by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Mar 7, 2025 | Gist Corner
The EverLit Society, a vibrant community of creatives dedicated to driving positive social, political, and cultural transformations, is thrilled to announce its inaugural creative writing workshop. This two-week intensive program is designed specifically for fiction...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 28, 2024 | Gist Corner
The Dylan Thomas Prize is back this year again and two sterling African writers have made its longlist: Ayòbámi Adébáyò for A Spell of Good Things; and Caleb Azumah Nelson for Small Worlds. Ayòbámi Adébáyò was previously longlisted in 2018 for her debut Stay With Me...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 28, 2024 | Gist Corner
Top: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Sharon Dodua Otoo Bottom:Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mia Couto, Chidi Ebere Novels by five African authors are among the 70 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award. They are: Chidi Ebere for Now I Am...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Nov 13, 2023 | Gist Corner
The Museum of the African Diaspora has unveiled the shortlist of their literary prize for this year. The shortlist showcases an array of brilliant voices: -Meron Hadero, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories (Restless Books 2022) -Arinze Ifeakandu, God’s...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Nov 2, 2023 | Gist Corner
The longlist for 2023 Sevhage Literary Prizes has been announced and it is a cast with eclectic wonders. The organizers describe it as “..a testament to the resplendent literary future of our continent.” The longlist across all categories include: E.E. SULE/SEVHAGE...
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