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  1. From the British Fantasy Society:

    With the @sauutiverse about to hit Glasgow for a very special event at Waterstones on 3 February, launching the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, Eugen Bacon whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe.

    britishfantasysociety.org/sauu

    #africanwriters #africanhorror #books #writers #writing #creativity #sauutiverse #sauuti

  2. SWEEPING YET DEEPLY INTIMATE novel from a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker depicts the complexities of life in a (fictional) African country shaped by generations of repressive rule. Stunning, thoughtful, heartbreaking. A MINUS

    coffeehousepress.org/products/

    @bookstodon

    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #Africanwriters #SmallPressSunday

  3. Thank you Dlitreview for including the Island Prize on your list (dlitreview.com/free-creative-w) - to all out there, if you are a debut novelist from Africa, send in your manuscript by 16th February - if you're not a writer, but know someone who is - spread the word, share the news!

    Check out our guidelines here: hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2

    We can do this!

    #opportunities #writingcompetition #africanauthors #africanwriters #debutnovelist #theislandprize #writing

  4. POETIC, PASSIONATE, VITALLY insightful novel tells the story of one family, especially its women, as a parable for the history of Mozambique. Gorgeous prose brings the landscape and cultures powerfully alive. SOLID A

    archipelagobooks.org/book/the-

    @bookstodon

    #book #books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #Africanwriters #Mozambicanwriters #Mozambique #Blackwriters #Blackwomenwriters #SmallPressSunday

  5. Heartiest congratulations to Ruby Excel from Ghana !

    'Lyrics to the Colour Red' is about the passionate struggle for liberation and revolution, in love and country.

    Warm wishes to Ruby and the next stage of the journey to publication!

    hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingaward #writers #africanwriters #africanauthors #novelwriting #theislandprize2024 #theislandprize #writerscommunity #publishing #writerslife

  6. AN EXTRAVAGANT, SPRAWLING PICARESQUE set in Zaire in the last years of the Mobutu regime is a symphony of voices from every walk of life, from tough street kids to the secret police to high society. Vivid and fascinating. B PLUS

    barnesandnoble.com/w/the-villa

    @bookstodon

    #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #fiction #novel #novels #historicalfiction #zaire #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Congolesewriters #Africanwriters #Blackwriters

  7. #Writers #Authors of #Africa!

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings and Holland House Books to help debut African authors towards publication.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word & help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri (link in bio)

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  8. #Writers #Authors of #Africa!

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings and Holland House Books to help debut African authors towards publication.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word & help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri (link in bio)

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  9. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - have you a story waiting to be heard?

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings & Holland House Books to help discover new African authors.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word and help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  10. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - have you a story waiting to be heard?

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings & Holland House Books to help discover new African authors.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word and help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  11. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - have you a story waiting to be heard?

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings & Holland House Books to help discover new African authors.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word and help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  12. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - have you a story waiting to be heard?

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings & Holland House Books to help discover new African authors.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word and help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  13. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - have you a story waiting to be heard?

    The Island Prize was founded by Karen Jennings & Holland House Books to help discover new African authors.

    The submission deadline has been extended to 31 January - so do spread the word and help us find the next winner(s)!

    Send submissions to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  14. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! -

    The Island #Prize #deadline has been EXTENDED!!!! You have until 31 JANUARY to submit!

    Have you a story waiting to be heard?
    Send it in to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri -

    The Island Prize is intended to help African debut novelists get into print - and it's free to submit!

    Spread the word!

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  15. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! -

    The Island #Prize #deadline has been EXTENDED!!!! You have until 31 JANUARY to submit!

    Have you a story waiting to be heard?
    Send it in to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri -

    The Island Prize is intended to help African debut novelists get into print - and it's free to submit!

    Spread the word!

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  16. This is a special #competition, set up by Karen Jennings, who was long listed for the Booker prize with her novella An Island, to help fellow #African #authors find a #publisher.

    The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri -

    The #deadline has been extended to January 31st, so do please help spread the word-

    Check out @HollandHouseBooks for deets

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  17. This is a special #competition, set up by Karen Jennings, who was long listed for the Booker prize with her novella An Island, to help fellow #African #authors find a #publisher.

