Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra Opens on Friday 18 October

Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra Opens on Friday 18 October

Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra opens at the Goethe-Institut in Cantonments this Friday, 18th October, 2024.

The official opening of the festival will take place at 5.30 PM at the Goethe-Institut in Cantonments, Accra.

Welcoming more than one hundred writers, pubishers, academics, performers from across the world, this 8th edition this year's edition promises a full range of activities which will meet the interest of every lover of literature.

Further details of the festival schedule can be found here: Schedule.

For a list of guests attending, see here: Guests .

For a list of events, see here: Events.

All events at the festival are free to attend.

About

Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra is a three day literary arts festival featuring activities such as readings, panel discussions, performances, book launches, literary prize awards, art talks, art and literary exhibitions, film screenings, and many more.

The festival engages all literary forms -- fiction, poetry, spoken word, comic and graphic novels, creative non-fiction and literary blogging. The festival also offers booksellers, publishers and independent authors space to showcase and sell their books.

Writers, poets, literary performers, academics, editors, illustrators, librarians, literary agents, bloggers and many other literary practitioners from Ghana, Africa, the Black Diaspora and all over the world find a welcoming space to showcase their works and fraternise during the festival.

This year, the festival would like to acknowledge sponsorship by Goethe-Institut Ghana, the EU Delegation to Ghana, the Irish Embassy in Nigeria, the British Council, Kimo Ghana Ltd, C. Woermann Ghana Ltd., and support by Vidya Bookstore, Pan African Writers Association, Dakpabli and Associates, Digibooks, and several private individuals.