Sierra Leone National Book Fair 05- 07 December At the National Book Fair in Sierra Leone this year, there will be book exhibitions, book launches, reading sessions, panel discussions, poetry competitions, and much more. There will be opportunity to meet… Read More ›
We are delighted to share that the inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize has been announced by the team at LUNARIS. Submissions will open 01 January 2020 and will close again on 15 April 2020. The Prize has been created in honour… Read More ›
The fourth Abantu Book Festival 05 – 08 December At Eyethu Lifestyle Centre, Mofolo & Soweto Theatre in Jabulani South Africa The Abantu Book Festival was founded in 2016 by a team led by Thando Mgqolozana for all people/ abantu… Read More ›
We are delighted to share this call for submissions for Afritondo’s inaugural short story prize! The team at Afritondo are looking for stories that explore the dynamics and boundaries of love. The story should be set wholly or partly in… Read More ›
We are delighted to share that The SOAS Centre of African Studies, International African Institute and Centre for English Studies at SOAS invite you to the following seminar and book launch as part of the Southern Africa Seminar Series: “Radio… Read More ›
The theme for the 7th Edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival is Black Bodies | Grey Matter. Ideas and ideals abound on the shape and form of the African body, but these are rarely formulated by those to whom… Read More ›
Zadie Smith, bestselling and award-winning author, will be discussing her brand new – and first – collection of short stories Grand Union with Diana Evans at The Royal Institution in London on 2nd October. ‘Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from… Read More ›
The team at K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 are calling for short story entries from young African writers on the theme ‘Africanfuturism’. Africanfuturism, a term coined by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, is a genre that often depicts… Read More ›
Translating Possibilities SOAS, London 12 September 2019 A public night of readings, performances, films and dance celebrating translated poetry moving beyond the page. About this Event Translating Possibilities will bring together a mix of different languages, translation practices and poetic… Read More ›
AiW Guest Zahra Banday Zahra Banday attended a recent recording of BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub discussing Aminatta Forna’s novel The Memory of Love (2011). The BBC Bookclub programme aired on 1st September 2019; you can listen again here, or catch… Read More ›
The Best of Africa is an online portal for African ideas and voices. Through creative submissions from their global network, they provide readers useful, intelligent and thoroughly researched commentary and analysis on Africa in order to showcase that the beauty… Read More ›
Praxis Magazine Online is currently inviting submissions in four genres: POETRY, FICTION, NON-FICTION, and JOURNAL STORIES. Specific guidelines for each area appear below, along with the email address for submissions in each genre. Praxis Magazine encourages new and existing contributors to… Read More ›
AiW Guest Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè ‘You paid me evil for all I did for you…’ –An Orchestra of Minorities. ‘If the luminous intensity of Good did not give the night of Evil its blackness, Evil would lose its appeal.’ –Literature and… Read More ›
You are invited to submit your non-fiction work to The Kalahari Review by 20th August. The theme for this month’s memoir/essay contest at The Kalahari Review is ‘Where we live and why’. Each month The Kalahari Review follows a theme; last… Read More ›
‘The world’s largest public conversation of the written world’ is back! Edinburgh International Book Festival 10-26 August 2019 This year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival programme features non-fiction, fiction, poetry, personal stories, and world affairs. We are delighted to share some… Read More ›
Zimbabwe International Book Fair Harare 29 July – 2 August 2019 The dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) have been set for 29 July – 2 August 2019. The event will take place in Harare Gardens, Harare. ZIBF is Africa’s premier book… Read More ›
Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention Massachusetts, USA 5-8 March 2020 As Chinua Achebe’s second novel, No Longer at Ease, first published in 1960, arrives at its 60th anniversary, scholars have an opportunity to… Read More ›
On Friday 13th September Chibundu Onuzo will be at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in London as part of the Africa Utopia Festival 2019. Author of The Spider King’s Daughter Chibundu Onuzo returns with her autobiographical show featuring narrative, music, song… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Tolulope Akinwole AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back, adding to our conversations over the years about prizes and prize culture – see Kate Wallis’ kick off from back in 2013. In the coming days we are… Read More ›
AiW Note: The Caine Prize has recently removed Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor’s “All Our Lives” from the 2019 shortlist, following a decision that there had been “failure to attribute an original source.” Short Story Day Africa, who awarded its 2017 Prize… Read More ›
