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Pa Gya! A literary festival in Accra is slated for 18 to 20th October 2024 -- organised by the Writers Project of Ghana, Goethe-Institut Ghana, and Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana
@FCA_Ghana
@GI_Ghana
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On her passing,we celebrate the life and legacy of Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, writer, poet activist and great supporter of the Writers Project of Ghana from the very start. While we mourn her passing, we also celebrate her work and support for writers, women and the literary space.
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Excited to see the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD)
@loatad_org
open in West Legon, Accra.
Founded by Sylvia Arthur,
the Library offers an extensive collection of books, an archive, space for events and an Airbnb.
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Here at the State Burial of Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo. In attendance are the president of the republic, the former president, and several important personalities in the Arts.
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Hi Guys!
We'd like to invite you to the WPG bookshop/office.
We're open Wed-Fri, 9am to 5pm. We have a wide range of African Literature; fiction/non-fiction..
We also have reading & writing space for readers and writers (T & C apply).
Contact +233 547 508 441 for enquires.
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We are happy to announce the dates for the 7th edition of Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra.
Join us from the 13th to 15th of October for 3 days of activities such book readings, conversations, launches, performances, exhibitions and many more.
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M3NSA
@mensamusic
and Panji Anoff
@panjianoff
join us at Pa Gya!A Literary festival in Accra 2021 for a special conversation.The conversation will explore the topic ‘Art as Resistance’ and will be moderated by
@swayekidd
Join us on Sunday, 17th October from 18:20 -19:20 GMT.
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We are happy to announce that Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra will be happening from October 16th to 18th 2020.
This year, due to the global pandemic, the festival will have limited seating as allowed by law at the venue. All events will be available online.
#pagya2020
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Ama Ata Aidoo remains a force in Literature in Ghana and beyond.
In what she has set forth, we continue to carry on through our work and platform.
May she rest well and may her voice continue to be heard through her work, for that is the power of literature.
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Tryphena Yeboah
@tryphena_yeboah
, Afua Ansong
@ansong_afua
and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
@kwaku_kyereh
join us at
#pagya2020
.
Recently published in the latest APBF New Generation African Poets Series, they will be reading from their Chapbooks.
#pagya200
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Tonight, at 7pm Ghana time (19hrs GMT) we host Yaa Gyasi. Yaa Gyasi joins us virtually from the USA.
You can join us at the Goethe Institut, on zoom or live on instagram.
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APPLY for any of the
#pagya2023
workshops. From Creative Non Fiction, Poetry, Fiction to Art Writing, there is something in there for you.
Our workshops are FREE and open to All.
#pagya2023
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We want to thank our writers, artists, exhibitionists, booksellers/publishers who took time to enjoy
#pagya2022
with us. Our core staff, volunteers, collaborators, supporters, for organising a successful festival unlike any other. Our audience, well-wishers & book lovers! 👏🏽👏🏽😊
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Encouraging Ghanaian writers to try out any of these opportunities.
Spend the weekend doing some writing.
All the best!
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Our opening poem is ‘Ghana’ by writer, playwright, poet, academic and author, Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo.
#wpgonciti
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Announcing the workshops at Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra 2022. This year, we feature more than 10 workshops. Interested persons are allowed to apply for more than one provided the times do not clash. Limited spaces available so apply fast.
#pagya2022
(A thread)
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This should be fun!
We created a random list of Ghanaian writers .
Which Quarantine House are you picking?
#QuarantineHouse
#ghwriters
#fiction
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The Sea has Drowned the Fish is our first anthology of short stories.
The anthology features interesting stories from Ghanaian writers as well writers from other African countries.
The book was launched at
#pagya2019
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A listener on the show thinks the African movie industry should start picking up books by African writers..
Thoughts??
#wpg
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Huge congratulations to
@kobbyagraham
on this win!
Four brilliant new Morland African Writing Scholars for 2020. What a talented crew. You will make us proud.
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Love to read?
How many of these books by Ghanaian authors have you read?
Circle or tick your count and share with us.
#ghanaianfiction
#wpg
#ghwriters
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Congratulations to Ghanaian writers Aba Asibon and Kobina Ankomah-Graham
@kobbyagraham
for making the shortlist!
Here’s to hoping you both make the final list.
Amazing . . 992 submissions from published African writers for this year’s Morland Writing Scholarships. We’ve narrowed that down to a short list of 19 brilliant writers.
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The new Journal of the Writers Project of Ghana is receiving submissions.
JWPG will publish original works by emerging and established writers writing from or about Ghana.
