by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
Ghanaian filmmaker, Bazawule Blitz, has a debut novel that is scheduled to be published in 2022. Blitz’s debut, The Scent of Burnt Flowers, was recently acquired by senior editor Chelcee Johns at Ballantine Books. Here’s a summary of the novel from Deadline: “The...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
One of Africa’s best publishing houses, Masebe Books, is currently accepting fiction (novel and short story) manuscripts from February 1st – March 31st. Here is what they are interested in: We love African stories that deal with...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Feb 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
Bisi Adjapon announced via Twitter that her novel, Of Women and Frogs, has been acquired by HarperCollins for publication and distribution in the UK later this year. Her second project Daughters in Exile was also acquired and scheduled for...
by Afreecanread | Feb 8, 2021 | Newsletter
Dear writers and readers, On 19th October 2020 we announced a call for submission for the drama genre, and since then have received a number of submissions. Sadly, these entries have not been satisfactory enough to convince us that the genre has come to stay. The...
by Larry Erhuvwuoghene Onokpite | Feb 5, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
Charles Mungoshi was a Zimbabwean writer, poet, and a playwright. He wrote in both English and Shona language. His short stories were mostly hedged around the theme of post-colonial oppression, which was the reason his collection of short stories Some Kind of Wounds...
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