May 2013

Have you been looking forward to attending a creative writing workshop? Then you need to visit the Christian Monthly Library website. You might want to consider applying for the ‘writing that matters’ online creative writing workshop. The course outline looks promising enough. Writing that matters online creative writing workshop is a Christian online writing workshop […]

Source: Photo Pin …Lydia Davis. Lydia Davis has just been awarded the fifth Man Booker International Prize at an award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The judges – Professor Sir Christopher Ricks, Elif Batuman, Aminatta Forna, Yiyun Li and Tim Parks – recognised that crafting spare, philosophical and original works, however short, […]

Interesting news! Four out of five stories, that made this year’s shortlist for the annual Caine Prize for Writing, were written by Nigerians. This is unheard-of in the history of the Prize. The shortlisted stories are: Elnathan John (Nigeria) ‘Bayan Layi’ from Per Contra, Issue 25 (USA, 2012) Tope Folarin (Nigeria) ‘Miracle’ from Transition, Issue 109 (Bloomington, 2012) […]

Source: Photo Pin Have you ever dreamed of travelling through Greenland, camera in hand, capturing all that the breathtaking country has to offer? Well get shooting, because the 2013 Travel Photography Scholarship could be sending you there! This is your opportunity to explore Greenland while being mentored by National Geographic photographer, Jason Edwards. The 10-day […]

FEMRITE in partnership with Karavan – Sweden is calling for submissions for the 5th Residency for African Women Writers. The residency program will last be held from 18th – 30th November 2013. The main aim of the residency is to give women space to concentrate on their writing. The 2-week residency will give selected writers […]

Source:  Saraba Mag Is it possible to represent what is truly Africa? Despite often limiting monolithic images and themes representing “the dark continent”;  Keguro Macharia discusses Something Else Not Violence, Sefi Atta shares a chapter from her novel and Jeroen Evers shares photographs of Daily Life in Algeria. Download the Africa Issue HERE. You can also send in submissions for the […]

Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos,organized by award winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from August 6 to August 16 2013. The workshop is sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc. Guest writers, including the Caine Prize-winning Kenyan writer, Binyavanga Wainaina will co-teach the workshop alongside Adichie. The […]