Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer has been shortlisted for the 2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. She is the only debut author on the shortlist of six and the only one making an appearance for the first time. The other shortlisted titles include Worse Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald; The […]
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Submit to Poetry Competition Sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland, Nigeria
The Embassy of Ireland in Nigeria has launched a writing competition in celebration of Bloomsday. Bloomsday is the commemoration of the life and works of the great Irish writer James Joyce. Every year on June 16, fans all over the world celebrate Joyce’s extraordinary life and the global impact of his writing. The embassy is […]
Stella Gaitano Eddo’s Souls is First South Sudanese Novel to Win PEN Translates Award
Last week, English PEN announced 19 winners of the PEN Translates Award. The winners came from fifteen countries with works in 13 different languages. With support from English PEN and Arts Council England, the award funds up to 75% of translation costs for selected projects. The PEN Translates award encourages publishers in the UK to […]
Ake Review is Accepting Submissions for its 2020 Edition
Ake Review is the annual publication of the Ake Arts and Book Festival. The publication is currently accepting submissions for their 2020 edition. The 2020 Ake Arts and Book Festival, which will be held online, is themed “African Time.” Writers are invited to submit poetry, fiction, non-fiction and visual art exploring the theme. The editors […]
Sarah Ladipo Manyika on 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Jury
The Aspen Words Literary Prize committee has announced the judges for the 2021 prize, and British-Nigerian writer Sarah Ladipo Manyika is one of them. At $35,000, The Aspen Words Literary Prize is one of the largest prizes in the US and is open to novels and short story collections from writers of any nationality, addressing […]
Prof. James N. Adichie, Father of Chimamanda Adichie, Passes on at 88
Prof. James Nwoye Adichie, father of acclaimed novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has passed on. The news broke earlier today in the Nigeria news media. Aged 88, Prof J. N. Adichie, as he was popularly designated, reportedly died Wednesday (June 10) night at Chira Memorial Hospital, Awkuzu Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra state. The news […]
Chigozie Obioma Receives International Literature Award for the German Translation of An Orchestra of Minorities
Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra of Minorities (2019) has been awarded the International Literature Award by Germany’s House of World Cultures and Stiftung Elementarteilchen. The International Literature Prize recognizes an outstanding work of prose translated into German for the first time. The winning author and translator are recognized. The author wins a cash prize of 20,000 […]
Americanah #IRL: Chimamanda Adichie Reads Aloud Passages That Deal With Race Relations in America
You may have noticed that across the various anti-racist and #BlackLivesMatter reading lists that have emerged recently, one novel constantly featured in them is Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah. Rightly so: a large part of the novel is taken up by Ifemelu’s musings on the question of what it means to be black in America. In the spirit […]
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