On August 1, 2017, Brittle Paper will be seven years old. To mark our anniversary, we are organising a series of events, among which are Facebook conversations with writers, editors and founders of literary initiatives. This is the first of our anniversary conversations. * The 2000s was a renaissance period in African literature, the blossoming of […]
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Babishai Poetry Festival 2017 | Interview with Mugabi Byenkya, Author of Dear Philomena
As part of the countdown to the 2017 Babishai Poetry Festival in Uganda, the organisers are conducting a series of interviews on their guests and on writers whose works have made a landmark. The festival will be held on 4-6 August 2017. Here, one of the guests, Mugabi Byenkya, author of Dear Philomena, discusses how he became […]
Opportunity for African Writers | Enter for the 2017 Babishai Haiku Contest
The 2017 Babishai Haiku Contest is open for submissions. Only African poets resident in Africa, who have not yet published a full-length collection of poetry by July 2017, are eligible. The organisers will be considering only haiku poems that are Africa-themed. The submissions must contain clear images, settings and juxtaposition. They must also be concise, […]
There Was Once Something Special Here | by Tom Jalio | Winner of BN Poetry Prize
You can tell by the shape of the pieces The trailing blood and the aura of warmth That there was once a heart here And the winds of memory floating by Still fan the flame that raged in it You can gauge from the markings on the walls The piercing font and the scrambled letters […]
I hold a doctorate in English from Duke University and recently joined the Marquette University English faculty as an Assistant Professor. I love teaching African fiction and contemporary British novels. Brittle Paper is the virtual space/station where I play and experiment with ideas on how to reinvent African fiction and literary culture.
