by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 16, 2021 | Gist Corner
Yaa Gyasi’s new novel, Transcendent Kingdom, has been longlisted for the 2021 PEN/FaulknerAward for Fiction. The PEN/Faulkner Award was established in 1980 in honor of the American writer and Nobel laureate, William Faulkner, who was notable for his charity towards...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 13, 2021 | Gist Corner
Dear fans of Chimamanda Adichie, you will love this news! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has a new “timely and deeply personal” book that is going to be published by 4th Estate. The book, according to a report by The Bookseller, is “a work of...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 13, 2021 | Gist Corner
French-Algerian novelist, playwright, and actor, Samira Sedira’s fourth novel, Des gens comme eux will be translated and published in English this summer by Penguin Books (North America) and Raven Books (UK/Commonwealth). This is Sedira’s first book to...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
Every year, Akashic Books has been releasing chapbooks box set by new African poets. The box set, according to the publisher, is to ensure “the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 10, 2021 | Gist Corner
This year, Flipped Eye Publishing will be marking its 20th anniversary. The anniversarycelebration will feature a digital bookshop tour in May, and a “nationwide hunt for a young editorial intern.”Founded in 2001 by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Flipped Eye Publishing has been...
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