen Okojie’s Nudibranch is on the Jhalak Prize 2020 longlist announced on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) writers. The Jhalak Prize, launched in 2016, was created by…

  • Irenosen Okojie’s “Nudibranch” out on November 7.

    Irenosen Okojie’s “Nudibranch” out on November 7.

    Irenosen Okojie’s newest short story collection Nudibranch makes its debut out on November 7, 2019. Irenosen Okojie’s writing has featured in The New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian, the BBC, and The Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her debut novel, Butterfly Fish (2015), published by Jacaranda Books won a Betty Trask Award and was…

  • Africans on UK’s Royal Society of Literature Under 40 Fellows.

    Africans on UK’s Royal Society of Literature Under 40 Fellows.

    The UK’s Royal Society of Literature has selected its 40 Fellows under the age of 40 with a strong contingent of writers with African roots. These are Bola Agbaje, Sabrina Mahfouz, Nadifa Mohamed, Chibundu Onuzo, Irenosen Okojie, Inua Ellams, and Warsan Shire. Last year the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Literature announced an initiative to…

  • African writers converge for Berlin’s first African Book Festival.

    African writers converge for Berlin’s first African Book Festival.

    Writers from across the African continent converged on Berlin for the first African Book Festival with Chris Abani as the headliner on April 26-28, 2018. Organised by the InterKontinental and curated by Olumide Popoola, the festival looked at transnationalism and migration in a more literary sense of “keeping in motion”. Berlin has a very unique…