You can now register on Eventbrite to discuss Of Cattle and Men by Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia (tr. Zoë Perry, Charco Press 2023) at our 12th event on Wednesday the 15th of May 2024 at 7pm (BST). Please follow the link:
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#vilitfest #vilitfest 2024 is now live! Check it out at facebook.com/usvilitfest

More info at usvilitfest.com

Stuart Hall: 'postcolonial is not the end of colonisation. It is after a certain kind of colonialism [] in the wake of it, in the shadow of it, inflected by it, it is what it is because something else has happened before, but it is also something new'

At Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris.

Saying goodbye et merci to Caribbean literary giant Maryse Condé. Rest in power.

(Anti-)Colonialism and its Afterlives: Renewing and Rethinking the Debate | April 27–28, 2024 | The New School for Social Research | Register Here: event.newschool.edu/anticolonialis…

Jamaica Screen Development Initiative (JSDI) is now accepting applications for Short Films, Documentaries, Feature Films and TV Series.
#JSDI #JAFTA #ProjectingTheBigPicture #FilmFund #SetLifeJA

Where to begin with new releases? Page One, of course. This week's installment stars Lucy Scott and David McKay’s translation of Astrid Roemer's OFF-White, in bookstores now. Poets & Writers pw.org/content/page_o…

'The fellowship welcomes applications from across the Global South for a grant of up to $5,000 to complete translations of works from the African continent and its diaspora, into English or Arabic.'

“Six languages (Dutch, German, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish), six countries (Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea and Sweden) and three continents (Asia, Europe and South America) are represented…” - The Booker Prizes

Congratulations to Kwame Dawes - announced as the new poet laureate of #Jamaica jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/09/kwa…
#writers #Caribbean #poetry Kwame Dawes

Finished copies of Astrid Roemer’s OFF-WHITE (tr. from Dutch by Lucy Scott and David McKay) are home from the printer. How do they look, you ask? Thank you for asking. They are beautiful. catranslation.org/shop/book/off-…

Working on new work 😶‍🌫️
Sharing next Thursday: bentley.zoom.us/j/99052611284?…

Sharing - via Global Centers Columbia Global Paris Center Columbia University

Tribute: Maryse Condé

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CFP (June 1) for Jan 2026: We invite proposals for articles that consider the teaching of 20th & 21st century literature originally written in French, German, or Spanish. Comparative articles encouraged - STTCL is #OpenAccess : networks.h-net.org/group/announce…

In #Guadeloupe , the public is invited to pay homage to Maryse Condé, April 6, @ Mémorial ACTe.

« Chaque personne est invitée à amener symboliquement un ou des ouvrages…afin de célébrer en communion la vie et l’œuvre de celle qui a porté la Guadeloupe dans son cœur… »

We invite graduate students, early career historians, and scholars in adjacent fields to submit an abstract for our annual conference, 'Colonialism, Conflict & Commemoration.'
🚨 Tell your friends and colleagues 🚨
📷 More information on our website: oxfordtghs.com/conference

sx salon 45 includes a discussion between Ronald Cummings and Pamela Mordecai. Mordecai, author and editor with nine collections of poetry, five children’s books, a novel, and a collection of short fiction talks about her 2022 poetry collection de book of Joseph Mawenzi House.

Forthcoming (August 2024): .....And the Dogs Were Silent/…..Et les chiens se taisaient – Aimé Césaire | Translator: Alex Gil | Duke University Press | More information can be found here: dukeupress.edu/and-the-dogs-w…

📣The 2024 NGC Bocas Lit Fest will feature a stellar lineup of acclaimed authors alongside debut & budding writers of all genres. Visit bocaslitfest.com/festival/progr…, save the dates of your favourite events and share with fellow readers & writers. #bocas2024 powered by ngctrinidadandtobago

Introducing the 2024 Shortlisted authors - Jonathan Escoffery ✨

Jonathan Escoffery is the recipient of the 2020 Plimpton Prize for Fiction, a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and the 2020 ASME Award for Fiction.

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