There are many ways on how people want to preserve culture. It is well known that as the years pass, some old traditions begin to vanish, replaced by modern norms. For most Malawians, however, memories of growing up in the village, sitting down while attentively listening to the elderly narrating stories just before going to […]
One of Malawi’s renowned write Lawrence Kadzitche has confirmed that his new book entitled ‘Slay Queen’ has finally hit the market. He made the the announcement though his official Facebook page. Kadzitche wrote: “I am pleased to announce that my new book entitled Slay Queen is now out”. The book is a collection of short […]
Thousands of Malawians including politicians, academicians, artist, poets and the media fraternity on Tuesday gathered at HHI Cemetery in Blantyre to pay their last respect to renowned historian, economist and writer Desmond Dudwa Phiri, popularly known as DD Phiri, who died on Sunday. Earlier, there was a funeral service held at St. Michael and All […]
Established by the Royal Commonwealth Society, a network of organizations and individuals committed to improving the lives and prospects of Commonwealth citizens across the world, The 2018 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition has returned with a call for young Malawian writers to participate. Speaking on the sidelines of a writing workshop at Adziwa Secondary School […]
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has encouraged women in the country to take up writing as a profession through which they can stop violence against women in any form, in any place, including the home, “because that is your human right”. He was speaking on Saturday, April 21, 2018, when he was […]
The High Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction to the Malawi Writers Union (MAWU) stopping the government though the Ministry of Education and Malawi Institute of Education from removing from the MSCE Syllabus a Chichewa collection of short stories containing a story allegedly defaming Catholics. Government released a notice addressed to all education division […]
A book-writing challenge has been launched in Malawi where prospective authors will be working with an accomplished writer to have their book written in 30 working days. Charles Simango, a former Editor-In-Chief for Times Group (formerly Blantyre Newspapers) and the popular but now defunct The Democrat Newspaper, says he has decided to commit most of […]
After a whooping six years – since 2010 – Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) returns to town for its ‘Annual General Meeting’ (AGM) to elect new leadership in the lakeshore township of Liwonde July 8. The AGM was supposed to take place in 2013 but for disturbing financial reasons it could not possible, according to Mvona. Positions […]
One of Malawi’s most famous writers, Professor Emeritus Steve Chimombo has died aged 70. The academic-turned-writer reportedly died after he succumbed to stroke. A Poet, fiction writer, playwright, and children’s author, Chimombo was born in 1945 in Zomba. He went to Zomba Catholic Secondary School, then at the University of Malawi where he earned a Bachelor of […]
The Story Club Mzuzu re-convenes for a literary session on the 5th of next month at Jacaranda Lifestyle Lounge in Mzuzu, organisers have confirmed. The Story Club Mzuzu is a grouping of story tellers in the city including journalists, poets, short story writers and tellers, and all that can tell stories. The session will feature […]
Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) has extended deadline for the Fattani Junior Secondary School Essay Contest, arguing they want to maximize competition among entrants. Mawu president Sambalikagwa Mvona told Nyasa Times in an interview that much as they had received “overwhelming feedback” from entrants, they were still looking forward to considering more entries that have registered in their […]
Pius Nyondo, 21 year-old Nyasa Times Senior Sub-editor, writer and poet, and eleven other Malawian writers have been nominated for the 2015 Peer Gynt Literary Award, organisers of the award Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) said on Monday. The award called for children manuscripts, and Nyondo has been shortlisted for his entry The Wheelchair Boy. Nyondo said from his Mzuzu […]
Multi-shortlisted writer Muthi Nhlema has yet again been long-listed for another international short story prize, the Writivisim Prize. Muthi, an engineer by training, is still in the limelight for his novella Ta’oreva which is competing in an international short story award being administered by freeditorial.com. The winner, according to freeditorial.com website, will cart home US$15 000 (about K7 […]
Blantyre-based short story writer Muthi Nhlema has been accepted for a $15, 000 (about K7 million) international short story award being administered by freeditorial.com. Nhlema, a civil engineer by training, is in for his story ‘Ta O’reva.’ It is a story of a troubled young man who brutally murders an Afrikaner farmer in modern-day rural South […]
The Wisdom Dede Kamkondo Foundation (WDFK) Monday announced a long-list of ten for its 2014 Dede Kamkondo Short Story Contest, saying the overwhelming number of entries that were received made it impossible for them to stick to deadlines. Creative director at Malawi Heat.com Pius Nyondo, financiers of the competition – which is in memory of versatile […]
Organizers of the inaugural Emerging Voices a global arts competition which has just been launched by The Financial Times in London in collaboration with the Oppenheimer Funds have made a special request to Malawian fiction writers to submit their entries in the competition in which the winners will receive a prize of US$ 40,000. Delegate […]
A marasmic reading and writing culture continues to haunt Malawi as a nation. Largely, the shoddy present day state of affairs as regards the art of creative writing is attributed to, among others, lack of networking among writers and availability of relevant avenues where budding as well as seasoned writers can learn requisite skills about […]
Four Malawian authors, among them historian Desmond Dudwa Phiri and Emeritus Professor Steve Chimombo, have received Legendary Awards from Malawi Writers Union (Mawu).The awardees received the awards at ceremony that took place at Shire Highlands Hotel in Blantyre on Saturday.Former Executive Director of Malawi Institute of Journalism Dr James Ngombe was also among the awardees. They […]