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

The Offing, the online literary magazine publishing work at the edges of genre and form, is currently open for submissions. There are no submission fees for 2026, and contributors whose work is ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Nigeria is 66 today. Sixty-six years ago, the country gained independence and began its life as an independent nation. In the years since, Nigeria has lived through civil war, military rule, political ...

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, ...

Ethiopian American writer Maaza Mengiste is a recipient of the 2026 MacArthur Fellowship, one of the literary world’s most ...

Lagos-based lawyer and writer Ooreoluwa O. Agbede has won the 2026 Quramo Writers' Prize for his unpublished manuscript, Four ...

Chibundu Onuzo has a new novel coming, and that's reason enough to be excited. Kukuwa Fraser at Flatiron has acquired North ...