This is a book worth everyone’s time and attention! Vera! Vera! Vera! How many times have I said your name? If you are a typical Ugandan, you can understand the tone behind that sentence! Vera is a career woman. She is independent, passionate and loyal. She is a go-getter. Vera, […]
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‘Whispers From Vera’ by Goretti Kyomuhendo is now available in hardback. You can purchase a copy by following this link: Buy the book here
“Are you sure it’s worth it?” My mother asked for the third time in a week following the news that I would travel to the neighboring country for a seminar. “Have you done enough research about the organizers, speakers, and the venue? You know there are many scammers online.” I […]
Registration deadline: Sunday, 16th October 2022 The world of publishing can be overwhelming and confusing for many writers. Knowing which publishing path to take can be an uphill task. For many writers who plan to self-publish, or to submit their manuscripts to mainstream publishing houses for consideration, it is not […]
The project Prague City of Literature offers residency stays for foreign writers and translators. There are six residencies available for 2023, each lasting two months. Prague City of Literature reimburses the resident for a return ticket, provides accommodation for free and a stipend of CZK 15,000 (approx. 600 euro) per month. Do […]
PRESS RELEASE The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2022 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers will open for entries on Friday 1st July. The deadline for submissions is Monday 19th September. For all information on how to submit an application please see the page marked ‘Entry Requirements and […]
Are you in East Africa with a short story idea or an unpublished short story which could use some panel-beating from more experienced hands in the trade and possibly make it into an anthology? The University of East Anglia’s International Chair of Creative Writing Programme, led by Tsitsi Dangarembga invites […]
Botho Lejowa, a Motswana writer won the AWT’s 2020 Seed Fund for Emerging Publishers worth EURO 4,200 for her manuscript project, Meetings with Death. The fund was conducted under our Publishing Fellowship Programme (PFP). The specific aim of the seed fund is to facilitate the winner to produce a model […]
The death or survival of the novel fascinates the literati as the God debate does to atheists. In his novel, Travellers, Helon Habila doesn’t shy away from this fascination, through dialogue in the first part of the book. “The novel is dead,” Mark declared. “Cinema is the present and the […]
Summary This article explores how women writers in Nigeria and Tanzania use digital media, drawing parallels between infrastructural enablement and literary worldmaking. It argues that female African writers offer insights into the embodied practices and cultural imaginaries of digitally mediated creativity, which can shed light on the paradoxical entanglements of […]