Launch! Edmonton! African Urban Echoes: A Poetry Anthology Featuring: Jide Salawu Peter Midgely and others

We are excited to announce this launch event. For folks in YEG, we are reading at Henderson Hall Rutherford Library, FEB 18, 2025. Doing things with Peter Midgley, WriteHER, and Anindita Mukherjee. More launching event announcements soon!

Updates from Bibi Ukonu and Griots Lounge CA 🇨🇦 Starting the year with two books from Griots Lounge! youtu.be/TMQ-iXTa3Uw?si… via YouTube

We wish to let our esteemed visitors and customers know that our website is not available as it is under maintenance. We are bringing you better experience and interactivity with our website. You can please order our titles from our distributor via utpdistribution.com

Title: When Tomorrow Beckons Author: Ebidenyefa Tarila-Nikade ISBN: 978-978-771-284-9 Year: 2025 Loss may not be a stranger to humanity, but nothing prepares Edevie for the devastation of losing the man she loves and intends to marry in the most grueling manner. #

Yesterday, we launched African Urban Echoes at the University of Edmonton! Congratulations to Jide Salawu and Rasaq Malik Gbọ́láhàn. Congratulations to all the contributing poets. You can now grab your copy from our website: griotslounge.ca/product/africa… We deliver fast 💨

‘African Urban Echoes’ Edmonton’s Bestselling Poetry Book!

Our website is back and ready to deliver individual orders! For minor and bulk orders in Canada and the United States, contact the University of Toronto Press Distribution (UTP), and reach out to African Books Collective (ABC) for deliveries around Europe.

Cover Art Reveal! Title: Please Don’t Interrupt Edited by Rona Altrows & Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike Publishing Date: November, 2025 Pre-Order Now! griotslounge.ca/product/please…

The poet and editor, Jide Salawu, was seen yesterday signing copies of AFRICAN URBAN ECHOES (edited by Jide Salawu and Rasaq Malik) at Audreys Books in Edmonton. You can get these signed copies at the bookstore! Griots Lounge, 2025

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The Longlist Is Here! We’re proud to unveil the 2025 Longlist for the Nigeria Prize for Literature—a celebration of powerful stories, unforgettable characters, and the literary brilliance that defines our heritage. #TheNigeriaPrizeForLiterature #Longlist2025

The Nigeria Prize for Literature Congratulations Griots Lounge CA 🇨🇦 GriotsLoungeNG

Honoured to be on this long list with these amazing writers and friends. Super pleased for Masobe Books who dominated this list. A testament to the incredible work they have been doing in publishing. #NLNGPrize

We are still celebrating this fantastic news. Congratulations to Michael Afenfia and us! Thanks to the The Nigeria Prize for Literature!

From Yenagoa to Saskatoon, Michael Afenfia’s fiction travels far but always stays grounded in the human experience. Discovering his work and let’s get to know the mind behind Leave My Bones in Saskatoon. #TheNigeriaPrizeForLiterature #NPL2025 #2025LongList Michael Afenfia

The first and only proof copy of Leave My Bones in Saskatoon (a novel) by Michael Afenfia. Published by Griots Lounge CA 🇨🇦 in 2023, longlisted by the 2025 The Nigeria Prize for Literature.