Kalpna Rajput is the poet, translator, reviewer, editor and co-author of several books. She is the Assistant Editor of literary e-zine www.creativesapling.com. Her poems, articles and papers have appeared in different journals of India and abroad. She has edited several books on poetry and criticism. Her recent book Remapping The Female Map: Jhumpa Lahiri and Manju Kapur is published from…
Writing Lives, a collection of short stories, featuring Lawrence Hoba, Tendai Huchu, Tendai Machingaidze, Nevanji Madanhire, Daniel Mandishona, Christopher Mlalazi, Blessing Musariri, Chiedza Musengezi, Sekai Nzenza, Fungisayi Sasa and Emmanuel Sigauke. Writing Lives is the seventh of Weaver’s anthologies of short stories following Writing Still, Writing Now, Laughing Now, Women Writing Zimbabwe, Mazambuko and Writing Free. As with the other anthologies, this vibrant…
Now in its 5th year, the Golden Baobab Prizes for African children’s literature were established in July 2008 to inspire the creation of enthralling African children’s stories by gifted African writers. The prizes invite entries of unpublished stories written by African citizens irrespective of age, race, or country of origin. Formerly known as the Baobab Prize, the Golden…
Tinashe Muchuri reports on the Harare Launch of “We Need New Names” Stories come from people and communities, said NoViolet Bulawayo at the Zimbabwe launch of her debut novel “We Need New Names”, which took place at the British Council offices in Harare. The launch was attended by over 100 people, who included writers, book reviewers, family members, high school and…
The shortlist for the 2013 Writivism competition has been announced today Friday 02 August 2013. The Chair of judges, writer Zukiswa Wanner said, “using the democratic ‘majority rules’, the shortlist stands as follows (in no certain order): Nassanga Rashidah Sarah, The Sidewalk Anthea Paelo, Picture Frames Kathryn Kazibwe, Together Emmeline Bisiikwa, The Shadow Paul Kisakye, Emotional Roller Coaster“…
Accra, July 26th, 2013 – The Golden Baobab Prizes for African children’s literature has ended the call for submissions to its 5th annual edition of the prizes. This year, Golden Baobab introduced three prizes: The Golden Baobab Prize for Early Chapter Books, The Golden Baobab Prize for Picture Books and the Golden Baobab Prize for…
Free writing contests are becoming rarer, but quite a few of the African ones don’t require an entry fee. Here is one of them. Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition is a monthly short contest, which welcomes entries from writers across the continent and the Diaspora. They accept stories from non-African nationals provided the stories are contextually set…
Due to the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe, the dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair have revised. Originally scheduled to run from July 31st to August 3rd, the ZIBF will now run from September 30th to October 5th. This year’s theme is ” Enabling Creativity, Writing, Publishing and Reading for Africa’s Growth”. Poet Musaemura Zimunya, in a message to…
The 2013 WriTivism Festival will take place from August 15 to 19 in Kampala, Uganda, and its theme is “The African Continental Writer, Reader and Publisher”. It will feature writers from countries like Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and others on the continent. “The festival focuses on progress and prospects rather than challenges and problems,”…
There is a lot of literary activity on the ground in Zimbabwe. New voices are eager to enter the world stage, to be heard, to tell their stories. Rise they should, these voices, because Zimbabwe is a rich literary landscape. New platforms are cropping up, taking advantage of the web Web technologies and the access to…
