From the British Fantasy Society:

With the @sauutiverse about to hit Glasgow for a very special event at Waterstones on 3 February, launching the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, Eugen Bacon whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-free-reads/

#africanwriters #africanhorror #books #writers #writing #creativity #sauutiverse #sauuti

SWEEPING YET DEEPLY INTIMATE novel from a Cameroonian writer and filmmaker depicts the complexities of life in a (fictional) African country shaped by generations of repressive rule. Stunning, thoughtful, heartbreaking. A MINUS

https://coffeehousepress.org/products/the-aquatics

@bookstodon

#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #Africanwriters #SmallPressSunday

We're super lucky to have some amazingly talented humans joining us for Writing the Occult: Belief - including the acclaimed SFF writer Wole Talabi!

A Nigerian engineer, writer and editor Wole, has been nominated for Hugos, Nebulas, and Locus awards, and the Caine Prize, and won the Sidewise award for alternate history.... 🧵⬇️

#scifi #sciencefiction #africanwriters #africanfiction #beliefsystems #traditionalbeliefs #orisha #nigeria #horror #fantasy #writing #writers

97 articles. $8 payout. Still here. Still writing.
Reflections on being an African writer in the algorithm’s blind spot.
Not complaining—just swimming upstream.

#WritingCommunity #AfricanWriters #Medium #Fediverse #DecentralizedVoices

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/still-swimming-an-african-writers-experience-against-the-algorithmic-wave-2b5121e6cf57?sk=3477c320127a9866fa090ef58ad505d5

Download your free copy of 'Words on the Page' here: https://www.hhousebooks.com/clamshell-press-workbook/

The Island Prize Submission guidelines: https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/

#opportunities #prize #submissions #africanauthors #africanwriters #writing

Thank you Dlitreview for including the Island Prize on your list (https://dlitreview.com/free-creative-writing-opportunities-in-february-2025/) - to all out there, if you are a debut novelist from Africa, send in your manuscript by 16th February - if you're not a writer, but know someone who is - spread the word, share the news!

Check out our guidelines here: https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/

We can do this!

#opportunities #writingcompetition #africanauthors #africanwriters #debutnovelist #theislandprize #writing

Over on Instagram, SisterlyHQ have made a list of grants and opportunities for women - including our Island Prize, for authors of Africa:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFx3BklSPbo/?img_index=7

To submit to the Island Prize, click here:https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/

#prizes #grants #opportunities #africanauthors #africanwriters

POETIC, PASSIONATE, VITALLY insightful novel tells the story of one family, especially its women, as a parable for the history of Mozambique. Gorgeous prose brings the landscape and cultures powerfully alive. SOLID A

https://archipelagobooks.org/book/the-joyful-song-of-the-partridge/

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Happy New Year !

Calling all African authors - the Island Prize is now open!

https://www.hhousebooks.com/island-prize-2024-25/

#africanauthors #africanwriters #novelwriting #writingcompetition #submissionsopen

EDE Bell of Atthis Arts tells the BFS why they've opted to crowdfund for two very important new releases celebrating a late Ukrainian writer and a member of the @sauutiverse

It's a case of, Bell says, "how the universe sometimes finds ways to bring people together, even across extraordinary distances or circumstances, to bring dreams and needs to life."

https://britishfantasysociety.org/finding-a-voice-and-backing-important-speculative-works-through-crowdfunding/

#writersofmastodon #crowdfunding #backerkit #ukrainianwriters #africanwriters