Please switch off your alarms before a long haul flight. We’re tired of being woken up at 11pm/4pm/whatever the time is in the skies🫤

I am happy to have been selected to collaborate with other African feminist creatives! I can't wait for the publication of this anthology. #themakingsofrevolutionaryhope

Shoutout to these incredible storytellers here! And this is just a sliver of the talent. Sue Nyathi What’s Rudo Reading? Rumbidzai Non-practising Zimbabwean☝️🏾😌 (T.L.) Tendai Huchu Petina Gappah Rue Mercy Dhliwayo (Sista X) #SiphiweGloriaNdlovu #NoVioletBulawayo #NovuyoRosaTshuma #BhalaWriters

Today's short story is "Anxiety of Living" by Rutendo Chichaya. #AfricanFiction buff.ly/3IyeqDa

“This is a revolutionary piece of work” ~ Rutendo Chichaya (poet) talking about (our NAMA-nominated) Tesserae and her other works on ZTN last month. We celebrate you Rutendo 🧡📚

#LoveandFury I am so looking forward to being in conversation with @MargieOrford as we unpack her life story in her scintillating memoir published by Jonathan Ball Publishers Join us for the book launch at Love Books Spread the love!! #Lovebooks #Booklovers #newbookalert #booklaunch

#BhalaWriters - we're back after an unplanned (but needed) hiatus🌻 Join us as we welcome our first #WriterSpotlight guest of 2024 this Saturday: Yomisola Shekoni, a newly published children's book author! 📅: April 6 ⏰: 7pm SAST 📍: Instagram Live #ComeWriteAlong

Counting down! #WinterABC24

Not only is June birthday month for one of our founders... it's also a great time to connect with our #AfroBloggers community through writing. Get involved! #WinterABC

Attention, all writers! Submissions are now open for the Umuọfià Arts and Books Festival Anthology. Submit poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and essays centered on the theme of "Rebirth" by June 30 for a chance to be included in the anthology! buff.ly/3V3QgWY

It's a new month and #WinterABC24 is live! Are you up for the challenge? AfroBloggers #WritingCommunity #AfricanWriters #BhalaWriters #ComeWriteAlong afrobloggers.org/introducing-th…

Week 2, let's go! #WinterABC24

friendly reminder that my debut novel about a Yorùbá woman viciously climbing the ranks of power in a Medieval West African warrior society came out earlier this month 🫶🏽 us.macmillan.com/books/97812509…

Do you know a talented writer? Show them this! 👇 The 2025 #CWprize will open for entries on 1 September 2024! It is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. See more 🔗👇 commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-pr…

Looking forward to this conversation, Simba Kundizeza! Friends, come through on Insta Live: 📅Friday, August 30 ⏰18:00 CAT (save the date and don't let timezones dribble you😉) See you then!

It's all about the writing this week, folks, so get your notepads out! Check them out: Simba Kundizeza Bhala Writers instagram.com/bhalawriters/ BRITTLE PAPER #BhalaWriters #ComeWriteAlong #africanwriters #islandprize #BrittlePaper #IslandPrize #KarenJennings #AfricanWriters

ICYMI: after a glitchy start, we finally had the honor of welcoming Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza to the Bhala stage! Tune in for some gems - and a reading by the award-winning author from his #IslandPrize-winning manuscript🙌🏾

“And I think at some point, I realized that if I was going to live the life I wanted, I had to be fine with the idea of being a disappointing daughter.” - Charity in ‘Who Will Bury You?’ by C.T. Muchemwa, PhD

Got your copy yet? (We have😉)

Congratulations and happy belated pub day Rumbidzai! Get your copies, friends🎉