Literary Zone

Irish writer Ola Majekodunmi

Ola Majekodunmi is an Irish journalist, commentator, Gaeilgeoir, and creator. Career Majekodunmi started presenting a radio show with Raidió na Life in (...)

| August 2022 | 3380 views

New Zealand writer Gigi Fenster

Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster (born 1963/64) is a South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher, and law lecturer. Life Fenster was born in (...)

| July 2022 | 1024 views

Swedish writer and activist Lovette Jallow

Lovette Jallow , born July 19, 1984 in Gambia , is a Swedish activist in anti-racism. In August 2019, the Jallow Raoul Wallenberg Prize was awarded. She (...)

| June 2022 | 1580 views

British writer Yrsa Daley-Ward

Yrsa Daley-Ward is an English writer, model and actor. She is known for her debut book, Bone, as well as for her spoken-word poetry, and for being an (...)

| June 2022 | 4059 views

Sahrawi writer Bahia Mahmud Awah

Bahia Mahmud Awah (born 1960) is a Sahrawi writer, poet and journalist. He is a founding member of the group of writers known as the "Sahrawi Friendship (...)

| May 2022 | 1358 views

Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbouga Sarr

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (born 20 June 1990) is a Senegalese writer. Raised in Diourbel, Senegal and later studying in France, Sarr is the author of three (...)

| May 2022 | 1079 views

British writer Sharon Otoo

Sharon Dodua Otoo (born 1972) is a British writer, publicist and activist. In 2016 Otoo was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for her first short story (...)

| April 2022 | 3508 views

Barbadian writer Cherie Jones

Cherie S A Jones was born in 1974. She received a LL.B degree from the University of the West Indies, Barbados, in 1995, a Legal Education Certificate from (...)

| April 2022 | 3266 views

Canadian writer Michelle Good

Michelle Good is a Cree writer, poet, and lawyer from Canada, most noted for her debut novel Five Little Indians. She is a member of the Red Pheasant Cree (...)

| April 2022 | 2930 views

Jamaican writer Colin Channer

Colin Channer is the father of two children, Makonnen and Addis. He was born in Jamaica, and educated there and in New York. His most recent book is the (...)

| March 2022 | 2953 views

Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan

Biography Esi Edugyan was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta; her parents were immigrants from Ghana. She studied creative writing at the University of (...)

| February 2022 | 2990 views

Congolese writer Alain Mbanckou

Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently (...)

| January 2022 | 3794 views