The shortlist for the 2020 LAMBDA Literary Awards have just been announced, and it sees a robust representation of writers from Africa and the Caribbean. Akwaeke Emezi’s Pet is nominated in the LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult category and South Africa-born author Deborah Levy’s The Man Who Saw Everything is nominated in the category of Bisexual Fiction […]
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The Anticipated Books of 2020
The year 2019 was full. In December, we released our list of The Notable Books of 2019. In January, we released our list of The Top 15 Debut Books of 2019. Now we look ahead into 2020 with our list of the most anticipated books of the year in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The buzz […]
Winners of the 2019 Nommo Awards
On October 25, the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) announced the winners of the 2019 Nommo Awards. The award announcement and presentation of prizes were held at a ceremony during the Ake Book and Arts Festival, which took place from October 24 to October 27 in Lagos. The ASFS is a body of African writers, […]
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