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The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival 2026, themed “The Architecture of Our Stories,” will be held from July 9 – 11, 2026, in Enugu, Nigeria. The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival is a literary and artistic gathering held in Igbo land, Nigeria, named after the fictional village in Chinua Achebe’s iconic 1958 novel Things Fall […]
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Kevin Young was declared the winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize 2026 in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a collection of poetry written in or translated into English. Founded in 2000 by Canadian businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin, the prize has two […]
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“Read Caribbean Month,” dedicated to reading books by Caribbean writers, kicked off on Monday, June 1, 2026. In 2019, Jamaican-born, Trinidad and Tobago–based Cindy Allman, who ran the Book of Cinz Instagram page, announced June as “Read Caribbean Month.” With June already recognized as Caribbean-American Heritage Month in the USA, the initiative encouraged people to […]
...Yehia Fekry has been named to the shortlist for the International Publishers Association (IPA) Prix Voltaire 2026, announced in Lillehammer, Norway, on Monday, June 1, 2026. The IPA Prix Voltaire is awarded to publishers who provide authors with the means to disseminate their written ideas, assuming the same risks as the writers themselves. It honors […]
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The shortlist for the third edition of the Ubwali Hope Prize was announced on Monday, June 1, 2026. Ubwali is a literary magazine founded in 2023 by Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Mbozi Haimbe, and Fiske Nyirongo to showcase Zambian short fiction, essays, poetry, and visual art by Zambian and African artists. Its first edition was published in […]
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