by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
Riverhead Books is inviting Black media, bookstagrammers, librarians, and bookstore staff who are interested in reading Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir, Dear Senthuran, to reach out to them through a direct message on Instagram. Dear...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 26, 2021 | Gist Corner
Nnedi Okorafor, Maaza Mengiste, and Kwei Quartey have been nominated for the 2021 Edgar® Awards. The award is named after the mystery writer, Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is also known as the “patron saint” of the Mystery Writers of America. The...
by Samuel A. Adeyemi | Jan 22, 2021 | Poems
Image: Artyom Kulakov via Prexels giving money to / the beggar at the motor park / does not guarantee / your safe journey / the vehicle flips twice / cutting into the cold air / forgets that you are not one / with the glass about to break / & it breaks / windows...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 21, 2021 | Gist Corner
Image Source: Spear´s Magazine Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia has been awarded the 2020 SprinNG Women Authors Prize for her novel, The Son of the House. Cheluchi was announced winner from a shortlist that included Azizah Idris M’s A Sackful of Wishes and Olaoluwa...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Jan 21, 2021 | Gist Corner
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