Since its founding in 2004, the Nigeria Prize for Literature has had a significant impact on the publishing process and raised awareness of Nigerian literature around the world.
Cassava Republic: A $30,000 Nonfiction Prize for Black Women
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf’s new nonfiction award for Black women writers offers a contract and advance to the author of an unpublished manuscript.
Nigeria’s Aké Festival Wins First Aficionado Award
A project of the Frankfurt Book Fair and Torino Book Fair, the first Aficionado Award goes to Lola Shoneyin and her Aké Arts and Book Festival
In England: The Booker Prize Names Its 2023 Longlist
It’s a great day for the Irish, as Ireland’s writers claim four of the 13 spots on the Booker Prize for Fiction’s newly announced longlist.
At Torino’s Book Fair in Italy: The Aficionado Award
Three inaugural shortlistees are to be honored at Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino in the new Aficionado Award program.
Nigerian Writer Arinze Ifeakandu Wins Wales’ Dylan Thomas Prize
In the 70th anniversary of Dylan Thomas’ death, the Nigerian writer Arinze Ifeakandu wins Swansea University’s Dylan Thomas Prize.
In Wales, Swansea University’s Dylan Thomas Prize: The 2023 Shortlist
Work from Australia, Nigeria, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Somalia is on the Dylan Thomas Prize 2023 shortlist.
In Nigeria: The Global Association of Literary Festivals
The second conference of the Global Association of Literary Festivals drew 23 festival representatives invited to Lagos for discussions.
Windham-Campbell’s Michael Kelleher: ‘Not a Book Award’
Ten years after its inception, the Yale-based Windham-Campbell Prizes program is uniquely focused on ‘the love of writers and writing.’
Afshin Molavi at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: ‘West to East’
The Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute fellow speaks with Mina Al-Oraibi about pandemic-era dynamics in the Arab region.