Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been named the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his short story "The Blue Fighter ...

The 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing has announced its longlist, with 13 books from publishers across Africa and the Caribbean advancing to the next stage. The list spans novels rooted in Nigerian and ...

Cave Canem Foundation will host a Legacy Conversation with South African Poet Laureate Mongane Wally Serote on October 8, ...

The Wisconsin Book Festival returns to Madison for its 25th anniversary edition, running October 15–18 across venues ...

Imbolo Mbue will launch her new novel, Every Story Is a Love Story, at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn on October 7, 2026, in conversation with National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson. The ...

We’re officially in the last quarter of the year, and hopefully, the reading is still going. Maybe you’re still making your way through the TBR list you made in January, or perhaps you’ve abandoned it ...

Nigerian poet Rasaq Malik Gbolahan is a finalist for the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize, shortlisted for his poem ...

Zimbabwean poet Chioniso Tsikisayi has published her debut collection, Blood Joy, through Carnelian Heart Publishing, ...

The wait is finally over, and the internet is losing its mind. Chimeka Garricks, author of the beloved novel Tomorrow Died ...

Callaloo, the premier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, has released a new issue, Volume 44, Number 3, Summer 2026, bringing together fiction, poetry, visual art, ...