Read more about the journal and how to submit 👇🏾
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We are happy to announce that the 5th edition of our literary festival, Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra will take place from Friday,15th October to Sunday, 17th October 2021.
Read more on how to participate on the website.
#pagya2021
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Caleb Azumah Nelson
@CalebANelson
is our author for the month of June. Join us on Wednesday, 28th June 2023 at the Goethe Institut
@GI_Ghana
as he reads from his second book, Small Worlds.
Read more about our guest via the link below.
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The Author of the month series returns with a special edition this Wednesday, 30th August 2023.
We invite you to join us for a special interactive reading and conversation in memory of Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo.
This event is free and open to all.
See poster for details.
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Recommending books can be just as fun as discovering new books!
We'd like to know which Ghanaian books you'd put on the To Read List of a friend from another country.
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We announce with sadness the passing of Ghanaian writer and playwright Bill Marshall. He is most noted for his play The Son of Umbele (1973) and novels Bukom (1979) and Permit for Survival ( 1981)
#wpgonciti
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Public announcement!
With two successful editions ,we are happy to announce the 3rd edition of Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra will run from 18 -20 October 2019!!!
Read more about how you can participate in this years festival in the link below.
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The next Labone Dialogues will be streamed online. Put together by
@nyu_accra
, the event features Ghanaian prolific writer Professor Ama Ata Aidoo, celebrating Eight decades of excellence.
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Abina and the Important Men is a Graphic Historical book that tells the true story of Abina Mansah, a woman from the Asante Kingdom who escaped and took her former slave master to court after being wrongfully enslaved in the 1800s.
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Lola Shoneyin
@lolashoneyin
joins us at Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra 2021 for two events.
Lola will speak on her work on
@akefestival
and the literary industry.
She will also read from her works and be in conversation with
@kinnareads
.
#pagya2021
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As much as you read it, how much of the history of African fiction do you know?
Africa Writes Back documents the journey of the African Writers Series highlighting several countries and writers.
The book also features a long list of almost all the AWS by year of publication.
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Copies of The Waiting by Martin Egblewogbe are now available at Kingdom Books and Stationary,University of Ghana branch.
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Ayesha Harruna Attah tells us about her new book, Zainab Takes New York. She describes it as her pandemic baby. A light hearted book that still touches on relevant themes.
#wpgonciti
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Take this opportunity for a two week international residential writing workshop in Elmina, Ghana, from mid-April 2022. If you are a young Ghanaian writer of short fiction and can commit to producing a complete short story in two weeks, DM for details! Its fully funded.
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Excited to have Fui Can-Tamakloe
@afadjato
and Abena Kwatemaa Karikari
@bookwormingh
join us for the first episode of the Writers Project Book Club Show.
Read more about the show and our guests in the link below.
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Looking forward to this special conversation between
@wanlov
and
@ibrahim_mahama
Both creatives who push boundaries in their respective fields, they will explore the limits and acceptability of contemporary art forms.
#pagya2020
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As part of ‘A Collection of a Thousand Rains’ Exhibition, WPG is running workshops that will have writers engage with the exhibition & create works inspired by their experience. The exhibition explores visual language & writing & invites writers to this creative experience.
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Join us on Thursday , 28th April 2022 at 7pm for the Intergenerational Celebration of the Legacy of Ama Ata Aidoo featuring Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo,
@bisiadjapon
&
@poetra_asantewa
This is an event by
@CainePrize
in collaboration with
@writersPG
.
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Congratulations to
@_Akotowaa
for making the
@africansfs
2020 Nommo Awards short list in the short story category.
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Last Saturday, we got the opportunity to have a tour of the new space that focuses on knowledge production, preservation and dissemination.
Looking forward to all that
@loatad_org
contributes to the literary space in Ghana and its impact on African & the African Diaspora.
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#PaGya23
may be over, but the memories still linger! Let’s take in some stills from the festival
#day3
#kenkeyparty
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On 19/05/2021 at 19hrs GMT, we host Ghanaian poets Ama Asantewa Diaka
@asantewawith1a
, Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
@kwaku_kyereh
and Zimbabwean poet Tanatsei Gambura for an evening of poetry reading and conversation.
Mark the date!
More details coming soon.
#wpgpoetryreading
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We are live now on our Instagram handle (
@writerspg
)! join in the special conversation with Professor Wole Soyinka.
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This is an appreciation post for our writers , book reviewers, editors, publishers ,book sellers and organizations. Not forgetting our literary enthusiasts who buy,read ,collect books and attend readings.
