The shortlist for the inaugural Iskanchi Book Prize, a manuscript prize open to African writers, was announced on Monday, May 6, 2024. Iskanchi Press and Magazine, founded by publisher, journalist, and writer Kenechi Uzor in 2020, has produced several magazine editions of their magazine as well as numerous titles. The platform announced a new initiative called the Iskanchi Book Prize to bring to light the best new writing from the continent. It is open to African writers and seeks to honour outstanding prose and hybrid book manuscripts, offering the winner a publishing opportunity. The shortlist for the new award was announced on…

Scholastique Mukasonga is set to headline the inaugural Salon du livre Africain de Beauregard in France on Sunday, May 26, 2024. The Salon du livre Africain de Beauregard is a new literary festival organized by the Artères and D-Codes associations, in partnership with the town of Hérouville-Saint-Clair. The festival will be hosted at the Château de Beauregard in Hérouville Saint-Clair and will have readings, panels, and loads more for those who attend. Some of the scheduled guests are Johary Ravaloson, Zadig Hamroune, Chadia Loueslati, Insa Sané, Mamadou Samake, and Sékou Oumar Bah. The festival headliner is Scholastique Mukasonga, the author…

May 07, 2024 Nigerian-American author Tochi Onyebuchi is set to publish a new novel titled Harmattan Season in March 2025. The novel will be published by Tor Books and explores fantasy noir. Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of Goliath, a Locus Award and Dragon Award finalist; YA novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African; its sequels Crown of Thunder and War Girls; novella Riot Baby, a finalist for the Hugo, the Nebula, the Locus, the Ignyte, and the NAACP Image Awards, and winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction and an ALA Alex Award; along…

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May 03, 2024 Eritrean-Ethiopian author Donica Merhazion is set to publish her debut novel titled Born at the End of the World with Catalyst Press set in Ethiopia in the 1970s. Inspired by a true story during the 1970s Ethiopian Red Terror, the book explores the intertwining of a man’s and woman’s destinies, whose love, courage, and resilience demonstrate that heroes are just ordinary people making extraordinary choices. Donica Merhazion was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1979 under unimaginable circumstances – in an Ethiopian prison called Alem Bekagn translated to “end of the world”. A former journalist and now teacher, Merhazion…

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Author Patience Agbabi FRSL is a celebrated poet and novelist for middle-grade audiences.  She has turned her attention to writing fiction in the last five years and is offering mentoring that will enable her to share knowledge on her more recent experiences as well as her deep-rooted writing craft. We met with Patience to find out more about the mentoring opportunity and her work.   “Mentoring is communication – an exchange of knowledge and insights – which is invaluable for writers at any stage of their career. It offers you a time to focus on your needs. ” — Patience Agbabi…