WE ARE OPEN FOR NONFICTION SUBMISSIONS We're looking for creative nonfiction exploring the known & unknown from Namibian & African writers & those of African descent. CLOSING DATE: midnight on Tues, 30 Sept 2025. Submission guidelines: doeklitmag.com/submissions/

Guerillas and Combative Mothers - Prof. Siphokazi Magadla 📍Reserved Café, Melville, Johannesburg #bookclubsaturdays #nonfiction #thejozibookclub

📚Cheeky Preview📚 “ I, like you, love rebellious women. I love women who don't follow the rules.” — Mubanga Kalimamukwento Coming this Friday!

Season 2 of the 2-5-1 Poetry Salon is here! Join us for the second episode, featuring the talented Buhlebendalo Mda. Venue: The Forge RSVP: [email protected]

I’m glad FB: Jacana Media is republishing "Gatsha Buthelezi: Chief with a Double Agenda" by ANC thinker Mzala (Jabulani Nxumalo). In 1988 Buthelezi threatened legal action, so it circulated underground in South Africa. In this 2021 photo, Buthelezi holds the very book he once tried

Troy Onyango (Troy Onyango) Joins 2026 International Booker Prize (The Booker Prizes) Judging Panel jaylit.com/troy-onyango-j…

🎉 Kgosi Bookshelf turns 3 & to celebrate, the R50 Book Sale is now LIVE! Browse the catalogue now featuring curated list of limited edition & iconic books. Diversify your book collection by clicking this link, get it before it’s gone kgosibookshelf.com

Meet the winners of the 2025 Isele Prizes! Josiah Ikpe's “Not Like Other Boys” wins the Isele Short Story Prize. Tolu Daniel’s '“Notes of a Nonresident Alien” wins the Isele Nonfiction Prize. Fatima Abdullahi's “Three Poems” wins the Isele Poetry Prize iselemagazine.com/2025/06/27/the…

We know you've been itching to hear the news... Congratulations to Unathi Slasha, the winner of the Iskanchi Book Prize 2025! ✨📚 His award-winning story, ‘The Hollow Sound Of Lightweight Bodies,’ will be published by Iskanchi Press.

🎙️Cheeky Preview🎙️ "What does it mean to grow and find yourself when the world thinks it knows you already? Tune into our conversation with @onyiwrites to explore this and more in our latest podcast episode! 🎧📚 #PodcastLove #Literature #Onyiwrites #CheekyNatives

Creating reading corners for children in your community is a perfect way to spend your 67 minutes this Mandela Day. You need a cardboard box for a bookshelf, a few children's storybooks, and a blanket and pillows to sit on. Engaging local volunteers to help set up these spaces

Preferring only to read Black&African literature does not box me. Africa is not a monolith&there are over 2k cultures. I read Black&African literature because it's underrepresented and it also makes me feel at home. I love that it comes in different genres&I champion new writers.

This, and going to the theatre. Please go to the theatre, you’ll go home thinking “Why haven’t I been doing this before”. It’s such a grown and sexy night out.

It’s my book anniversary today. 7•8•2019

Submissions are officially open, and we’re inviting writers to explore 'A Day in the Life'. We’re offering £100 for accepted stories, and the deadline to submit is Friday, October 17th. Read all about it, and get involved: afreada.com/submissions

“literary magazines can be life-changing – but they need more support” theguardian.com/books/2023/oct…

for the past three years we have seen close to a dozen litmags shut down or scale down with all citing rising production costs and limited or no funding. ambit, astra, white review, bad form, five dials, catapult, believer, apex, etc have all gone.

SWEET HEAT🍭🔥 out today in 🇺🇸! Yearning, tension, growth, MESS, spice, wedding szn, a chaotic trip that makes it out the groupchat, the question of spinning the block, friendship drama and self evolution! Let's go! Link in bio! (If you're in the UK, it's already out!)

The Comrades Wife has received the following accolades: *The Sunday Times Literary Awards longlistee *The UJ Prize for South African Writing’s Main Prize shortlistee *The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa shortlistee 50% off till Friday, 5 September. jacana.co.za/product/the-co…

🎙️Cheeky Preview🎙️ Get ready for an insightful discussion on "Braids and Migraines" by Andile Cele. We're talking mental health and resilience, with plenty of black girl joy. Check out our 100th episode on Friday! #HealingThroughStories #CheekyNatives #BlackLiterature