[The JRB Daily] 2020 South African Literary Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2020 South African Literary Awards have been announced. The winning writers were announced in a virtual…
The winners of the 2020 South African Literary Awards have been announced. The winning writers were announced in a virtual…
Irish author Anna Burns has won the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award—known as the world’s richest annual literary prize—for her…
Update 25 Sep 20: Serpell has donated her prize money to bail funds for protestors in the United States who…
The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed—and includes two African authors for the first time in years: Tsitsi Dangarembga…
British author Maggie O’Farrell has been announced as the winner of this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, for her novel…
Acclaimed Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga was reportedly arrested this morning during a protest in Harare. Update: Dangarembga has…
The longlist for the Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced, including Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga and Ethiopian–American author Maaza…
Irenosen Okojie has won the AKO Caine Prize for African writing, for her story ‘Grace Jones’. Announcing the award, chair…
Saaleha Idrees Bamjee has been announced as the winner of this year’s Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry for her…
The four books shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry have been announced. The prize, one of South…
Yesterday, the winners of this year’s annual Media24 Books Literary Prizes were announced. When The JRB published the news this…
Header image: Jonny Steinberg, Trevor Sacks, Zirk van den Berg, Loftus Marais, Edyth Bulbring, Fanie Viljoen, Theodore Key The winners…
The shortlist for the 34th Arthur C Clarke Award has been announced, including The Old Drift by Zambian author Namwali…
Moroccan author Youssouf Amine Elalamy has won the second annual Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique, for his novel C’est…
The regional winners of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, known as the world’s ‘most global literature prize’, have been…
The shortlist for the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced, including ‘The Neighbourhood Watch’ by Rémy…
The shortlists for the 2020 Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans have been announced. The Nommo Awards are presented…
Header image: Elvira Espejo Ayca, Zukiswa Wanner and Ian McEwan Writer, publisher and curator Zukiswa Wanner has been awarded the…
The shortlist for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The prize, now in its twenty-fifth year, aims…
The longlists for the 2020 Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans have been announced. The Nommo Awards are presented…
Header image: The Africa shortlist, Aba Asibon (Ghana), Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Nigeria), Caleb Ozovehe Ajinomoh (Nigeria), Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane (South…
The six finalists for the 2020 Prix Orange du Livre en Afrique have been announced. The prize aims to promote…
South African poet Mangaliso Buzani has been announced as the winner of the African Poetry Book Fund’s 2019 Glenna Luschei…
The six-book shortlist for the 2020 International Booker Prize has been revealed. For the second year running, the shortlist is…
South African writer Jarred Thompson has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Afritondo Short Story Prize for his…
The shortlist for the 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced, including South African author Marguerite Poland,…
Header image: Top row, left to right: Anne Boyer (non-fiction), Julia Cho (drama), Aleshea Harris (drama), and Bhanu Kapil (poetry);…
The winners of the 2020 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards (HSS Awards) have been announced. The awards, now in their…
The longlisted books for the 2020 International Booker Prize have been revealed, featuring translations from eight languages, originating in Europe,…
The shortlists for the 2020 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards (HSS Awards) have been announced. The awards, now in their…
Shaun Johnson, award-winning author and renowned anti-apartheid journalist, has died, aged sixty. Johnson passed away suddenly on Monday, 24 February,…
Rešoketšwe Manenzhe has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, for her novel manuscript Scatterlings….
Mohale Mashigo has received the inaugural Philida Literary Award, named in honour of the late author André Brink’s final published…
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its panel of judges for 2020, and a new sponsorship deal. …
This December marked the The JRB’s thirty-second issue, the final issue of our third volume. With the new year—but not…
The winners have been announced for the University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English. The 2019 edition of…
Twelve African writers have been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for…
Poet and activist Sandile Dikeni died in Cape Town on Saturday, it has been widely reported. Dikeni was the author…
The 2019 South African Literary Awards winners were announced tonight at a gala ceremony in Johannesburg, with The JRB’s nominees—Editor…
The new episode of our books show Read This! is out now—find out what’s hot in the world of literature!…