Press Releases

June 15, 2021

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Announces Second Poetry Collection, Ìgbà Èwe

The Nigerian writer and linguist’s new work is a Yorùbá translation of Emily R. Grosholz’s Childhood.

Join Narrative Landscape’s IG Live Conversation on Media Reporting of Suicide

Dr. Olufemi Oluwatayo and Martins Ifijeh will discuss their book, The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria.

Register for the Ongoing Jacana People’s Africa Month Festival of Writers

The South African publisher extends its “Don’t Shut Up” conversations, with six panels on the state of the continent.

20.35 Africa Launches GoFundMe Campaign for Mentorship Program

By creating a space to both nurture and pay emerging voices, 20.35 Africa can continue to stand as a home for robust literary support.

Virago to Release Chibundu Onuzo’s Sankofa in the UK

In the Nigerian writer’s third novel, a mixed-race British woman goes in search of her father, and finds that he is now dictator in a fictional West African country.

On World Poetry Day, Readings from Wreaths for a Wayfarer

Over 40 poets in Africa, North America, and Europe participated in the virtual launch of the anthology, edited by Nduka Otiono and Uche Peter Umezurike and dedicated to the late Pius Adesanmi.

Bada Murya, a Fellowship for Northern Nigerian Writers, Opens for Applications

The 6-month fellowship, which “invokes the power of narrative to shift perceptions,” is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama.

Masobe Books Calls for Fiction Manuscript Submissions

“There is a lot of literary talent out there,” said founder Othuke Ominiabohs. “It is our strong desire to find these gems, to give them a home, so together we can build something noble and beautiful.”

Masobe Books

February 22, 2021

Enrol for SBMEN’s Workshop for Editors and Writers

It will be facilitated by accomplished experts including Otosirieze Obi-Young, Omolola Opatayo, and Anwuli Ojogwu, co-founder of SBMEN.

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

February 18, 2021

#ENDSARS: Documenting Words and Actions for Posterity

Praxis Magazine invites all creatives partaking in this fight to submit non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art on the momentous protests.

Praxis Magazine

February 12, 2021

“Long Talk”: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor & Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Their conversation, “The Root of Nations,” will re-examine what it means to formulate a state via the incredibly important but rarely considered female gaze.

A Long House

February 4, 2021

3-Way International Rights Deal for The Pan-African Pantheon, a Book of Biographical Essays

Edited by Adekeye Adebajo, it covers 36 major Pan-African figures including Frantz Fanon, Steve Biko, Maya Angelou, Buchi Emecheta, Miriam Makeba, Wole Soyinka, Bob Marley, and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

Jacana Media

June 15, 2021

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Announces Second Poetry Collection, Ìgbà Èwe

The Nigerian writer and linguist’s new work is a Yorùbá translation of Emily R. Grosholz’s Childhood.

Ọlájídé Salawu

May 20, 2021

Join Narrative Landscape’s IG Live Conversation on Media Reporting of Suicide

Dr. Olufemi Oluwatayo and Martins Ifijeh will discuss their book, The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria.

Narrative Landscape Press

May 17, 2021

Register for the Ongoing Jacana People’s Africa Month Festival of Writers

The South African publisher extends its “Don’t Shut Up” conversations, with six panels on the state of the continent.

Jacana Media

May 13, 2021

20.35 Africa Launches GoFundMe Campaign for Mentorship Program

By creating a space to both nurture and pay emerging voices, 20.35 Africa can continue to stand as a home for robust literary support.

20.35 Africa

April 23, 2021

Virago to Release Chibundu Onuzo’s Sankofa in the UK

In the Nigerian writer’s third novel, a mixed-race British woman goes in search of her father, and finds that he is now dictator in a fictional West African country.

Virago Press

March 24, 2021

On World Poetry Day, Readings from Wreaths for a Wayfarer

Over 40 poets in Africa, North America, and Europe participated in the virtual launch of the anthology, edited by Nduka Otiono and Uche Peter Umezurike and dedicated to the late Pius Adesanmi.

Open Country Mag

March 12, 2021

Bada Murya, a Fellowship for Northern Nigerian Writers, Opens for Applications

The 6-month fellowship, which “invokes the power of narrative to shift perceptions,” is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama.

Creative Africa

March 8, 2021