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Events • Home • Lead Post • News August 24, 2026

Introducing the Inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Festival! | Date: August 29, 2026

Opportunities August 14, 2026

Writing Our Legacy Opens Applications for Covert 7’s “Ghana Issue,” in Partnership with Writers Project of Ghana | Submit by August 26

Events August 14, 2026

“An Incredible Honour for Nigerian Storytelling” — Mo Abudu on The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives World Premiere at TIFF 2026

Events August 04, 2026

Nigerian Novelist Chika Unigwe to Headline Kampala Writes LitFest’s Third Edition, August 28-30

Events July 27, 2026

Gaborone Book Festival Names Dr. Kirk Sides Co-Curator for Its 9th Edition, Save the Date: August 20–22

Events July 27, 2026

Thinking Africa and the Diaspora in Berlin: A Run-Through of Afrolution 2026 (Photos)

News July 23, 2026

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

Book News July 23, 2026

Chika Unigwe’s Grace Is Headed to Russia and Slovenia!

News July 21, 2026

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

News July 20, 2026

Lola Shoneyin Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Opportunities July 18, 2026

The Miles Morland Foundation Is Now Accepting Applications for Its 2026 Writing Scholarships worth £18,000 | Applications close 22 September 2026

News July 16, 2026

After a Decade of False Starts, Americanah Is Getting Another Shot at the Screen, This Time with Canal+

July 16, 2026

Noisy Streetss Is Open for Submissions for Love in Detty December Vol. 4 | Submit by August 15, 2026

News May 25, 2026

Two Nigerian Writers, Ucheoma Onwutuebe and Ola W. Halim, Shortlisted for the ALCS Tom Gallon Trust Award

News May 04, 2026

Nigerian Writer Ucheoma Onwutuebe Wins the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Book Excerpts April 02, 2026

Excerpt: Two Poems from Wildfire Verses by Sakiru Adebayo

News April 01, 2026

Selina Brown, Black British Book Festival Founder, Named UK’s First National Reading Hero at Inaugural Queen’s Reading Room Medal Ceremony

Book News October 06, 2025

Dr. Ainehi Edoro to Publish Forest Imaginaries with Columbia University Press