In 1991, the six-name Man Booker Prize shortlist contained only men. Thoroughly dissatisfied, a group of female and male authors, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians and journalists decided to create a new prize. In 1996, the Women’s Prize for Fiction was founded, to recognize the best original full-length novel in English by a woman, published in the […]
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Read an Excerpt of Ayobami Adebayo’s Baileys Prize-shortlisted Novel Stay With Me
We finally have an excerpt of Ayobami Adebayo’s Baileys Prize-shortlisted novel Stay With Me. Those of you who have been wanting to get a taste of the book before you read it, this is your chance. Stay With Me tells the story of Yejide and Akin. Their marriage begins with so much romance and promise. But as the reality […]
Watch Baileys Prize Nominees Ayobami Adebayo and Yewande Omotoso in Conversation | And It’s for Free
Baileys Prize-nominated novelists, Ayobami Adebayo and Yewande Omotoso, will be in conversation in Lagos. Their discussion, which can be attended for free, is part of the Goethe-Institut Nigeria’s “Literary Crossroads—Conversations with African Writers,” a series which “brings together African writers on the continent and from the diaspora to discuss contemporary trends and themes in literature.” […]
PHOTOS | Ayobami Adebayo’s Stay With Me Book Tour in the UK
While we’re rooting for Ayobami Adebayo to become only the second African take the Baileys Prize, she has kicked off her UK book tour for her shortlisted novel Stay With Me. If she wins, she is assured of selling up to 250,000 copies. Huge. Stay With Me is the story of Yejide and Akin whose […]
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