Theresa Ikoko's Girls, the prize-winning play about three Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by militant insurgents, returns to ...

Nigerian poet Ameen Animashaun and Ghanaian poet Edinam Denoo have been named the winners of the inaugural Alhaji Arole ...

Glines, founder and editor of Brittle Paper, will discuss her first book, Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think, at ...

In 2025, Brittle Paper had the honour of publishing Nana Darkoa’s wonderful “Dear Daughter” letter in commemoration of ...

Lagos-based lawyer and writer Ooreoluwa O. Agbede has won the 2026 Quramo Writers' Prize for his unpublished manuscript, Four ...

Masobe Books has announced the acquisition and reissue of Sue Nyathi's novel The Polygamist, a tale of four women whose lives become intertwined when they all fall for a wealthy banking magnate, ...

The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) is now accepting entries for the 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, an annual award ...

Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been named the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his short story "The Blue Fighter ...

The 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing has announced its longlist, with 13 books from publishers across Africa and the Caribbean advancing to the next stage. The list spans novels rooted in Nigerian and ...

Cave Canem Foundation will host a Legacy Conversation with South African Poet Laureate Mongane Wally Serote on October 8, ...

The Wisconsin Book Festival returns to Madison for its 25th anniversary edition, running October 15–18 across venues ...

Imbolo Mbue will launch her new novel, Every Story Is a Love Story, at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn on October 7, 2026, in conversation with National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson. The ...