Tag: Tade Thompson
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Tade Thompson’s Rosewater on Prix Utopiales 2020 shortlist.
Tade Thompson’s Rosewater is on the shortlist of the Prix Utopiales 2020 announced on June 16, 2020. The Prix Utopiales is a literary prize handed out every year at Utopiales, the Festival International de Science-Fiction de Nantes. It rewards a novel or a collection of short stories published or translated into French during the literary…
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Tade Thompson on British Science Fiction Awards 2019 shortlists.
Two of Tade Thompson’s works are on the British Science Fiction Awards 2019 shortlist announced on February 10, 2020. Since 1970, the British Science Fiction Association has annually presented the British Science Fiction Association Awards to honour works in the science fiction genre. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote by members on…
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Tade Thompson’s “The Rosewater Insurrection” came out on March 12.
Tade Thompson’s The Rosewater Insurrection, the second in the Wormwood Trilogy series, became available to the reading public on March 12, 2019. On July 17, 2019, Tade Thompson won the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 for his novel Rosewater. The novel was the first in the Wormwood Trilogy series by the UK-based Nigerian. It seems…
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Tade Thompson is UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 winner.
Tade Thompson was announced the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 for his novel Rosewater on July 17, 2019. The Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature is the most prestigious award for science fiction in the United Kingdom. Previous winners, established with a generous grant given by Sir Arthur C. Clarke,…
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Tade Thompson on UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist.
Tade Thompson is on the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 shortlist announced for his novel Rosewater. The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain for a book first published in the United Kingdom. Previous winners of the award, established with a generous grant given by Sir Arthur C.…
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Tade Thompson on British Science Fiction Association Awards 2018 shortlist.
Tade Thompson is on the British Science Fiction Association Awards 2018 shortlist for his novel Rosewater. The British Science Fiction Association Awards are presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote by members on the…
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Nommo Awards 2018 winners announced at Ake Festival 2018.
The Nommo Awards 2018 winners were announced at the opening ceremony for the Ake Festival 2018 on October 26. They are Tade Thompson, Kwabena Ofei, Setor Fiadzigbey, Wole Talabi, and Tochi Onyebuchi. The Nommo Awards were introduced by the African Speculative Fiction Society in 2017 to cast a much needed focus on “different” writing. This…
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African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists announced
The Nommo Awards 2018 shortlists for the best novel, novella, short story and graphic novel by an African this year have been announced. The Nommo Awards are an initiative of the African Speculative fiction Society. The Nommo Awards were introduced by the African Speculative Fiction Society to cast a much needed focus on the writing…
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Nommo Awards 2017 awarded at the Ake Festival 2017
The Nommo Awards 2017 were handed out at the opening ceremony of the Ake Festival 2017.In 2016, the African Speculative Fiction Society announced itself on the African literary scene with a new initiative they called the Nommo Awards. The new awards were aimed at recognising works of speculative fiction by Africans, defined as “science fiction,…
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African Speculative Fiction Society announces Nommo Awards 2017 contenders
The African Speculative Fiction Society announced the contenders for the Nommo Awards 2017 on April 4, 2017. The writers announced are shortlisted for Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Short Story, and Best Graphic Novel, chosen from eligible works published in 2015 or 2016. The African Speculative Fiction Society, a new community of writers, editors, publishers…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit in conversation with Okey Ndibe about his life and work, will be joined by a galaxy of stars in the African literary space. This year’s edition is themed “Beneath this Skin.’ 15-19 November 2016 are…
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African Speculative Fiction Society announces itself with Nommo Awards
The African Speculative Fiction Society announces itself with a new recognition called The Nommo Awards. The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) is a new community of writers, editors, publishers and artists of African Science Fiction and Fantasy that emerged on August 18th this year. Some of the spokespeople for the new initiative include Chinelo Onwualu,…