The Brittle Paper Awards is back for the 2018 edition. And, the nomination process is open to the public. Anyone can nominate works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays or think pieces for consideration by Brittle Paper’s editorial team. The Brittle Paper Awards was established… Read More ›
Stellenbosch University Museum invites submissions of artworks for the Forward? Forward! Forward… exhibition that aims to reimagine higher education in South Africa. The exhibition aims to bring together a collection of 100 artworks which re-imagines the future of Stellenbosch University and higher… Read More ›
It is time to save the date for Africa Writes 2018 Friday 29th June – Sunday 1st July 2018 Africa Writes returns for an exciting summer weekend at the British Library celebrating the best of contemporary literature from Africa and… Read More ›
We are delighted to share that: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal seeks new, well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. TSSF accepts all kinds of stories, whether… Read More ›
We are delighted to announce that Peter Kimani will be at Waterstones on Tottenham Court Road in London this coming Wednesday, 14th March, at 7pm. Peter Kimani Dance of the Jakaranda Peter Kimani is on a rare tour in the… Read More ›
We are delighted to announce SCOLMA’s forthcoming conference: “Things come together?: literary archives from, in and for Africa” The conference will explore African literary archives, their creation, preservation, digitisation and use in research and teaching. African literature is multi-faceted and… Read More ›
Call for Submissions The Single Story Foundation deadline: 15 July 2017 TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted, realistic stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to… Read More ›
WRITING ON LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT, VOLUME 1, AFRICA Vs ASIA The two continents Africa and Asia contains over 77% of the world’s population, at least over 80 percent of the world’s languages and cultures, and both have lately witnessed leaps… Read More ›
Call for Submissions Dwart’s Issue No. 3 Theme: Uprooting deadline: 2nd March 2017 The theme for Dwart’s third issue is Uprooting. We are looking for original and compelling pieces that touch on this through such subthemes as death, spiritual… Read More ›
Call for Submissions Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets deadline 1 December 2016 The African Poetry Book Series is made possible through the generosity of philanthropists Laura and Robert F. X. Sillerman, whose generous contributions have facilitated the establishment… Read More ›
Lagos International Poetry Festival 26-30 October 2016 Freedom Park and the Muson Center, Lagos The city of Lagos will play host to 35 poets from across the world at the sophomore edition of the Lagos Poetry Festival, scheduled to hold… Read More ›
“Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ “Ukuzika kukaMendi”: The Mendi Centenary Conference, 28-30 March 2017, Cape Town Deadline: 30 September 2016 This conference, hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, commemorates the sinking of the SS Mendi that… Read More ›
Aké Review Call for Submissions Beneath this Skin Deadline 29 August 2016 In anticipation of its 2016 edition, the Ake Arts and Book Festival is delighted to announce a call for entries for Ake Review, our annual journal…. Read More ›
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS At the Crossroads of Art and Society: Niyi Osundare and Poetry in Nigeria The seventieth birthday of Nigerian poet and professor of comparative literature, Niyi Osundare, invites deeper reflection on the poet-scholar’s life and contributions… Read More ›
Jeremy Corbyn and Ben Okri In Conversation Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London 15 July 2o16 Poetry and politics meet in a conversation between Ben Okri and Jeremy Corbyn. On 12 September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of… Read More ›
Africa Writes is the Royal African Society’s annual literature festival. Celebrating its 5th year, Africa Writes 2016 will bring together over 50 authors, poets, publishers and experts for a stimulating and exciting three days! Every year the festival showcases established… Read More ›
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: IBPF POETRY MENTORSHIP/RESIDENCY PROGRAMME Deadline: 2 May 2016 This is to invite interested poets to apply for the first Ibadan Poetry Foundation (IBPF) Poetry Workshop. The Workshop is specifically for the upcoming and potential Nigerian writer who… Read More ›
THE TWO BABISHAI 2016 POETRY AWARDS Call for Submissions Deadline 22 May 2016 CATEGORY 1: THE BABISHAIKU 2016 POETRY AWARD Guidelines for submissions: “We are looking forward to Africa themed haiku i.e. haiku about African sights and sounds. Haiku must… Read More ›
The Verbal Text & National Literary Historiography An Interdisciplinary Conference 10-12 November 2016 Queen Mary University of London Call for Papers Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2016 Sustained attention to the place of the verbal text in national literary historiographies… Read More ›
Celebrating Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino at 50 18 March 2016 Makerere University, Kampala The Department of Literature, Makerere University is organising a one-day symposium, scheduled for 18 March, 2016, to celebrate the fifty years of the publication of… Read More ›
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