She might have eight books published, seven of which are novels, but Bernardine Evaristo is not so much of a devotee to the short fiction form, with only around 12 published over her four-decade creative career. She had one in the March issue of British Vogue; titled “Star of the Season,” it is set in […]
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Photos | Bernardine Evaristo Is the First Guest on the Vogue Talks Series
Last Tuesday, February 25, Bernardine Evaristo was at Vogue House in London for the launch of the new Vogue Talks series. Following a brief cocktail session, the Booker Prize winner read her fantasy short story, “Star of the Season,” which appeared in the March issue of British Vogue. The story is set in a world […]
Bernardine Evaristo Has a Fantasy Short Story in Vogue UK’s March Issue
Bernardine Evaristo has a new short story, “Star of the Season,” in Vogue UK’s March issue. Set in a world of high-concept couture, it focuses on a cybernetic socialite who decides the future of fashion. This issue of the magazine, its “Spring Fashion Issue,” has the Russian supermodel Irina Shayk on the cover. The Booker […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Among 15 Women on the Cover of British Vogue’s September Issue, Guest-Edited by The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle
We knew this association was bound to happen soon. News came days ago that The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is guest-editing the September issue of British Vogue, the most important issue of fashion magazines, making her the issue’s first guest editor in the magazine’s 103-year-old history. Turning down a chance to appear on the […]
Warsan Shire and Yrsa Daley-Ward in Vogue’s “World Poetry Day” Special
As we talk about the Brunel Prize including six women on its eight-name 2018 shortlist, two female African poets have been included in Vogue magazine’s feature for the 2018 “World Poetry Day” on March 21. Somali Warsan Shire and Nigerian-British Yrsa Daley-Ward appear alongside seven other poets of international renown: Lang Leav, Kaveh Akbar, Donika […]
New-Generation African Poets 2017 Box Set Featured in Vogue Magazine
African Poetry Book Fund’s New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nne) has been featured in Vogue magazine. The feature, written by Tariro Mzezewa, who is Zimbabwean, is titled “In Times of Division, Finding Refuge—and Fighting Back—Through Art.” It explains how poetry and the writings of black women constitute important resistance in the age of […]
Watch Actress Ruth Negga Read an Excerpt of Zadie Smith’s Swing Time
Ethiopian and Irish actress Ruth Negga reads from Zadie Smith’s Swing Time. Ruth Negga was nominated for the Golden Globes for her role in Loving, an American movie about interracial marriage. Smith’s novel explores status and class and the way these distinctions shift between Africa and the Western world; a shift to which Negga herself […]
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