Opportunity for East African Writers | Fellowship for Early Career Writers...
In the wake of Nigeria’s Dusty Manuscript Contest, it is encouraging to see Africa Writers Trust rolling out a fellowship designed to help publishers and writers at the early stages of their career....
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Cover Reveal for Shuri—Nnedi Okorafor’s Brand New Black Panther Spinoff
We have more news about the Okorafor-Marvel bombshell that was dropped on us a few days ago. As you all know, Okorafor is writing Marvel Comic’s new Black Panther Spinoff based on T’Challa’s genius...
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Wole Soyinka’s Former Residence at Obafemi Awolowo University Becomes a Museum
You know you’ve arrived when a place where you once lived is turned into a museum. That’s exactly what has happened to Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka. A house where he lived in Ife during his time...
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Nigerian Writer Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Joins Twitter’s Board of Director
Last week, international media was abuzz with the news of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becoming a Twitter board member. Twitter co-founding Jack Dorsey made this known in a tweet indicating that...
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Cameroonian Political Theorist Achille Mbembe Wins the € 100,000 Gerda Henkel...
For over 40 years, the Gerda Henkel Foundation has supported ground-breaking research in the sciences and the humanities. In 2006, it established the Gerda Henkel Prize to recognize scholars doing...
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Brittle Paper Contributor Uche Peter Umez Wins a Vanier Canada Graduate...
Brittlepaperians, listen up. We have some very delightful news. Uche Peter Umez, a contributor to Brittle Paper, is one of the recipients of the 2018 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, awarded by...
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Photos: Kenya’s TBC Book Club Celebrates It’s 2-year Anniversary
On Saturday 14th July 2018, TBC BOOK Club celebrated its 2-year anniversary with a panel of celebrated authors; Yvonne Owour (Kenya), Hawa Jande Golakai (Liberia), Zukiswa Wanner (South Africa) and...
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Pentecostal Republic | A Powerful New Book Tackles the Role of Pentecostalism...
Nigerian Sociologist Ebenezer Obadare is asking us to take a closer look at the underlying forces of Nigeria’s political life. In a new book titled Pentecostal Republic, the Kansas University...
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#WeLoveBooks | Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
If you’ve ever hankered for fresh, new writing, here is a book you should have on your #TBR list. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a star in the making, and his debut book, which was officially published...
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All the Memorable Moments from the 2018 Minna Book and Arts Festival | Nana...
The inaugural edition of the Minna Book and Art Festival (MinnaBAF) held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna between September 18 and 20, 2018. The literary and...
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Ake Festival 2018 | Two Screenings of Bolaji Kekere-Ekun’s Psychological...
The Ake Book and Arts Festival officially kicked off on Thursday the 24th with mostly workshops and community outreach events. Friday is when all the goodies lined up on the program begins. There are...
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Sulaiman Addonia on Nudity and the Artistic Imagination
It’s been barely two days since Sulaiman Addonia’s second novel, Silence is My Mother Tongue, was published, so it is a real treat to read his new essay published in Granta. Addonia is an Eritrea-born...
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#WeLoveBooks | Edwardsville by Heart by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
Reading poetry can sometimes feel like taking a journey through the sound and form of language. But when poetry itself becomes about travel, something magical happens. Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún’s debut poetry...
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Optical Illusions in the House of Paul Eluard | Umar Sidi | Poetry
Sometimes known as a house with a cycle of paintings of the lower torso & legs of a headless woman reading a scatological nonsense verse about Elephants favoured by German boys Sometimes known...
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Book Launch Photos | Indigo Press Celebrates Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence is My...
Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence Is My Mother Tongue hit the book stands a few days ago. Last week, loved ones and well-wishers gathered at London’s Vout-O-Reenee’s to celebrate the release of the new...
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Chimamanda Adichie Will Moderate Michelle Obama’s Book Event at Southbank Center
Michelle Obama has an event for her new memoir Becoming at Southbank Centre, London, and Chimamanda Adichie will be having a live chat session with her. The news was announced on Southbank Centre’s...
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#WeLoveBooks | Elsewhere, Home by Leila Aboulela
Any plans to read a book this weekend? Ditch that novel you’ve been thinking about and check out Leila Aboulela’s short story collection Elsewhere, Home. It was published by Grove Atlantic earlier...
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Tope Folarin’s Debut Novel Is Set for Summer 2019 Release
Tope Folarin’s debut novel is titled A Particular Kind of Black Man and is set for a summer 2019 release by American publisher Simon and Schuster. Folarin became one of the break out stars of African...
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Excerpt #1 | My Sister, the Serial Killer | Oyinkan Braithwaite
BLEACH I bet you didn’t know that bleach masks the smell of blood. Most people use bleach indiscriminately, assuming it is a catchall product, never taking the time to read the list of ingredients...
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#WeLoveBooks | Feeling and Ugly by Danai Mupotsa
Welcome back to our weekly updates on new book finds. Feeling and Ugly by Danai Mupotsa is a gem. Feeling and Ugly was published earlier this year by Impepho Press, an independent South African...
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