Nigeria’s Parrésia Publishers has won the $20,000 2026 CANEX Prize for Publishing for South Side by Akin Adesokan. The prize was awarded at CANEX WKND 2026 in Lagos. On Instagram, Parrésia called the win “a moment of great pride for Nigerian publishing” and a defining milestone in its journey, addin
Goodreads has opened voting for the 2026 Goodreads Choice Awards, and three writers with African roots are among this year’s nominees. The list includes Zambian writer Namwali Serpell, British-Nigerian actor and author Cynthia Erivo, and British author of Ghanaian and Sudanese descent Saara El-Arifi
Zimbabwean-born British writer and educator Andrew Chatora has released the print edition of Unstoppable March of the Human Condition: Essays on Politics and Literature through Friesian Publishing. The paperback and hardback editions came out on November 3, following the eBook edition’s launch in Ju
In Delali Adjoa’s The Free Verse Society, music, poetry and young love meet in a story about two teenagers trying to find their footing after loss. Jae Afenyo moves to Delray Beach to live with her uncle after placing her baby for adoption, hoping for a fresh start. At Eastwood High, she finds an un
Philippe Jaenada, the winner of the 2026 Prix Goncourt, has admitted to using artificial intelligence while writing his novel, barely a day after collecting an award whose jury had thrown out another book over suspected AI use. The Guardian reported his remarks on November 5, and they have revived a
HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda, a new photobook by New York-based photographer Dan Nelken, is out from Kehrer Verlag in 2026. It pairs portraits with the personal testimonies of a diverse group of working women across rural Uganda, and it includes contributions by the Ugandan writers Beatrice
The Caine Prize for African Writing has concluded its review of The Blue Fighter and confirmed that Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza remains the winner of the 2026 prize. The Board of Trustees announced the decision in London today, November 11, saying the review found no evidence that the story was produ
Two Interlocked Triangles, a new stage play by Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè, will be staged at the Wole Soyinka Theatre, University of Ibadan, on Saturday, November 28, at 5 p.m. It is part of Fàdákà Fest 2026, whose third edition is themed RE:CLAIM. The production is directed by Adedapo Treasure and p
Sahra Noor will discuss her memoir Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigration Story with Bhakti Shringarpure at a Radical Books Collective book club on Sunday, November 15, at 12 p.m. New York time. The conversation will be livestreamed on Substack, YouTube, and Facebook. We wrote about the book in Sept
ZamaShort Volume One, the debut annual anthology from the ZamaShort imprint, was released on November 8. It collects the first twelve stories from the imprint’s ongoing singles series and covers satire, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and literary fiction. The editor is Ivor W. Hartmann, and the f