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February 5, 2022

The UnSerious Collective Announces N50,000 Fellowships for Nigerian Poets

The group—poets Adedayo Agarau, Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick, Adebayo Kolawole Samuel, Wale Ayinla, Pamilerin Jacob, and Michael Akuchie—is seeking “poetry that is experimental and daring.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

February 5, 2022

Two Events in Canada, with Helon Habila, George Elliott Clarke, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onobia, and More

Emmanuel Esomnofu
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia. Credit: SprinNG.

February 5, 2022

Leila Chatti Wins Luschei Prize for African Poetry

The Tunisian American poet was selected for the APBF prize for her collection Deluge.
Otosirieze
Leila Chatti. Credit: Copper Canyon Press.

February 5, 2022

PEN Prize Winner Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Brutalized Again in Uganda

He was first arrested in 2020, and last year shared his story in an interview with us. He was rearrested this new year.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Photograph - English PEN

January 27, 2022

Cheswayo Mphanza Shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards

The Zambian poet is up for his debut collection The Rinehart Frames.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Cheswayo Mphanza by The Paris Review.

January 27, 2022

Isele Magazine Launches Prizes for Contributors

The Isele Prizes are for short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Each winner will receive $200 at a ceremony in April 2022.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

January 21, 2022

11 Magazines Currently Open for Submissions

Including The Threepenny Review, A Public Space, Isele, and Lolwe.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Lolwe-Issue-4-Cover

January 18, 2022

Bisi Adjapon’s Two Novels Set for U.S. Publication This Year

The Teller of Secrets, originally published in Nigeria as Of Women and Frogs, and Daughters in Exile were acquired in a 6-figure deal.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Bisi Adjapon's The Teller of Secrets

December 23, 2021

Submit to Bakwa’s “Woman Issue,” Guest-edited by Anwuli Ojogwu

Paula Willie-Okafor
Of Passion and Ink. By Bakwa

December 23, 2021

Booker Prize Winner Damon Galgut in Conversation with Diane Rehm

Their chat will be on Zoom.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Author Damon Galgut at the 2021 Booker Prize Awards Ceremony in London, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021. South African writer Damon Galgut wins the Booker Prize for fiction for “The Promise”. (David Parry/PA via AP)

December 23, 2021

Chibụìhè Obi Achịmbá Wins Frontier Poetry’s Award for New Poets

“Part of the reality of being an international student is that one is always nearly broke,” the Nigerian writer said of the $3,000 award.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Chibuihe Obi Achimba.

December 23, 2021

The Nommo Awards, for African Speculative Fiction, Announces 2021 Winners

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki are among this year’s honorees of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS).
Paula Willie-Okafor
Akwaeke Emezi. From @azemezi on Instagram.

December 21, 2021

Ore Agbaje-Williams’ Comedy Noir Debut Novel Set for 2023

The Three of Us, about a British Nigerian family, explores “questions about cultural expectations, the fine line between compromise and betrayal, and the nature of truth.”
Uzoma Ihejirika
Ore Agbaje-Williams by Ore Agbaje-Williams.

December 21, 2021

Brunel Prize to Be Renamed Evaristo Prize, as APBF Takes Over

After 10 years running it, Bernardine Evaristo steps down. “Having this prize named after her honors her, but more than that, it honors the prize,” said APBF founder Kwame Dawes.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

December 21, 2021

Ukamaka Olisakwe Wins 2021 SprinNG Women Authors Prize

The novelist and Isele editor’s second novel, Ogadinma, Or: Everything Will Be Alright, will receive marketing worth N200,000.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Ukamaka Olisakwe. Credit: Ukamaka Olisakwe.

December 10, 2021

Troy Onyango’s Debut Story Collection Set for 2022

For What Are Butterflies without Their Wings, written over six years by the Lolwe editor and Caine Prize finalist, has 14 stories.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Troy Onyango.

December 2, 2021

Maaza Mengiste to Feature in NYU Accra’s “Labone Dialogues” Series

The Ethiopian novelist’s event is themed “Forgotten Heroines & Tomorrow’s Sheroes.”
Uzoma Ihejirika
Maaza Mengiste by Nina Subin.

December 2, 2021

Cover Reveal: Arinze Ifeakandu’s God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

The collection of stories about Nigerian gay men, which arrives June 2022, is now available for pre-order.
Otosirieze
Arinze Ifeakandu's short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things. Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio. Art by Jah Grey.

December 2, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo Named President of Royal Society of Literature

The Booker Prize winner will be the second woman to hold the position. She is “one of literature’s most passionate and effective advocates,” said retiring president Marina Warner.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

November 23, 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 10 Novels Acquired by Chinese Publisher

Shanghai Translation Publishing House secured the Chinese rights to the Nobel laureate’s fiction oeuvre. Five novels will be released in 2022.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Abdulrazak Gurnah's books. Credit: LA Times.

