Your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. We bring you all the latest news on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle.

Joined July 2010
3,591 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
✨ BP 100 Notable African Books of 2025 are here! 🎉 27 countries. New voices. Romance speculative fiction on the rise. African & indie publishers leading the way. In spite of all the challenges, the culture is doing more than just okay👏🏿 Full list 👇📚 brittlepaper.com/100-notable…
73
151
22,409
“I have been waiting my entire career to publish full on fantasy.” Akwaeke Emezi’s ECLIPSE & THE WOLF arrives February 2, 2027 from Harper Voyager. Prepare for a dark epic fantasy of rival clans, devastating betrayals, and brutal power struggles 🥀🌒 brittlepaper.com/2026/06/new…
3
148
A new national poetry prize has arrived in Nigeria. POPALS is asking poets aged 12 to 35 to imagine “The Nigeria of Our Dreams,” with ₦2,000,000 in prizes. Submissions open June 10 to 24 🖋️💭 brittlepaper.com/2026/06/nig…₦1000000-each-submit-by-june-24/
15
41
1,941
Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s BLESSINGS, in Dutch translation as ZEGENINGEN, is nominated for the Netherlands’ Beste Boek voor Jongeren 2026. The winner will be chosen entirely by a jury of teenage readers and announced Sept. 20 🏆 Congratulations @ChukwuebukaIbe4 ! brittlepaper.com/2026/06/chu…
4
12
533
The 8th African Book Festival Berlin wrapped this weekend after three days of panels, screenings, book clubs, and poetry at tak Kreuzberg. This year’s programme was shaped by open calls and public voting, a festival built by its own community 📖🎤 brittlepaper.com/2026/06/pic…
2
7
438
“Done well, with integrity and the celebration of writers at the centre of all, prizes provide an archive of our culture/s, a chance to introduce new voices, and an opportunity for the judges to curate a reading list that will extend the reach of the work.” - Ellah Wakatama
With over 25 years of experience as a publisher, Ellah Wakatama OBE is our Chair of Judges for the 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize. Read our Q&A with her on our website, discussing the role of prizes in the current literary landscape and more. buff.ly/bYtoZOX
1
10
984
BRITTLE PAPER retweeted
“One of the things that intrigue me whenever reading work by diasporic writers is that they are drawing from the same epistemological space as the African writers on the continent.” — Goretti Kyomuhendo (via @brittlepaper)
5
10
543
BRITTLE PAPER retweeted
Go read @Maenad20's critical review of Oyin Braithwaite's latest, Cursed Daughters out from @brittlepaper. The Nigerian literary ecosystem needs more honest, critical reviews of books, and this is one of them. See here: brittlepaper.com/2026/06/the…
1
10
28
2,448
BRITTLE PAPER retweeted
throwback to our launch party : ) Brittle Paper will forever be known in history as a pivotal part of documenting and archiving within the African literary scene/space.
Last month @NoisyStreetss hosted a launch party at @TheFreeMeSpace1 for their debut anthology A MAN AND A WOMAN & OTHER STORIES 🎉 A platform amplifying young African voices, Noisy Streetss celebrated with music, performances, and more! See highlights 👇 brittlepaper.com/2025/01/lov…
2
9
552
BRITTLE PAPER retweeted
So True!
“I genuinely think that book influencers are, to some extent, shouldering the work of marketing in Nigeria today.” @IkechukwuChielo makes the case for book influencing as a serious literary practice in our latest interview. 🎙️ brittlepaper.com/2026/06/boo…
1
3
353