Happy World Book Day!
#WorldBookDay
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi is our author for the month of August. Join us on Wednesday,25th August 2021 at 7pm for this event.
@MukomaWaNgugi
will read from his new book, Unbury our Dead with Song.
Read more about our guest via the link below.
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Fantastic new collection of stories... Available from Writers Project of Ghana. DM or email info
@writersprojectghana
.com for your copy
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Introducing our new Program the “Writers Project Book Club Show”. Aimed at increasing interest in reading and discussing literature in Ghana, the monthly show will be live on selected social media platforms and made available on YouTube.
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What are Ghanaian writers up to this weekend?
Here’s a thread of opportunities you should spend your time on.
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Just a reminder to spend some time reading and that we have these titles available.
Send us a Dm for these or other books you'd like to get.
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‘In death, as in life, Ama Ata Aidoo is larger than life.’
Our Co-founder , Dr. Martin Egblewogbe shares a personal note on the passing of Ama Ata Aidoo.
Read the full note on the website.
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We are happy to announce that Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra will happen from the 19th -21st of October 2018!
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Here’s a line up of events we have this week.
Join us for the Literary Crossroads moderated by
@_Akotowaa
on Wednesday. On Thursday, we interact with award winning writer Derek Owusu and on Saturday,
@afadjato
&
@bookwormingh
review our book for the month of August.
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‘Asantewaa screens for the first time on 10/12/22. Join the team
@millsmediagh
at the Silverbird Cinema at the Accea Mall’- Jesse Sunkwa Mills.
#wpgonciti
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Wondering what to read next?
Between the Generations is an anthology celebrating the prolific Ama Ata Aidoo at 80.
The book features 12 short stories, 6 of which are by Ghanaian writers with the other 6 from writers across the continent.
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We announce the release of our latest anthology, Resilence.
This is the fourth anthology published by the Writers Project of Ghana following ‘Look Where you have Gone to Sit’, ‘According to Sources’ and ‘The Sea has Drowned the Fish’.
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We want to thank all the writers & participants from around the world & Ghana who warmed our pages; to all our facilitators & moderators we love you; for our volunteers you run our hearts; and our staff who will work again because the reward for good work is more work.
#pagya2018
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We are honored to have Prof Dannabang Kuwabong and Prof Kofi Anyidoho headline
#pagya2020
Both writers and academics who have written in their respective languages; Dagaba and Ewe, the two will read and discuss the preservation of our languages through Literature
#pagya2020
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#pagya2020
will feature selected readings from the anthology ‘How to Write My Country’s Name.’
Put together by Contemporary Ghanaian Writers Series
@CGWSeries
, the reading will feature Sena Cobblah
@Sena_Cobblah
, Fui Can Tamakloe
@pidgingriot
& Ama Benewaa T.
@AmaTuffet
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Sarabelle
@_sarabelle97_
is a fifth year medical student and writer. She describes her writing as a reflection on faith, her journey through school and love. We hear more about what inspires her writing.
#wpgonciti
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Our opening poem is ‘Old Rooms’ by
@chumanwokolo
from his collection of poetry ‘The Final Testament of a minor god’
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We announce the opening of submissions for the 2023 Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize, an annual prize for Oral History narrated by a woman, 65 years or older living in Ghana.
Read more on our website on how to send in your submissions.
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Applications for The 2020 Mo Issa Workshops are open.
This year, the workshop series will run online on a six week schedule and are open to writers in Ghana working on a Novel, Short Story Collection or Poetry Anthology.
Deadline is 21st August 2020.
👇🏾
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We welcome Simon Sebag Montefiore to Accra this evening. Simon joins us from the UK for
#pagya2023
. He will be reading from his latest book, The World: A Family History of Humanity at the festival.
#pagya23
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Our guests have started arriving!
All the way from Uganda we welcome Esther from
@Writivism
and look forward to their documentary showing and her with our director!
#pagya2018
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For our second headline event, Found Space Productions presents a Dramatised Reading of Changes, a novel by Ghanaian writer Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo. Join us on Friday 13/10/23.
The event starts at 7:30pm at the Goethe Institut.
@officialmissaj
#pagya23
#pagya
🔥
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Whew! We can't believe it's already September 2018 and that Pa Gya! (A Literary Festival in Accra) is next just next month.
Last year was super awesome and we can't wait to share the exciting events and guests for this year's edition!! What are your expectation?
