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February 2024
January 2024
Jan 3
Submissions to Rose and Jasmine Press are open
.
Carnelian Heart Publishing are running a short story competition open to all African writers. The submission window is Jan 2 to Jan 31. Prizes include £100 for the winner and £50 for second place, as well as publishing contracts.
More here
.
Here’s ArabLit’s list of 2024 Arabic lit in translation
. (
Also on Twitter.
) Lots looks good, but I’m particularly excited because I already have one advance reader’s copy! Also curious for
In Gaddafi’s Clutches
.
Aren’t Best Of lists fun? Here are
Claire McAlpine’s Top 7+ Fiction
and
Non-fiction
of 2023.
Another best of
.
Here are ten of Tom Gauld’s favourite comic books of 2023.
And here are Babak Lakghomi (author of
South
)’s favourite reads of 2023.
Here’s what I said about
South
.
What are your
favourite books of 2023 by Zimbabwean writers
? And
African writers
?
Veiled Threat: On Being Visibly Muslim in Britain
by Nadeine Asbali is
out this month
.
Here are Book of Cinz’s 2024 Read Caribbean books to look out for
.
Dec 26
Here’s a cool list
of recent East African lit.
Mtama Road
looks interesting!