The Caine Prize for African Writing, one of the continent’s most prestigious literary awards, has announced its 2024 shortlist, showcasing a diverse array of talented authors from across Africa. This year’s shortlist, comprising three Nigerian writers, comes with a significant…
Awele Creative Trust unveils 2023 ACT Award, invites young Nigerian writers to showcase talents
The Awele Creative Trust has announced the 2023 ACT Award, a prestigious literary accolade aimed at recognising outstanding short stories by Nigeria writers aged 16 to 26. With the submission window set to close on January 10, 2024, the heart…
Mace Books and Treasure Books release 2nd edition of “Camouflage: Best Of Contemporary Writing From Nigeria”
Mace Books Associates Limited, Lagos and Treasure Books Limited, Yenagoa, released the revised edition of Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria, edited by Nduka Otiono and Odoh Diego Okenyodo. According to a statement, the anthology, which serves as a…
Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award – Call open for 2019 entries
The Awele Creative Trust Award has announced its 2019 call for entries. Founded in 2013 by the NLNG Prize-winning novelist Chika Unigwe, the Short Story Award recognizes the best unpublished fiction by a writer aged between 16 and 26 and living…
Toni Kan’s “Nights of the Creaking Bed” makes UK debut
Cassava Republic has announced the release of the UK edition of Nights of the Creaking Bed, Toni Kan’s critically acclaimed and award winning short story collection. The book hits stores today, today April 30, 2019, in the UK as the…
Prodigious fruits of Sally Mbanefo’s Anambra Homecoming initiative -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Christmas season will never be the same again in Anambra State. Sally Mbanefo, Anambra State’s very resourceful Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism has in the works an unprecedented Anambra Homecoming Festival that will put at full…