by Patilda Gabriella Baluka A journey of 1000 miles begins with a step ~ Chinese Proverb The African Writers Trust (AWT) Emerging Writers workshop has been an ecstatic learning experience that has left me in an ebullient mood, I must say. For long, I had always been reluctant with my […]
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PRESS RELEASE Monday, 18th May, 2020 Motswana writer, Botho Lejowa has today been announced as the winner of the African Writers Trust 2020 Seed Funding worth EURO 4,200. Now in its second edition, the budget is offered under the organisation’s Publishing Fellowship programme, designed to create a step-change in the […]
PRESS RELEASE DATE: 13th May 2020 The African Writers Trust is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Publishing Fellowship programme Seed Funding budget worth EURO 4,200. For this second edition, 11 Fellows were selected from Uganda, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to participate in the Mentoring and […]
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, […]
Sunday, 4th November 2018 I thought I was calm and composed about this trip. I wasn’t telling the world about it nor was I counting down the hours to the minute I would board the plane. However, last night, I woke up thrice, switched on the lights, then went back […]
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 […]
African Writers Trust recently held its 3rd Editorial and Publishing Training Workshop at Forest Cottages Bukoto-Kampala, from 26th-30th of October 2015. Jean Claude Sibomana, one of the participants from Rwanda says, … ” At first, I considered editing as a process of correcting punctuation, capitalization and use of […]
FROM LARVA TO IMAGO A short story by: Zuhura Seng’enge AFRICAN WRITERS TRUST 3RD EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING WORKSHOP KAMPALA, UGANDA OCTOBER 26th-31st 2015 “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw FROM LARVA TO IMAGO The first step Some […]
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 […]
I am writing to invite you to participate in the international dialogue on writing and publishing. The discussion will focus on the general theme: Where is the Great African Novel? The debate will further examine some of the contemporary literary trends in writing today and new perspectives on publishing. It […]