The longlists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were announced on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30, 2022.
The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of...
Tolu Oloruntoba and Douglas Kearney were awarded the Griffin Poetry Prize 2022.
The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written...
Prizes and Grants
African Writers Awards
Afritondo Short Story Prize
Gerald Kraak Prize
Kendeka Short Story Prize
Close up and personal with an ethereal writer, poet and design strategist – Uhomoabhi Mark Ogbebor
Thebournemouth Review
TBR: Tell us about yourself
Well, I am Uhomoabhi Mark Ogbebor, poet, author, design strategist, veteran performance poet, historian, business analyst with 20 years’ cognate experience, certified scrum master, product...
Basking in the euphoria of Charles Bukowski’s cultural eccentricities – a cultural ruckus.
Thebournemouth Review
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,...
A senior lecturer on the MA Creative Writing & Publishing at Bournemouth University, Emma is also the Editorial Director of Fresher Publishing. A former journalist on national magazines, she is the author of several non-fiction books and one novel. She has an MA in Critical and Creative Writing from Winchester University and, as well as teaching at Bournemouth University, Emma enjoys leading workshops in Dorset.
Breaking free from the shellLet me out , let me out ,Fresh smells filter down through yellow spring green leavesMy eyes open to take in bright gold lightI...
Moments with a Global talent, multipotentialite and literary colossus – Taiwo Michael Oloyede
Thebournemouth Review
TBR: How are you adapting to the cultural shift?
Nothing much has shifted; just the socio psychographic...


















