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News July 27, 2026

NLNG Announces 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature Longlist: Adedayo Agarau, Tanure Ojaide, Ogaga Ifowodo, Theresa Lola & More Contend for $100,000 Poetry Prize

by Praise Okeoghene Vandeh

News July 23, 2026

Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest) Announces the Inaugural Cohort of Its Craft and Development Lab

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 22, 2026

Ten Years of Recognizing Kiswahili Literature: The Safal Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Announces Its 2025 Shortlist

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 21, 2026

Olufunke Grace Bankole Wins the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for The Edge of Water

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 21, 2026

Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Regina King and More: The First Images from Children of Blood and Bone Have Arrived

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 21, 2026

PEN America’s President Dinaw Mengestu Resigns Over Article on Jewish and Israeli Writers

by BRITTLE PAPER STAFF

News July 20, 2026

The Long, Complicated Road of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, From Million-Dollar Deal to Movie Set Drama

by Blessing Uwisike

News July 20, 2026

Lola Shoneyin Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

by Blessing Uwisike