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The festival director of
#Pagya
, Dr Martin Egblewogbe, represented us at the just concluded second conference of the Global Association of Literary Festivals
#GAOLF
hosted by
@akefestival
in Lagos, Nigeria. Here is to bringing literary festivals together for growth.
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WPG is open for submissions for publication on our website and is accepting contributions from writers both in and outside of Ghana.
Visit our website for details and guidelines.
We look forward to sharing your works!
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Tonight we start the show with a poem by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku from his collection Revolution of the Scavengers.
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We take this opportunity to say a big thank you to EVERYONE who made
#pagya2021
a success. To the WPG team, our partners and sponsors, to our guests, event moderators, volunteers and also to you our audience who make
#pagya
a meaningful project.
See you at
#pagya2022
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Last night, we welcomed our first guests for
#pagya2023
. Joining us from Curaçao are Richeline Christine Joe and Elvira Bonafacio.We look forward to showing them the Accra cultural scene over the week and hosting them at
#pagya2023
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Nana Akosua Hanson
@AkosuaHanson
and Dennis K.F. Agyemang
@owuraku_jnr
join us for
#pagya2021
@owuraku_jnr
will lead a Moon Girls bookclub discussion on Writing and African Fantasy.
@AkosuaHanson
is the curator of the exhibition.
#pagya2021
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Wishing Prof Kofi Anyidoho a happy birthday.
‘A poet whose voice is deadlier than the gun’-
@AsaaseNana
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Our opening poem is ‘Graffiti Too’ by Nigerian poet Dami Ajayi.The poem is taken from his poetry book, Clinical Blues.
#wpgonciti
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We want to share these lovely frame from
#pagya2022
with you.
#pagyafestival
is about writers, readers, books, art. So at the core it is about people!
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It’s a packed show tonight as we host Aja Monet
@aja_monet
Nii Ayi Solomon
@VillageMinds
, Wanlov
@wanlov
and Girish Daswani
@girishdaswani
.
#wpgonciti
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Like joke like joke we’ve executed Day 1 of
#pagya2022
to perfection. Thank you to those who made it today.
What stood out for you?
#pagya2022
and let’s talk.
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What are your reading goals for 2023?
We have some books to give away on the show to help you kick start a good reading year. Tune in to
@Citi973
and follow the show.
#wpgonciti
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The Live Across Africa Poetry and Music event features poets,spoken word artists and mixed media performers from all over Africa and the world.
This year’s event is in collaboration with the Poetry Association of Ghana and hosted by the Embassy of the Netherlands.
#pagya2022
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Our Co-founder and festival manager join other literary names to have a conversation at the British Council this evening. Join us for an engaging conversation and to hear all what
@writersPG
has for 2023.
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Our opening poem is ‘Distances’ by Nigerian poet Christopher Okigbo from his book, Labyrinth.
#wpgonciti
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Join us on 29/07/23 at 4pm at the Goethe Institut for a special reading and conversation with Ghanaian authors in APBF’s New Generation African poets 2022 chapbook series.
Read more about our guests
@tawiah___
@jay_kophy
and
@nikitta_dede
below
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We like to believe you are home this weekend, taking it easy and doing some reading..so tell us..what's your first read of 2020???
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Writers!
An opportunity to get published in a journal for new writing .Visit
@gyaraJournal
page for more details
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What are you currently reading ? And what book will you recommend book addicts add to our 2019 reading list?
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Join
@writersPG
on June 20 at 4:30pm for a live TOUR&DISCUSSION with The Library of Africa and The African Diaspora
@loatad_org
WPG will sit with the founder to discuss the library's journey and new direction as part of it's contribution to the literary space.
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"I didn't have a book published until I was in my mid fifties so don't give up as a writer"Yaba Badoe.
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Announcing the 6th edition of Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra happening from 14-16th October 2022.
Visit our website to find out about the festival and how you can send in your proposals to participate.
#pagyaiscoming
🔥
#pagya2022
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On Monday, 29th August 2022, Professor Ato Qauyson will give a public lecture on the works of our Founder and Director of Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra, Dr. Martin Egblewogbe.
All are invited.
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As part of a full day of cultural activities and visits to stakeholders in Ghana's literary space,
#Pagya23
writers were at
@loatad_org
and the Department of English of the
@UnivofGh
where they had lunch.
#Pagya
#Ghana
#Curacao
#Kenya
@ghBritish
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The
@EuropeInGhana
has partnered with
#pagya2023
to give a prize to a selected participant from any of our workshops highly recommended by our facilitors. Last year’s winner was Nii Lante Lamptey
@nlante
.
Applied for any of the workshops yet?
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