Nigerian poet Ameen Animashaun and Ghanaian poet Edinam Denoo have been named the winners of the inaugural Alhaji Arole ...

Glines, founder and editor of Brittle Paper, will discuss her first book, Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think, at ...

In 2025, Brittle Paper had the honour of publishing Nana Darkoa’s wonderful “Dear Daughter” letter in commemoration of ...

Theresa Ikoko's Girls, the prize-winning play about three Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by militant insurgents, returns to ...

Masobe Books has announced the acquisition and reissue of Sue Nyathi's novel The Polygamist, a tale of four women whose lives become intertwined when they all fall for a wealthy banking magnate, ...

Lagos-based lawyer and writer Ooreoluwa O. Agbede has won the 2026 Quramo Writers' Prize for his unpublished manuscript, Four ...

The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) is now accepting entries for the 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, an annual award ...

Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been named the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his short story "The Blue Fighter ...

Callaloo, the premier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, has released a new issue, Volume 44, Number 3, Summer 2026, bringing together fiction, poetry, visual art, ...

The 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing has announced its longlist, with 13 books from publishers across Africa and the Caribbean advancing to the next stage. The list spans novels rooted in Nigerian and ...

Ethiopian American writer Maaza Mengiste is a recipient of the 2026 MacArthur Fellowship, one of the literary world’s most ...

Zimbabwean poet Chioniso Tsikisayi has published her debut collection, Blood Joy, through Carnelian Heart Publishing, ...