July | 2025 | Wole Talabi
1 post published by WTalabi during July 2025| Wole Talabi
Hey y’all. I know there aren’t a lot of you that read this blog so I want to open by saying Thank you. Yes, you. Reading this right now. Thank you for following me on this weird journey. I us…| Wole Talabi
Hey y’all. We’ve arrived at May. It feels like the year just started but also like a million things have already happened. Time is a funny thing. All we can do is flow with it. In writing news, my collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS and short story UNQUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT did not win the BSFA … Continue reading An African SFF Bundle, Double Locus, Talking Cyberpunk, Sinners and Other Updates| Wole Talabi
Well well well, May has arrived and with it, my first and perhaps only story for 2025 is out now and available to read for free! in the latest issue of the always excellent Clarkesworld Magazine. &…| Wole Talabi
I think its important to build community and I’m a big fan of what Suyi Davies Okungbowa is doing with the Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors, a virtual fellowship founded in 2022. The fellowship supports African authors by offering fellows $500 grants, a three-month virtual residency, and access to a community of practice. This … Continue reading The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors| Wole Talabi
Hey y’all, just a quick note to let you know my novelette “Encore” (first published in Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art, edited by Indrapramit Das) is now a…| Wole Talabi
I was delighted to see that my collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS is a BSFA awards finalist in the best collection category! As is my short story UNQUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT in the best short fiction…| Wole Talabi
Hey y’all, how is it March already? It feels like so much has happened in the world already and much of it not good. There are tectonic shifts in global geopolitics and unfortunately, underneath al…| Wole Talabi
Hi y’all. The 2024 Locus Recommended Reading List is out and as usual, I did a quick rundown of the list to see how much work by African authors appears, something that has become a habit of …| Wole Talabi
Hey y’all! Happy new year. Long time readers and subscribers to my blog probably already know the drill. Every year I try to highlight the African speculative fiction short stories I read and…| Wole Talabi
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Well well well… this was certainly a nice surprise! SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON just recieved 7th(!) major award nomination this year as a finalist for best outstanding novel (adult) in …| Wole Talabi
Hey everyone. I’m still hard at work on my second novel and so far, I’m enjoying writing it. Its going a bit slower than I’d like but what matters is, its going. This is a story I…| Wole Talabi
