Dearest Fierce, Gentle, Enthusiastic Readers, we are back! 🥳🥳 Oyinkan Braithwaite is going on tour with her latest novel, Cursed Daughters!
We thank you for your understanding following the postponement of the tour last December. We are happy to announce that the tour is back this June, and Oyinkan will be visiting multiple cities to read and sign her book, and interact with readers.
The tour kicks off in Lagos at The MUSON on 19 June 2026. Tickets are now available via the link in our bio; get yours quickly and tell your friends.
See you there!
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Abuja, are you ready for literary goodness? Oyinkan Braithwaite will be in Abuja on 27 June as part of the Cursed Daughters book tour across major Nigerian cities!
Happening at Rovingheights Bookstore, Garki, Oyinkan will be reading and signing her latest novel, Cursed Daughters. Save the date and buy a ticket (or five!) using the link in our bio. Group tickets are also available for friends and book clubs.
Get your copies of Cursed Daughters on our website and in bookstores. You can also buy the book on the day of the reading.
Coming soon: Instances of Exceptional Moments of Hunger: Stories from the CANEX Creative Writing Workshop 2024, edited by Eghosa Imasuen
In August 2024, African writers from the continent and the diaspora gathered in Aburi, Ghana, for the inaugural CANEX Creative Writing Workshop, a programme under Afreximbank's CANEX Book Factory initiative. The purpose was to give emerging African prose writers a protected space for craft, discipline and growth.
This anthology is the result of that workshop, and we are excited to announce that the print edition will be released across Africa this June!
The anthology was released internationally on Amazon in January 2026. Get 15% off when you pre-order the print edition on our website (link in bio).
"This anthology contains nineteen stories, speaking across recurring human pressures: longing, hunger, faith, violence, tenderness, shame, desire, survival, memory. Hunger takes many forms here, and these writers show the restraint and courage to leave a wound open on the page and trust the reader to feel it." - Eghosa Imasuen, anthology editor
Contributors:
Audrey Obuobisa-Darko | Basma Jaheen | Benjamin Cyril Arthur | Denise Westfield | Eduardo Quive | Evelyn Gachuchu | H. B. Asari | Israel Campos | Jason Kooper | Jazz Sanchez | Keletso Thobega | Lucky Grace Isingizwe | Mercy Chipukunya | Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Miora Rakotomalala | Nabunya Hadijjah Sebunyah | Rigwell Addison Asiedu | Salma Elnour | Uzoma Ihejirika
#NarrativeLandscapePress #EghosaImasuen #CANEXAnthology #CANEXCreativeWritingWorkshop #AfricanWriters
Wonderful update on Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters book tour this June: You can now get group tickets for the Lagos and Abuja events, and at a discount! 🥳
Now you have another reason to attend with your family, friends, partners, colleagues, and reading communities.
Tickets are available on Tix (link in bio). Get yours now and tell everyone! We can't wait to see you there.
What makes a story unforgettable?
A scene that lingers long after the final page.
Last Wednesday at @provisionskenya , writers gathered for our very first *Scenes: The Heart of Stories* workshop facilitated by @eimasuen and what unfolded was nothing short of electric. From breaking down powerful scenes to workshopping original pieces, the room was filled with insight, curiosity, laughter, and the kind of storytelling magic that reminds us why stories matter.
For many budding writers, it was a rare opportunity to have their work read, challenged, and sharpened by an acclaimed author, editor, and publisher whose words continue to shape contemporary African literature.
The first chapter of this workshop series closes here, but the conversations and the stories are only just beginning.
#nlpea #narrativelandscapepress #ourstoriesourway
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Are you an African publisher?
Then this one is for you.
Back for its 3rd edition, The CANEX Book Factory Prize for Publishing is calling on all Africa and Caribbean - domiciled publishers to submit the titles they have worked to bring to market.
To enter, your submission must meet the following:
📚 Books initially published in Africa or the Caribbean during the eligibility year
🌍Titles in indigenous African languages or official African Union languages
✍🏾 Full-length fiction or nonfiction
📝 Collections of short stories or essays by a single or multiple authors
✒️ Collected and selected poems by a single or multiple authors
📖 Self-published books where the publisher also publishes other authors
To be announced at CANEX WKND 2026 in Lagos, 5-8 November, the winner will receive $20,000, with the other four finalists awarded $2,000 each.
⌛ Submissions close 30 June 2026, so don’t miss the opportunity and submit your titles via the link in bio.
#CANEX #AfricanBooks #Publishing @narrativelscape
#ThrowbackThursday to the Moonbeam reading in April, where the editor of the anthology, Anote Ajeluorou, spoke on getting the book published by Narrative Landscape Press.
Enjoy!
Moonbeam is available on our website and in bookstores. Get your copy and enjoy the offerings by some of Nigeria's foremost culture journalists.
Nairobi got a first look at The Challengers by Eghosa Imasuen at the Africa Forward Fest by Alliance Française Nairobi. In conversation with @woozie_m , the event marked the second stop of the book’s East African tour.
The Challengers is a narrative nonfiction book that follows five ambitious young men navigating the aftermath of Nigeria’s 2008 stock market crash, testing friendship, loyalty, and the cost of chasing success when the odds are stacked against you.
The book will be out in June, copies available at all Narrative Landscape Press stockists
📸 @ian.feruzi
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Nairobi, are you ready?
@eimasuen ‘s East African tour continues tonight! 🇰🇪
Get an exclusive preview of his upcoming novel, The Challengers, before it hits shelves on June 15th!
Catch him live in conversation with @kevmatara
• 🎙️ Station: @spicefmke
• ⏰ Time: Tonight from 7:00 PM
• 📚 The Vibe: Bold stories, big dreams, and the pulse of Lagos.
Don’t miss the insights behind the year’s most anticipated release.
Tune in! 📻✨
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📚BOOK REVIEW | This Motherless Land by @nikkimaywriter
This is easily one of the best books I’ve read this year, and without a doubt, one of my top reads overall. You know that feeling when you finish a book, but you’re not quite ready to leave its world behind? That’s exactly how I felt after this one. I wanted more time with the characters, more moments in their lives, and more pages to hold onto.
Set across the 70s, 80s, and 90s between Lagos and London, the story follows Funke, who grows up in Lagos with her British mother, Nigerian father, and brother. After tragedy changes everything, she’s sent to England to live with her mother’s family, where she’s met with coldness and hostility, except from her cousin, Liv.
What stood out most to me was how beautifully the author explored family in all its forms, the loving, complicated, toxic, and painful parts of it. I honestly didn’t expect my feelings toward Liv to change so drastically. One minute, I loved her, the next, I completely despised her. But Margot? I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her 😭. Even Funke’s father frustrated me deeply. While I eventually understood some of his choices, I still feel Funke was far more forgiving than I could ever be.
This book hurt me in the best and worst ways possible. Every chapter carried so much emotion and pain that it was impossible not to feel deeply affected by it. There were moments I found myself ranting to my invisible audience because I was just that emotionally invested 😂.
This is the kind of story that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading. Truly unforgettable.
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#BookReview
#InterracialBookRec
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The second day of the Africa Forward Forward Fest saw the launch of the inaugural Canex Book Factory African Anthology, 'Instances of Exceptional Moments of Hunger, in partnership with Narrative Landscape Press', a publishing house with roots in Nigeria and a Kenyan chapter Narrative Landscape Press East Africa.
On the panel was Eghosa Imasuen, the co-founder of Narrative Landscape Press, Evelyn Gachuchu, a contributor to the anthology and Wendy Njoroge, the co-founder of Narrative Landscape Press, East Africa, who moderated the discussion.
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