What does it mean to navigate multiple worlds while searching for home? Read an excerpt from THE GLOOMY GIRL VARIETY SHOW: A Memoir by Freda Epum. Freda Epum Feminist Press brittlepaper.com/2025/08/excerp…

And the Heavens Wept With Me | Fiction by Adejoke Adekunle Alagba. A haunting tale of unrequited love. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/and-th…

🎉 It’s here! The African Book Fair 2025 is in full swing at Maktaba Kuu, KNLS, hosted by SomaNamiBooks. Come join the celebration of African stories! brittlepaper.com/2025/06/the-af…

"The Anatomist's Dream", an attention-grabbing work of poetry by Zizipho Godana. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/the-an…

Female writers in Sokoto, your moment is here! The Queen Amina Short Story Prize returns, courtesy of Sokoto Book And Arts Festival. Submit your story by Aug 13, 2025. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/queen-…

Jennifer Makumbi + a stellar lineup of African literary voices will light up the 2025 Kampala Writes (Kampala Writes Lit Fest) Literature Festival! 📚 Aug 15–17. #KampalaWrites2025 brittlepaper.com/2025/08/jennif…

Thanks for the shout out BRITTLE PAPER Can't to see you guys this weekend!!!✨📅📚

Doreen Masika’s White Islands captures the tension of meeting your lover’s parents and the struggle for acceptance. A fiction worth reading. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/white-…

Spotted: Ayo Edebiri looking smitten… with Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola (Bolu Babalola). brittlepaper.com/2025/08/hollyw…

Joyful and cultural African Picture Books for 2025: Àlàbá Ònájìn - Oh No, Ojó! booksbybernardkmensah - Kente for Jojo Razeena Omar Gutta - Ramadan on Rahma Road Adiba Nelson - Oshún and Me Masobe Books Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name - Luvvie Ajayi Jones brittlepaper.com/2025/08/5-new-…

Lambda Literary Awards Celebrate 37 Years with African Voices Across Categories. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/lambda…

In Message in a Bottle, Daniel Aôndona crafts poetry that drifts between fear and anxiety, each line a tide pulling you in. Read it here. #BrittlePaperPoetry brittlepaper.com/2025/08/messag…

The Integrity Organisation invites submissions for its 30th Anniversary Art 4 Integrity Competition, themed The Integrity Generation: Reimagining Nigeria Through Art. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/submit…

A powerful reimagining of the 1929 Aba Women’s War, Tomilola Adejumo’s Letters from Aba Women is a worthy read. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/letter…

Photos: Brittle Paper Panels and Pure Harlem Magic at Schomburg Literary Festival. SchomburgCenter Chigozie Obioma (an author & woli) Akotz Iris Mwanza brittlepaper.com/2025/08/inside…

Omenana Magazine Omenana speculative fiction magazine Issue 33 Explores Transformation and Myth Through African Speculative Lenses. #AfricanSpeculativeFiction brittlepaper.com/2025/08/omenan…

Kweku Abimbola Kweku Abimbola 🇬🇲🇬🇭🇳🇬 Named 2025 Poet Laureate Fellow by Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets, Awarded $50K. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/gambia…

Your support can take African stories global: Donate to the African Translation Project here. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/suppor…

M.H. Ayinde’s A Song of Legends Lost promises an experience steeped in wonder, legend, and suspense. Read an excerpt here. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/excerp…

Today's poetry by Sapphire Mclaniyi-Agbley, For I Know Not What I Do. brittlepaper.com/2025/08/for-i-…