Third month as an editorial fellow at Tender Photo. My latest post features the work of Cabo Verdean photographer Vadu Rodrigues. Read here: tenderphoto.substack.com/p/vadu-rodrigu…

We are pleased to welcome Leye Adenle (Leye Adenle) who will be joining us as a Tutor. Leye will teach a masterclass on Crime Fiction in September.

Check details here and sign up:
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this is your sign to watch 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (2019) expeditiously!

How it started v. How it's going. OBSESSED with my cover! If you haven't already, please pre-order my collection here Obligations to the Wounded: Stories (Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize) a.co/d/hcjnvdK
U Pittsburgh Press

There are only FIVE SPACES LEFT in 'P.’s ‘Elements of Short Fiction’ class. Sign up now to join and be part of the class.
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“the deep furrows on her face feeling less like signs of frailty and more like existential facts; she seems eternal, like the earth around her.”

Third month as an editorial fellow at Tender Photo. My latest post features the work of Cabo Verdean photographer Vadu Rodrigues. Read here: tenderphoto.substack.com/p/vadu-rodrigu…

It's pub day! My debut short story collection, Perfect Little Angels, is out in 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇦 today. Sitting on bookshelves in stores. Shipping from warehouses to cozy new homes. If you pre-ordered a copy, thank you. It'll be with you soon.

An opportunity I am exceedingly excited to promote:

Call for proposals from Nigerian researchers to use archives of the Nigerian left to produce new research/narratives. 500 euros grant.

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📣 Calling all African women non-fiction writers! Apply to join us in Johannesburg, South Africa this July for a 10-day writing workshop designed to refine your craft and have your final essay published in the anthology, 'TABOO' by #CassavaRepublicPress .

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Speculative Fiction class by Wole Talabi academy.lolwe.org/class/speculat…

Screenwriting class with Dilman Dila academy.lolwe.org/class/screenwr…

Magical Realism & Surrealism class with TJ Benson academy.lolwe.org/class/magical-…

Plot, Subplot & Characterisation class with Zukiswa Wanner academy.lolwe.org/class/plot-sub…

Elements of Short Fiction class with ‘Pemi Aguda academy.lolwe.org/class/elements…

Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction class with Suyi Davies Okungbowa academy.lolwe.org/class/worldbui…

In our latest interview, author and scholar Claudia Efemini speaks to literary interviewer sallyhad about her historical novella, “A Letter Away From Asaba”. The author shares her views on epistolary writing, systemic abuse of power, and more. It’s a must-read! ✨

Glad to announce that I will be serving as a mentor for this year’s Sprinng Writing Fellowship. Visit sprinng.org/writing-fellow… to learn more and apply by April 15!

#2024SprinngMentor

I stay up at night sometimes thinking about the movement in chapter six of Teju Cole's Tremor.

I wrote a flash as part of the rollout for Vincent Anioke 's debut; 'Perfect Little Angels'. This is the first piece of fiction I've written in almost two years (that's how much I love this debut!). So go ahead and pre-order the book.
vincentanioke.com/witness