A snapshot of the Open Book Festival 2025 #LiteraryFestival #SouthAfrica #NoDNAJustRSA www.writingafrica.com/a-snapshot-o...

La Grande Rentrée Littéraire De Kinshasa 2025 starts September 18 www.writingafrica.com/la-grande-re...

Andrew Brown’s The Bitterness of Olives for Global Sumud Flotilla Book Club #FreePalestine #GlobalSumudFlotilla www.writingafrica.com/andrew-brown...

Word Fest 2025 for Makhanda from September 19 #LiteraryFestival #SouthAfrica #NoDNAJustRSA www.writingafrica.com/word-fest-20...

Otoniya J. Okot Bitek on Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize 2025 shortlist #LiteraryAwards #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/otoniya-j-ok...

Book Digest: Oyunga Pala, Mamady Koulibaly, Manthipe Moila, Brian Gyamfi www.writingafrica.com/book-digest-...

Macondo Literary Festival starts Friday, September 19! #LiteraryFestivals #Kenya www.writingafrica.com/macondo-lite... < It starts tomorrow!

The Zora Legacy Awards 2025 finalists announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/the-zora-leg...

Canada’s Giller Prize 2025 longlist announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/canadas-gill...

Sokhna Benga to headline Salon du Livre Féminin de Dakar 2025 #LiteraryFestivals #Senegal www.writingafrica.com/sokhna-benga...

Ghana Association of Writers Book Festival 2025 starts September 19 #LiteraryFestivals #Ghana www.writingafrica.com/ghana-associ...

Nathacha Appanah, Natasha Brown on Prix Femina 2025 Premier Selection #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Translation www.writingafrica.com/nathacha-app...

Scotland’s Saltire Literary Awards 2025 longlists announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Poetry www.writingafrica.com/scotlands-sa...

US National Book Awards 2025 longlists announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction #TranslatedFiction www.writingafrica.com/us-national-...

African Caribbean Writers’ Festival Australia for September 27 #LiteraryFestivals #Australia www.writingafrica.com/african-cari...

Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards 2025 longlists announced. #LiteraryAwards #Namibia #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/bank-windhoe...

Book Digest: Open Book Festival 2025 Special Digest #NewBooks #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/book-digest-...

Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2025 winners announced #LiteraryFestival #LiteraryAward www.writingafrica.com/brooklyn-car...

Zukiswa Wanner for Global Sumud Flotilla www.writingafrica.com/zukiswa-wann...

Kano International Poetry Festival 2025 starts September 11 #LiteraryFestival #PoetryFestival #Nigeria www.writingafrica.com/kano-interna...

Karavan Press wins CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025 #LiteraryAwards #Publishers www.writingafrica.com/karavan-pres...

Prix Goncourt 2025 Premiere Selection Announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/prix-goncour...

Kenyan Readathon 2025 for September 13 www.writingafrica.com/kenyan-reada...

Abdulrazak Gurnah chairs Best of the Caine Prize jury #LiteraryAwards #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/abdulrazak-g...

Hemley Boum, Vanessa Onwuemezi are DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2026 #Fellowships www.writingafrica.com/hemley-boum-...

Nairobi International Book Fair 2025 starts September 24 #BookFairs #Kenya www.writingafrica.com/nairobi-inte...

Book Digest: Brian Chikwava, Priya Hein, Raymond Antrobus, Ryad Assani-Razaki #NewBooks #Fiction #Translation www.writingafrica.com/book-digest-...

New York Black and African Literature Festival 2025 starts Friday, September 5 #LiteraryFestivals #UnitedStates www.writingafrica.com/new-york-bla...

Marlene L. Daut on Cundill History Prize 2025 shortlist #LiteraryAwards #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/marlene-l-da...

Inaugural Nanyuki Book Fair starts October 10 #LiteraryFestivals #Kenya www.writingafrica.com/inaugural-na...

Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival 2025 starts September 5 #LiteraryFestivals #CaribbeanLiterature www.writingafrica.com/brooklyn-car...

Poetry Africa 2025 for Durban starting October 6 #LiteraryFestivals #PoetryFestivals #SouthAfrica www.writingafrica.com/poetry-afric...

Literary Magazines: Okiti Literary, Ibua Journal, Joburg Review, PREE #LiteraryMagazines #LiteraryJournals www.writingafrica.com/literary-mag...

Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 judges announced #OpportunitiesForWriters #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/commonwealth...

Mukoma wa Ngugi, Joke Silva to headline Quramo Festival of Words 2025 #LiteraryFestivals #Nigeria www.writingafrica.com/quramo-festi...

Opportunities for writers and poets for September 2025 #OpprtunitiesForWriters #Fiction #Poetry #Nonfiction www.writingafrica.com/opportunitie...

Grenada Book Festival 2025 starts October 3 #LiteraryFestivals #Grenada www.writingafrica.com/grenada-book...

South Africa National Arts and Culture Awards 2025 winners announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Nonfiction #SouthAfrica #NoDNAJustRSA www.writingafrica.com/south-africa...

Ikechukwu Henry wins inaugural Ama Ata Aidoo Award #LiteraryAwards #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/ikechukwu-he...

Premio Oceanos 2025 semi finalists announced #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Poetry www.writingafrica.com/premio-ocean...

Book Digest: Alain Mabanckou, Eloghosa Osunde, Blaise Ndala, Cleyvis Natera #NewBooks #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/book-digest-...

University of Johannesburg Prize 2025 shortlists announced #LiteraryAwards #SouthAfrica www.writingafrica.com/university-o...

Macondo Literary Festival 2025 program announced #LiteraryFestivals #Kenya www.writingafrica.com/macondo-lite...

Prix Premiere 2025 longlist announced. #LiteraryAwards #Fiction #Translation www.writingafrica.com/prix-premier...

South African Literary Awards celebrates young women authors #SouthAfrica www.writingafrica.com/south-africa...

Kenyan writer and academic John Habwe has passed away #Transition #Kenya www.writingafrica.com/kenyan-write...

African Union seeks short stories on land governance, justice and reparations #Callouts #Opportunities #Fiction www.writingafrica.com/african-unio...

A snapshot of the Kampala Writes LitFest 2025 #LiteraryFestivals #Uganda www.writingafrica.com/a-snapshot-o...

Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize winners hosted in Mombasa www.writingafrica.com/safal-cornel...

Black British Book Festival 2025 for London on October 19 #BookFair #UK www.writingafrica.com/black-britis...