The day started off with Otieno Owino, PFP 2020 lead facilitator, delving into editing essentials with invaluable contributions from Crystal B. Rutangye, the co-trainer. Crystal completed an MA in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling in the UK where she underwent a two-week internship with Palimpsest Book Production Ltd,UK. […]
AWT publishing Fellowship programme
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The AWT Publishing Fellowship Programme `Mentoring and Training workshop’ took place from 8th to 13th March 2020. This second edition was tailored for a diverse group of emerging publishers, self-publishing authors and those who intend to self-publish. 11 Fellows were drawn from Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. The […]
PRESS RELEASE DATE: 26th February 2020 The African Writers Trust is pleased to announce the shortlist for the Publishing Fellowship Programme 2020. They are as follows: Botho Lejowa – Botswana Nixon Mateulah – Malawi Timwa Nana Lipenga – Malawi Alvaro Fausta Taruma – Mozambique Leanet Kamizhi – Zambia Ingrid Nayame- […]
African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme: 2nd Edition. 8th to 14th March 2020 in Uganda. Application Deadline: Sunday, 16th February at 5 pm GMT. This Publishing Fellowship programme is open to early career publishers and creative writers intending to self-publish their manuscripts. Applicants will be selected from Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, […]
African Writers Trust (AWT) has today announced the winner of the seed funding budget offered under the Publishing Fellowship programme. Abdulrahman “Abu Amirah” Ndegwa, a Mombasa-based writer, publisher and founding editor of Hekaya Arts Initiative, an online platform that publishes stories from The Swahili Coast will receive EUROS 4,000 (approx. […]
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey started the final programme with the words, “I want us to imagine.” She then invited participants to imagine their particular projects and consider in what ways they see their projects changing and transforming the creative spaces in their home contexts. In the group conversation, participants communicated concrete […]
For this day we were joined by the British Council’s Creative Arts programme in the ‘Preparing, presenting and pitching applications for funds’ session. It was wonderful to have the contributions and participation of a whole range of writers, and other creatives including, illustrators, film-makers, and graphic designers – as we […]
This session opened with a Question and Answer session. From questions around biography/autobiography rewrite approaches, number of stories to be included in a short story collection, the debate between spoken word versus poems on the page, to the distinction between independent publishing and self-publishing. The questions came fast and furious, […]
The morning began with participants sharing with the wider group their favourite and least favourite short stories (fiction and non-fiction). The selection of stories, chosen by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, were given to the participants to read prior to today’s session with the prime focus of engaging with the texts in […]
The AWT Publishing Fellowship Programme ‘Mentoring and Training Workshop’ began with participant introductions from a diverse group of emerging publishers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The eighteen participants represent an exciting breadth and wealth of writing and publishing experiences in East Africa. As part of […]