Tag: What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky

  • Lesley Nneka Arimah wins Italian Bridge Book Award 2018.

    Lesley Nneka Arimah wins Italian Bridge Book Award 2018.

    Lesley Nneka Arimah’s short story collection What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky is the recipient of the Italian Bridge Book Award 2018. The Bridge Book Award is a prize designed to connect the cultures of Italy and America and promotes knowledge of the most recent literary trends in the two countries.…

  • Lesley Nneka Arimah is Minnesota Book Awards 2018 winner

    Lesley Nneka Arimah is Minnesota Book Awards 2018 winner

    Lesley Nneka Arimah was announced as a Minnesota Book Awards 2018 winner for her short story collection What It Means When a Man Falls From The Sky at a ceremony in, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA on April 21, 2018. Her book is published by Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House. The Minnesota Book Awards are presented annually…

  • Lesley Nneka Arimah wins Kirkus Prize for fiction 2017

    Lesley Nneka Arimah wins Kirkus Prize for fiction 2017

    Lesley Nneka Arimah is the winner of the Kirkus Prize for fiction 2017 for her short story collection What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky. Kirkus Reviews is a US book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine, headquartered in New York City, publishes on the first and 15th…

  • Tope Folarin makes Caine Prize 2016 shortlist (We need new Caines)

    Tope Folarin makes Caine Prize 2016 shortlist (We need new Caines)

    Caine Prize winner 2013 Tope Folarin made the Caine Prize 2016 shortlist that was announced earlier today. The Caine Prize shortlist 2016 was announced today and those who are in the running for this prize are; Abdul Adan (Somalia/Kenya) for The Lifebloom Gift published in The Gonjon Pin and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African…