by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 23, 2021 | Gist Corner
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are awarded to writers in the following categories: audiobooks, children’s fiction, Children’s Illustrated & Non-Fiction, Fiction, Fiction: Crime and Thriller, Fiction: Debut, Non-fiction: Lifestyle, Non-fiction: Narrative, and...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 22, 2021 | Gist Corner
Nigerian author, Chika Unigwe, has a new novel coming out in 2022. The novel is titled, Leaving Meshach. The novel, according to an interview with The Punch, will be published by Dzanc Books in the United States in the fall of 2022. This is Chika’s eight book. The...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 22, 2021 | Gist Corner
Egyptian author and activist Nawal El-Saadawi has passed away at the age of 89 after battling a health crisis that had her hospitalized. She died on March 21, 2021. Saadawi is well known for her novel Woman at Point Zero which was published in 1975 and translated in...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 19, 2021 | Gist Corner
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award seeks to commemorate the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Founding President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for his role in “promoting national unity and development.” Each year, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award committee awards...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 18, 2021 | Gist Corner
Sefi Atta’s 2010 novel, Swallow, has been adapted into film which is being directed by Kunle Afolayan. In an interview with Ben Amadasun, Netflix’s director of content for Africa, Kunle said that he has concluded a principal photography for Sefi Atta’s Swallow....
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Mar 18, 2021 | Gist Corner
A new anthology of erotic tales features stories by Helen Oyeyemi and Chigozie Obioma. The anthology, Anonymous Sex, is compiled by Mudbound author Hillary Jordan and Sarong Party Girls author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan. It will be published by Borough Press in February 2022....
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