Nigerian writer Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ has won the £15, 000 9Mobile Prize for Literature for her novel, Stay With Me. Adébáyọ̀’s win was announced by her Nigerian publisher, Ouida Books. The award celebrates debut African writers of published fiction, and the judges for the…
Ayobami Adebayo on £30k Wellcome Book Prize shortlist
Ayobami Adebayo, the author of Stay with Me, has been shortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize, which celebrates the best new books on health, medicine and illness. She is shortlisted alongside Mark O’Connell for To Be a Machine, Lindsey…