African Writers Trust held its 3rd Editorial and publishing Training workshop (EPT3), from 26th-30th October 2015 at Forest Cottages, Bukoto, in Kampala. Twelve participants from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Somalia benefited from 5 days of intensive training facilitated by James Woodhouse, a UK based professional editor, publisher, literary agent with over […]
Professional Training workshop for Creative Writers
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The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in collaboration with FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association, invites African women writers and journalists to apply for the Writing for Social Change Workshop 2015. This 10-day writing workshop, will be taking place in Uganda from July 27 to August 5, 2015. The […]
Interview by Nyana Kakoma African Writers Trust and Commonwealth Writers recently organised an Editorial Skills Development Workshop that I was lucky to be a part of. Lucky because one of the facilitators was Ellah Wakatama Allfrey who came along with another Editor, Vimbai Shire. I first met Ellah Allfrey last […]
KAMPALA, UGANDA, 16TH to 20TH JUNE 2014 We wish to thank everyone who applied for this workshop. The call closed on 4th April 2014. Successful candidates were notified by 30th April 2014, as was clearly stated in the call. If you have not heard from us, your application was not […]
AFRICAN WRITERS TRUST AND COMMONWEALTH WRITERS EDITORIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, UGANDA, 16TH -20TH JUNE 2014 African Writers Trust in partnership with Commonwealth Writers will conduct an Editorial Skills Development workshop in Kampala, Uganda, from 16th to 20th June 2014. Led by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, a book editor […]
Commonwealth Writers is running a non-fiction workshop in Uganda from 9-13 June 2014. Led by the Chair of the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and former deputy editor of Granta, Ellah Allfrey, the workshop will explore different ways to approach creative non-fiction. Please note that this is not a journalism […]
Apologies, I’m late bringing you news from the writing home front. Probably most of you already read the article that appeared in The Monitor newspaper, following African Writers Trust public dialogue on the Great African Novel. For those who may have not chanced upon it, a pleasure to bring it […]
African Writers Trust has been running creative writing and mentoring workshops for Ugandan university students and independent writers since 2009. The workshops are led by established African writers in the Diaspora who offer professional writing skills and practical creative writing guidance to the participants. However, African Writers Trust is keen […]
There was poetry in all his gestures. In the way he teased and toyed with his audience; played and poked fun at the gathering of emerging and established poets and writers, students, academics and book lovers from across the board who turned up at Uganda’s National Cultural Centre on Thursday, […]
At African Writers Trust, we are gearing up for a Literary Feast in May, 2012. In partnership with DOEN Foundation and British Council, we have invited a performance poet, an international publisher and a leading literary agent, all from the UK to come to Uganda and engage with writers, publishers, […]