Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's Blog, page 9
June 8, 2015
June 2, 2015
June 1, 2015
Categories Can Serve Your Purpose
Perhaps because I come from an advertising background, and because I am Christian, black, African, and female, (identity groups that have been politicized and/or marginalized in one form or another) categories don’t scare me. For better or worse, most of the boxes I tick are immediately evident, and I know from all the stats that say so... Read more.
May 5, 2015
The 2015 Caine Prize Shortlist is Here!
The shortlist for the Sixteenth Caine Prize for African Writing��has recognized 2005 Caine Prize Winner Segun Afolabi’s ���The Folded Leaf���, 2013 shortlistee Elnathan John’s ���Flying���, 2010 shortlistee Namwali Serpell’s ���The Sack��� and F. T. Kola’s ���A Party for the Colonel���, and Masande Ntshanga’s ���Space���. Of the five stories in contention for the ��10,000 prize, Chair... Read more.
Everything You've Been Dying to Ask an Editor
Malaika Adero has worked��in pretty much every aspect��of the book/publishing business. She started her career as a librarian, was a member of the Howard University Book Publishing Institute’s first graduating class, and worked as a college textbook sales rep before transitioning to editorial. As an editor, Adero��spent three decades (at Simon and Schuster, then Amistad... Read more.
April 28, 2015
New Editing App Highlights Common Writing Mistakes–
Does your writing suffer from dense run-ons, passive voice, or overuse of big words? The free Hemingway Editor App��highlights these common errors–all the nudge you need to tighten your sentences.
New Editing App Highlights Common Writing Mistakes
Does your writing suffer from dense run ons, passive voice, or overuse of big words? The free Hemingway Editor App literally highlights these common errors, all the nudge you need to tighten your sentences.
2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Winners Announced
Close to 4,000 entries were in contention for the Commonwealth Foundation’s 2015 Short Story Prize, but after a winnowing to a shortlist of 22 at the end of March, the five regional winners were announced today: Lesley Nneka Arimah (Africa), Jonathan Tel (Canada and Europe), Mary Rokonadravu (Pacific), Siddhartha Gigoo (Asia), and Kevin Jared Hosein... Read more.
