Literary Zone

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 | 3577 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 | 3309 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 | 2995 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 | 3007 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 | 3048 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 | 3847 views

Inuit writer Norma Dunning

Norma Dunning (born 1959) is an Inuit Canadian writer and assistant lecturer at the University of Alberta, who won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award in 2018 (...)

| December 2021 | 3142 views

2021 Pulitzer prize winner Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954) is an American author of novels, poetry, and children’s books featuring Native American characters (...)

| December 2021 | 3274 views

Damon Galgut, 2021 Booker Prize Winner

Damon Galgut (born 12 November 1963) is a South African novelist and playwright. He was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise. He was (...)

| November 2021 | 1383 views

Poetry: A flaming tanker

A flaming tanker By Khadija Jalloh, USA My heart cries My soul sinks The pain is deep I see the scars of The tank blazing The burnt (...)

| November 2021 | 2272 views