by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 31, 2021 | Gist Corner
Umar Turaki’s debut novel, Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold, will be published by Little A, an imprint of Amazon Publishing. According to a report by Publishers Marketplace, Turaki’s novel was “pitched to Selena James at Little A, in a pre-empt, in a...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 31, 2021 | Gist Corner
Bernadine Evaristo first nonfiction book is coming out on the 3rd of October, 2021. The book is being published by Hamish...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 24, 2021 | Gist Corner
Sulaiman Addonia’s third novel, The Seers, will be published by Canongate Books. The rights were sold by his agency Craig Literary. UK and Commonwealth rights were acquired by Ellah Wakatama at Canongate and US rights by Graywolf Press. Here is a synopsis from The...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 24, 2021 | Gist Corner
The Nyabola Prize for Science Fiction is open for writers between the ages of 18 and 35, and who writes science and speculative fiction in Swahili. The prize is an initiative of the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize, and is named after the writer and political analyst,...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 24, 2021 | Gist Corner
Salma El-Wardany’s debut novel is coming out in 2022. The novel is titled, The Way We Were. It was acquired by Trapeze Books in the UK in a six-figure deal. The novel will also be published by US publisher, Grand Central. Here is a synopsis :“[the novel] chart[s] the...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 23, 2021 | Gist Corner
The Heroe Book Fair is currently ongoing in Mombasa, Kenya, and online from March 22-26, 2021. The festival theme is on “Belonging.” According to the organizers, conversations during the event will be centered on Race, Identity and EthnicityHeroe Book Fair is founded...
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