It has been almost a month since Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo passed on, but the pain of the loss still feels fresh. She died on May 31, 2023 at the age of 81....
Noviolet Bulawayo, Leila Mottley, and Percival Everett are on the longlist for The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 announced today, 2022.
The Booker Prize for Fiction, worth £50,000, is a literary prize...
In a delightful fusion of creativity and style, the Bournemouth Writing Festival teamed up with the Bournemouth-based Mad Hat Company to host a hat-themed writing competition. This event, marking the second edition of...
A chance at an Oxford Poetry Prize.
OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2022 MAKES SEPTEMBER RETURN TO CAPE TOWN.
The Open Book Festival 2022, after a mini-edition in March, returns to Cape Town, South...
Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience,...
TS Eliot prize announces a ‘shapeshifting’ shortlist
With a record number of entries, half of the ten shortlisted books are debut collections that the judges describe as ‘unflinching in...
The longlists for the Diverse Book Awards 2022 were announced. Here are the writers of African descent who made the cut.
The Diverse Book Awards were created by Abiola Bello and...
TBR: How are you adapting to the cultural shift?
Nothing much has shifted; just the socio psychographic...
Congolese poet Sarah Lubala has recently published her debut poetry collection. It is titled A History of Disappearance and was published by South African publisher Botsotso Publishing this past march. Sarah’s work has been published...