Tag: Wole Talabi
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Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2024 longlist announced.
Wole Talabi, Chukwuebuka Ibeh, and Craig Shreve are on the longlist for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2024 announced on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, first awarded in 2016, is an international prize that supports and celebrates the best adventure writing today. The prize named after South African novelist…
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Book Digest: Kobby Ben Ben, Wole Talabi, João Melo, Nyani Nkrumah
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Kobby Ben Ben, Wole Talabi, João Melo, and Nyani Nkrumah. No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben Publisher: Europa EditionsDate: August 31, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Click here. Kobby Ben Ben Kobby Ben Ben was…
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Wole Talabi is Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award 2022 finalist
Wole Talabi is a finalist of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award 2022 announced on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, organised by Baen Books in partnership with the National Space Society, was first launched in 2007. It has been awarded to realistic hard science fiction about what can…
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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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Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 shortlist announced.
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 shortlist has been announced. The writers in the running for one of the continent’s most coveted prizes are Nonyelum Ekwempu, Stacy Hardy, Olufunke Ogundimu, Makena Onjerika, and Wole Talabi. The shortlist for the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced, showcasing a diversity of themes and…
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Shadreck Chikoti’s Imagine Africa 500 anthology out on April 30
The Imagine Africa 500 anthology featuring some of the continent’s leading names in speculative fiction this month. It will make its online debut on April 30. In November last year, I spoke about a workshop hosted by the Story Club in Malawi was facilitated by Billy Kahora, Jackee Batanda and Beatrice Lamwaka. Those at the workshop were…