    The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri -

    The #deadline has been extended to January 31st, so do please help spread the word-

    Check out @HollandHouseBooks for deets

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  18. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - There's a month of writing left!

    The Island #Prize #deadline has been EXTENDED!!!! You have until 31 JANUARY to submit!

    Have you a story waiting to be heard?
    Send it in to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri - open until the end of January!

    Spread the word!

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  19. #Writers #Authors of #Africa! - There's a month of writing left!

    The Island #Prize #deadline has been EXTENDED!!!! You have until 31 JANUARY to submit!

    Have you a story waiting to be heard?
    Send it in to The Island Prize hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri - open until the end of January!

    Spread the word!

    #writingcompetition #africanwriters #writerslife #submissions #extendeddeadline #writing #creativewriting #fictionwriting #writingcommunity

  20. The Island Prize, 2023-2024, open for submissions

    #authors #writers of #Africa - have you a first novel that's looking for a home? Why not submit to the Island Prize competition, open now for #submissions ? It's free to enter, and you might find mentorship, an agent, a publisher ....

    hhousebooks.com/the-island-pri

    #writingcommunity #africanwriters #africanauthors #africanliterature #writing #novel #writingcompetition #theislandprize

  21. 🖥 Suggestion for the evening:

    the lecture "An investigation into Mário Pinto de Andrade's archive", which Elisa Scaraggi presented in the "Africa at Noon" cycle at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is now available on YouTube.

    This cycle of weekly lectures has been running since 1973!

    youtube.com/watch?v=dVJ7Nz2OTS

    @histodons
    @litstudies

    #Histodons #LitStudies #MárioPintoDeAndrade #AfricanStudies #HistoryAndLiterature #Literature #AfricanWriters #AfricaAtNoon #MPLA #Angola

  22. Ben Okri on writing his Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road | The Booker Prize

    "In a new film made exclusively for the Booker Prizes, Ben Okri, the first Black winner of the Booker Prize, explains how he had to create fresh techniques to tell a story rooted in his African childhood"

    #BenOkri #BlackMastodon #BookerPrize #Literature #Art #Books #BlackTwitter #AfricanWriters #BlackWriters #AfricanAmerican #Poetry #Documentary #Film #TheBookerPrize

    youtube.com/watch?v=nEASwdrr2L

  23. An African Abroad by Olabisi Ajala:

    "When he's not breaking through security to shake the hands of Nikita Khrushchev, he is crashing his scooter through a border between Jordan and Israel in the then partitioned Jerusalem, amidst a hail of gunfire, escaping an assassination attempt in Jordan, or dodging the bullets of eager security agents.."

    amazon.com/African-Abroad-Anno

    #AnAfricanAbroad #OlabisiAjala #Literature #BlackMastodon #BlackWriters #Travelogue #AfricanWriters #AfricanAmericanWriters

  24. An African Abroad by Olabisi Ajala:

    "When he's not breaking through security to shake the hands of Nikita Khrushchev, he is crashing his scooter through a border between Jordan and Israel in the then partitioned Jerusalem, amidst a hail of gunfire, escaping an assassination attempt in Jordan, or dodging the bullets of eager security agents.."

    amazon.com/African-Abroad-Anno

    #AnAfricanAbroad #OlabisiAjala #Literature #BlackMastodon #BlackWriters #Travelogue #AfricanWriters #AfricanAmericanWriters

  25. An African Abroad by Olabisi Ajala:

    "When he's not breaking through security to shake the hands of Nikita Khrushchev, he is crashing his scooter through a border between Jordan and Israel in the then partitioned Jerusalem, amidst a hail of gunfire, escaping an assassination attempt in Jordan, or dodging the bullets of eager security agents.."

    amazon.com/African-Abroad-Anno

    #AnAfricanAbroad #OlabisiAjala #Literature #BlackMastodon #BlackWriters #Travelogue #AfricanWriters #AfricanAmericanWriters

  26. To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.

    #fusioncuisine
    #Wordle
    #Ibadan
    #speculativefiction
    #africanwriters
    #machinelearning
    #travel