Ankara Press, the commercial imprint of Cassava Republic Press, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Ghanaian writer Cheryl Ntumy's The Seven States, a three-book romantasy series blending ...

Nigerian-British journalist Emmanuel Akinwotu has been appointed The New York Times' new West Africa correspondent, joining ...

The Lagos International Festival of Illustrations (LIFI), hosted by the Book Buzz Foundation, ran its 2026 edition from September 17 to 19, bringing together nine international illustrators and a coho ...

Years after the Nigerian Civil War, Ìfẹ́olúwa Ayandele’s grandfather was still carrying the weight of what he had lost. He had served as a soldier, returned home, and later travelled to Lagos to ...

Poetry Africa will mark its 30th edition this October with five days of performances, poetry slams, workshops, industry ...

Wole Talabi has revealed the West African cover for his forthcoming novel, The Fist of Memory, announcing the design ...

Damon Galgut, the South African novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2021 for The Promise, made his first visit to Korea last week for the 2026 Seoul International Writers' Festival, organized by the ...

Chef Kwame Onwuachi has announced the tour for his third book, All Hours: Crazy Good Food for Whatever, Whenever, out ...

Submissions are now open for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry, the annual award given to an African poet who ...

Nigerian American author and journalist Itoro Bassey has been selected for the 2026 fiction cohort of Get the Word Out, Poets ...

It Must Be Love 2026 for her novel-in-progress Right Person, Wrong Timeline, Curtis Brown Creative announced, with J. D.

Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra returns for its tenth edition from October 16 to 18, 2026, hosted across the ...