Announcing 'Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra (2023)' and Call for Proposals

Writers Project of Ghana and Goethe-Institut Ghana are pleased to announce the seventh edition of Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra, which will take place from Friday 13th October 2023 to Sunday 15th October 2023.

Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra is a three day literary arts festival featuring activities such as readings, panel discussions, poetry performances, talks, story-telling sessions, book launches, literary prize awards, comics and graphic novels, exhibitions and more.

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Author of the Month: Azanne Kofi Akainyah...

Writers Project of Ghana announces a reading with our author for May, Azanne Kofi Akainyah. The reading is organised in collaboration with our partners Goethe-Institut Ghana.

The reading will feature Azanne's recent memoir, Seven Stories and More. The event starts at 7 PM on Wednesday, 31st May 2023.

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Poetry Time at Goethe Abansoro with Louisa...

Goethe-Institut Ghana and Writers Project of Ghana are proud to present poets Apiorkor and Louisa Adjoa Parker for the May edition of Poetry Time at Goethe Abansoro, a themed poetry reading and conversation session. This event is slated for Wednesday 3rd May 2023 at 7 PM GMT at the Goethe-Institut in Cantonments, Accra. You are cordially invited to this evening of poetry readings and discussion.

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Author of the Month: Yeayi Kobina

Writers Project of Ghana is happy to announce the start of the 2023 edition of our monthly reading series, organised in collaboration with our partners Goethe-Institut Ghana. Dedicated to fiction or long form writing, this reading series has over the past twelve years featured writers from Ghana, Africa and beyond for engaging sessions of reading and conversation.

For the month of March, we host Ghanaian writer and novelist Yeayi Kobina, author of the novel, The Usurper's Dream. This novel is about the coming of age of Osei Tutu, the first King of what would become the Ashanti Empire. The hour-long session of readings and conversation will start at 7 PM on Wednesday, 29th March 2023.

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