Cave Canem Foundation will host a Legacy Conversation with South African Poet Laureate Mongane Wally Serote on October 8, ...

The Wisconsin Book Festival returns to Madison for its 25th anniversary edition, running October 15–18 across venues ...

Imbolo Mbue will launch her new novel, Every Story Is a Love Story, at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn on October 7, 2026, in conversation with National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson. The ...

We’re officially in the last quarter of the year, and hopefully, the reading is still going. Maybe you’re still making your way through the TBR list you made in January, or perhaps you’ve abandoned it ...

Zimbabwean poet Chioniso Tsikisayi has published her debut collection, Blood Joy, through Carnelian Heart Publishing, ...

Nigerian poet Rasaq Malik Gbolahan is a finalist for the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize, shortlisted for his poem ...

The wait is finally over, and the internet is losing its mind. Chimeka Garricks, author of the beloved novel Tomorrow Died ...

Callaloo, the premier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, has released a new issue, Volume 44, Number 3, Summer 2026, bringing together fiction, poetry, visual art, ...

The Poetic Wednesdays Initiative has announced the third edition of the Kano International Poetry Festival (KAPFEST), running ...

My breath catches, and the knife I’m holding clangs onto the chopping board. I stare at Salim struggling with his tiny puzzle in his corner of the kitchen, oblivious to the weight of his words. “Daddy ...