February 5, 2022

The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

The UnSerious Collective Announces N50,000 Fellowships for Nigerian Poets

The group—poets Adedayo Agarau, Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick, Adebayo Kolawole Samuel, Wale Ayinla, Pamilerin Jacob, and Michael Akuchie—is seeking “poetry that is experimental and daring.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 5, 2022

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia. Credit: SprinNG.

Two Events in Canada, with Helon Habila, George Elliott Clarke, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onobia, and More

Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 5, 2022

Leila Chatti. Credit: Copper Canyon Press.

Leila Chatti Wins Luschei Prize for African Poetry

The Tunisian American poet was selected for the APBF prize for her collection Deluge.
Otosirieze

February 5, 2022

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Photograph - English PEN

PEN Prize Winner Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Brutalized Again in Uganda

He was first arrested in 2020, and last year shared his story in an interview with us. He was rearrested this new year.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

January 27, 2022

Cheswayo Mphanza by The Paris Review.

Cheswayo Mphanza Shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards

The Zambian poet is up for his debut collection The Rinehart Frames.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

January 27, 2022

Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

Isele Magazine Launches Prizes for Contributors

The Isele Prizes are for short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Each winner will receive $200 at a ceremony in April 2022.
Paula Willie-Okafor

January 21, 2022

Lolwe-Issue-4-Cover

11 Magazines Currently Open for Submissions

Including The Threepenny Review, A Public Space, Isele, and Lolwe.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

January 18, 2022

Bisi Adjapon's The Teller of Secrets

Bisi Adjapon’s Two Novels Set for U.S. Publication This Year

The Teller of Secrets, originally published in Nigeria as Of Women and Frogs, and Daughters in Exile were acquired in a 6-figure deal.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

December 23, 2021

Of Passion and Ink. By Bakwa

Submit to Bakwa’s “Woman Issue,” Guest-edited by Anwuli Ojogwu

Paula Willie-Okafor

December 23, 2021

Author Damon Galgut at the 2021 Booker Prize Awards Ceremony in London, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021. South African writer Damon Galgut wins the Booker Prize for fiction for “The Promise”. (David Parry/PA via AP)

Booker Prize Winner Damon Galgut in Conversation with Diane Rehm

Their chat will be on Zoom.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 23, 2021

Chibuihe Obi Achimba.

Chibụìhè Obi Achịmbá Wins Frontier Poetry’s Award for New Poets

“Part of the reality of being an international student is that one is always nearly broke,” the Nigerian writer said of the $3,000 award.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 23, 2021

Akwaeke Emezi. From @azemezi on Instagram.

The Nommo Awards, for African Speculative Fiction, Announces 2021 Winners

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki are among this year’s honorees of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS).
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 21, 2021

Ore Agbaje-Williams by Ore Agbaje-Williams.

Ore Agbaje-Williams’ Comedy Noir Debut Novel Set for 2023

The Three of Us, about a British Nigerian family, explores “questions about cultural expectations, the fine line between compromise and betrayal, and the nature of truth.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 21, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

Brunel Prize to Be Renamed Evaristo Prize, as APBF Takes Over

After 10 years running it, Bernardine Evaristo steps down. “Having this prize named after her honors her, but more than that, it honors the prize,” said APBF founder Kwame Dawes.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

December 21, 2021

Ukamaka Olisakwe. Credit: Ukamaka Olisakwe.

Ukamaka Olisakwe Wins 2021 SprinNG Women Authors Prize

The novelist and Isele editor’s second novel, Ogadinma, Or: Everything Will Be Alright, will receive marketing worth N200,000.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 10, 2021

Troy Onyango.

Troy Onyango’s Debut Story Collection Set for 2022

For What Are Butterflies without Their Wings, written over six years by the Lolwe editor and Caine Prize finalist, has 14 stories.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 2, 2021

Maaza Mengiste by Nina Subin.

Maaza Mengiste to Feature in NYU Accra’s “Labone Dialogues” Series

The Ethiopian novelist’s event is themed “Forgotten Heroines & Tomorrow’s Sheroes.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 2, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu's short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things. Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio. Art by Jah Grey.

Cover Reveal: Arinze Ifeakandu’s God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

The collection of stories about Nigerian gay men, which arrives June 2022, is now available for pre-order.
Otosirieze

December 2, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

Bernardine Evaristo Named President of Royal Society of Literature

The Booker Prize winner will be the second woman to hold the position. She is “one of literature’s most passionate and effective advocates,” said retiring president Marina Warner.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

November 23, 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah's books. Credit: LA Times.

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 10 Novels Acquired by Chinese Publisher

Shanghai Translation Publishing House secured the Chinese rights to the Nobel laureate’s fiction oeuvre. Five novels will be released in 2022.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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