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Three African books made the 2026 British Book Awards shortlists! Chimamanda Adichie's DREAM COUNT, Oyinkan Braithwaite's CURSED DAUGHTERS, and Marcia Hutchinson's THE MERCY STEP. Winners will be announced May 11! 🏆📚 brittlepaper.com/2026/03/chimam…

@CassavaRepublic @Marciathewriter @WomensPrize Congratulations!🎊🥳🎉

🗣️The Mercy Step by @Marciathewriter has been LONGLISTED for the 2026 @WomensPrize for Fiction! We always knew! Congratulations to Marcia and all 16 longlisted authors and publishers. What a list to be on.

The Book Buzz Foundation is accepting applications for the Nigeria Picture Book Project, 12-month EU-funded program training writers aged 21-30 to create children's picture books. Part of the goal to publish 100 Nigerian picture books by 2027 @bookbuzzNG brittlepaper.com/2026/03/apply-…

Congratulations to four African and African diaspora writers are finalists for the 2026 LA Times Book Prizes! ✨@Nnedi Okorafor and Adam Oyebanji (Sci-Fi/Fantasy), @EkowEshun (Biography), and @HannSawyerr (YA) 📚 @latimesfob brittlepaper.com/2026/02/four-a…

Thrilled to reveal the fabulous cover designed by @danmog for the next Kamil Rahman thriller : The Patriot. (No St George's flags but we do have ravens. And Anjoli). Out next year... penguin.co.uk/books/468817/t… @harvillbooks @CasssieBrowne @surjitparekh615

Every story reveals who a character truly is when they’re under pressure. If you want depth, don’t protect your characters. Test them.

On the weekend I spent a couple of hours outside a shopping centre with other concerned locals in my area raising awareness of planned cuts to our libraries. If we want to save them we need to make the powers-that-be aware of how important they are to our communities.

The CWA Crime Writers' Clinics are BACK! Join industry experts and bestselling authors to take your craft to the next level! Workshops are free for CWA members and £15 for non-members. Find out more at: thecwa.co.uk/cwa-events/

@LiljaWriter Congratulations dear Lilja!

My new book ∀LFA is out in Iceland. I’m deeply grateful and humbled to see this book find its place in the world. #∀lfa #newbook #thriller

The CWA Crime Writers' Clinics are BACK! Join industry experts and bestselling authors to take your craft to the next level! Workshops are free for CWA members and £15 for non-members. Find out more at: thecwa.co.uk/cwa-events/

I've been sitting on SOME news: IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS is coming to a cinema near you soon! Absolutely delighted to be working with the delightful Izmerai and Sarah to bring Mona’s Lahore to the big screen. Exclusive announcement in Variety: variety.com/2025/film/news…

Met Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at Cheltenham Festival. A brief moment, a lasting spark. #CheltenhamLiteratureFestival #WritersLife

DEADLINE 30 Sep - Just days left to enter this initiative by @JoffeBooks . A very worthwhile list of prizes on offer for synopsis & first 10000 words of a crime novel. If you know someone who might benefit from entering, do let them know. Details: joffebooks.com/prize-2025

🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨 Looking to break into publishing? My previous assistants have gone on to become agents & commissioning editors; this is the perfect route to learn the industry. 📚 Come and work with me – @GoldsboroBooks / @DHHlitagency If you love books and reading, have excellent organisational skills, and are a great communicator, this is a terrific opportunity. 👉 Apply now / Spread the word! Apply: enquiries@dhhliteraryagency.com

@WoolwichLibrary @kl_pearson @GreenwichLibs @Royal_Greenwich @Better_UK Congratulations Kingsley, I wish I could be there. I will find another way to get my signed copy.

Only two weeks until author @kl_pearson visits #WoolwichLibrary! Find out all about his thriller set in Woolwich! Get tickets by scanning the QR code or through eventbrite here: bit.ly/4nazjXi 🔎 @GreenwichLibs @Royal_Greenwich @Better_UK #LoveYourLibrary

@ajaychow 😂

Delhi does bring unexpected joys sometimes...

@McCallSmith I’m looking forward to hearing you at Wimbledon book fest in October.

The Great Hippopotamus Hotel, the latest No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel, is now out in paperback in the UK! A chance meeting with the manager of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel leads Precious Ramotswe to investigate what is going wrong with this previously successful hotel.

EC: We're pleased to announce the 12 titles which have made the Longlist for the Petrona Award 2025 for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. petronaaward.co.uk/2025/08/the-pe… #PetronaAward #translationthurs #scandicrimefic

It was great chatting with you, Ajay.