Brittle Paper‘s founder and editor-in-chief Professor Ainehi Edoro-Glines will be giving the keynote speech at The Shallow Tales Review‘s event, Reading Shallow Tales V, celebrating five years of standard issue publication.

Reading Shallow Tales V will bring together eighteen of some of the most exciting contemporary African writers for a free virtual storytelling event. It will be held online on Saturday March 15th, 12 – 3 PM (WAT) and all are welcome to attend!

The Shallow Tales Review, a BSFA-nominated online literary journal, was founded in 2019 by Nigerian writer Nzube Nlebedim, and curates literature from Africa and across the world. This is the fifth annual literary event put on by the magazine.

Last year’s Reading Shallow Tales IV was a huge triumph and featured poet/professor Amatoritsero Ede as the keynote speaker along with David Hundeyin, Chinaza Eziaghighala, Leye Adenle, Alistair Mackay, Zenas Ubere, and many more writers from across the African continent. Nigerian writers Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún and Ikhide R. Ikheloa have been honored as keynote speakers for Reading Shallow Tales II and III.

At this year’s event, we will hear from writers of both creative and critical work from Nigeria and Zimbabwe. In addition to Professor Edoro-Glines,  I.S. Jones, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Naza Amaeze Okoli, Cynthia Dozie-Onwusoh, Ifeanyichukwu Eze, Tade Ipadeola, Olubunmi Familoni, Ever Obi, Ismail Bala, Izehi Amadasu, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Iris Mwanza, Tope Larayetan-Alofe, Obiageli A. Ilokasia, Evaleni Lawson and Erere Onyeugbo will also be participating.

Mark your calendars for Reading Shallow Tales V on March 15 and register for the event here!