Holland House BooksNov 28

Stunning journeys for stunning fiction. The Island Prize winners of 2024 and 2025 have now been signed up with literary agencies.

We wish all the authors the very best in this new chapter of their writing. They have been and remain cherished members of the Island Prize family.

#islandprize #literaryagency #authorslife #publishing #africanlit #bookstodon #books

Nat OleanderDec 14, 2024

in case you missed it...

Akwaeke Emezi has a new book.

You're welcome.

#reading #books #bookstodon #AkwaekeEmezi #LittleRot #novel #newbook #nigeria #nigerianwriter #africanlit #blacklit

Lizzy AttreeJan 12, 2024
The 2023 @kiswahiliprize shortlist will be announced on Monday! #KiswahiliPrize #AfricanLit #AfricanLanguages @MRM_Ltd @alaf_ltd
Lizzy AttreeDec 19, 2023
Watch the Kenyan writers panel I chaired as part of #ReadingAfrica on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/vE4w09BoNwI?feature=shared
With Kiprop Kimutai - @MilesMorland scholar, Carey Baraka, & Khadija Bajaber - @IowaWritersWksp alumni & @GraywolfPress winners!
Thanks to @catalyst_press #AfricanLit
From Nairobi to New York: Kenyan Writers on the Rise

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Lizzy AttreeDec 1, 2023
#Day11 of our #Captive e-sampler #giveaway. #BeCaptivated by @Moso_Sematlane's story "Changes in Ownership" from the upcoming anthology by the writers of the #SSDAInkubator. The link is in the video discussion: bit.ly/talkcaptive
#AfricanLit #Free @ssaBritish @BritishCouncil
Lizzy AttreeNov 30, 2023
#Day10 of our #Captive e-sampler #giveaway. #BeCaptivated by Kabubu Mutua's "Elsewhere" from the upcoming anthology by the writers from the #SSDAInkubator. The link is in the video discussion: bit.ly/talkcaptive
#AfricanLit #Free @ssaBritish @BritishCouncil #ReadingAfrica
Lizzy AttreeNov 29, 2023
#Day9 of our #Captive e-sampler #giveaway. #BeCaptivated by Aba Asibon's story "Pasture" from the upcoming anthology by the writers from the #SSDAInkubator. The link is in the video discussion: bit.ly/talkcaptive
#AfricanLit #Free @ssaBritish @BritishCouncil #ReadingAfrica
Lizzy AttreeNov 28, 2023
#Day8 of our #Captive e-sampler #giveaway. #BeCaptivated by @KCMhone's "Corpse Driver" from the upcoming anthology by the writers from the #SSDAInkubator. The link is in the video discussion: bit.ly/talkcaptive
#AfricanLit #Free @ssaBritish @BritishCouncil #ReadingAfrica
Lizzy AttreeNov 27, 2023
#Day7 of our #Captive e-sampler #giveaway. #BeCaptivated by @EmilyPensulo's story "Exodus" from the upcoming anthology by the writers from the #SSDAInkubator. The link is in the video discussion: bit.ly/talkcaptive
#AfricanLit #Free @ssaBritish @BritishCouncil
Lizzy AttreeNov 26, 2023
#Day6 of our #Captive e-sampler #giveaway. #BeCaptivated by @NADawnAuthor's story "I Am What I Am Not" from the upcoming anthology by the writers from the #SSDAInkubator. The link is in the video discussion: bit.ly/talkcaptive
#AfricanLit #Free @ssaBritish @BritishCouncil