Renowned writer, poet and academic Professor Felix Mnthali has called on young women to up their endeavours in creative writing exploits, saying Malawi’s present day literature lacks a female voice. Mnthali, a retired professor of English formerly with the University of Botswana – where he was head of the English department for 28 years, said […]
Malawians writers Shadreck Chikoti and Geneva-based Stanley Onjezani Kenani were Tuesday named some of Africa’s most promising writers under the age of 40 in a list published by Africa39 project in London. The two have been listed alongside big names in Africa’s present day literature such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Monica Arac Nyeko, Nii Parkes, Jackee Batanda, […]
Malawian writers have been challenged to take up the task of writing biographies for worthwhile personalities-cum-achievers for publication. Desmond Dudwa Phiri, historian and author, is currently the only renowned Malawian biographer. Writer Willie Zingani expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of a biography culture in the country saying that elsewhere in the world; the culture is […]
A group calling itself The Story Club has been launched in the country courtesy of 2012 Peer Gynt Literary Award winner Shadreck Chikoti and Malawi’s online arts and entertainment magazine Malawi Heat, Nyasa Times has learnt. Both Pius Nyondo, co-director at www.malawiheat.com and Chikoti confirmed in separate interviews about the development saying it will be a grand coming together […]
Malawian writer Dango Mkandawire has a story to tell, and the world is listening. The Blantyre-based writer is ready to take on the world after his short story The Jonathan Gray Affair was included in the continental anthology Gambit: Newer African Writing and published by The Mantle, an online forum that publishes emerging, critical voices from […]
Azotus the Kingdom, a futuristic novel – by Shadreck Chikoti – about Africa 500 years from now, wasThursday evening announced grand prize winner of the 2013 Peer Gynt Literary Award at an even held at Latitude in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe. Chikoti, a youthful Malawian writer and vice president of the Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) – with […]
In what is being deemed as a breakthrough for blossoming Malawian writers, a German based publisher has published into a book an academic project for a Masters Degree dissertation which has largely exposed long term challenges Malawi is facing in dealing with the supply and demand of urban housing in the country. The author of […]
The Malawi Writers Union (MAWU) has re-launched the prestigious Peer Gynt Literary Award after an eight-year break. MAWU President Mike Sambalikagwa Mvona said Friday in Blantyre during the re-launching ceremony, the Norwegian Government has pumped in over K8 million. “After eight years of writers’ outcry, today, we are pleased to announce the re-launch of this […]