The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn is hosting an in-person reading group on West African literature, "West African Literature ...

Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza, who won the £10,000 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ...

Stories shortlisted for the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize are now available to read online on adda, the online literary ...

Bryan shifted on the hard plastic chair. The overhead light buzzed steadily. The smell of burnt diesel and scorched plastic ...

Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been named the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his short story "The Blue Fighter ...

Poet, lawyer, and activist Ogaga Ifowodo has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his poetry collection Why Does God ...

Nigerian poet Ameen Animashaun and Ghanaian poet Edinam Denoo have been named the winners of the inaugural Alhaji Arole ...

Callaloo, the premier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, has released a new issue, Volume 44, Number 3, Summer 2026, bringing together fiction, poetry, visual art, ...

Glines, founder and editor of Brittle Paper, will discuss her first book, Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think, at ...

In 2025, Brittle Paper had the honour of publishing Nana Darkoa’s wonderful “Dear Daughter” letter in commemoration of ...

Rolling Stone Africa has published a feature built around Cassava Republic Press founder Bibi Bakare-Yusuf’s remarks at the Black British Book Festival, held on October 4, 2026, at London’s Barbican ...

The wait is finally over, and the internet is losing its mind. Chimeka Garricks, author of the beloved novel Tomorrow Died ...