Writers Project of Ghana Host Literary Crossroads in Accra With Empi Baryeh and Uduak Akpabio Umoren

Writers Project of Ghana and Goethe-Institut Ghana bring to you the first edition of Literary Crossroads in Accra as our reading event for the month of May. There will be three Literary Crossroads events in Accra this year, hosting writers from Africa in readings with their Ghanaian counterparts. For the month of May 2019, we proudly present Ghanaian writer Empi Baryeh and […]

Michael Afenfia, Author of “The Mechanics of Yenagoa” Reads At Writers Project of Ghana Event.

Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe-Institut Ghana proudly present Nigerian author and social commentator, Michael Afenfia at our regular monthly reading sessions. Michael Afenfia is the speechwriter to the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State and the author of four novels and a biography. Afenfia is the author of When the Moon Caught Fire (2010), A Street Called Lonely (2011), Don’t Die on Wednesday (2014), and Paxoid, […]

Press Release: The Write Experience 4 Events

Buzanga Books Launch + Workshop & Open Mic Buzanga Books is a non-profit organization spearheaded by writers, Claudia Owusu and Kwame Aidoo, with a mission to increase child literacy and creativity in Ghana. Buzanga Books collaborates with Jess Care Moore Foundation and Boxed Kids to put together a kids workshop led by Jessica Care Moore, Akotowaa, Claudia Owusu, Kwame Write […]

Writers Project of Ghana Host Author Sylvia Vollenhoven At September Book Read

  In our final event for the 2018 Ghana Voices Series, Writers Project of Ghana and Goethe-Institut Ghana proudly present award-winning South African writer, journalist, film-maker and playwright, Sylvia Vollenhoven at a reading on September 26th, 2018 at the Goethe-Institut in Cantonments, Accra. The reading starts at 7.00 PM. Sylvia Vollenhoven’s seminal dance drama about Khoisan identity, The Keeper of the […]

Book Reading: Writers Project of Ghana Host Prof. John Collins At Monthly Book Reading For August

  For the month of August 2018, Writers Project of Ghana and Goethe-Institut Ghana in collaboration with publishers Dakpabli & Associates proudly present a public reading with ethnomusicologist Professor John Collins. John Collins is the author of Highlife Time 3, which was recently published by Dakpabli Publishers. John Collins will be reading from his latest book Highlife Time 3. Published by Dakpabli […]

Writers Project of Ghana Host Author Dannabang Kuwabong At June Book Reading

Writers Project of Ghana and Goethe-Institute Ghana present writer, poet and professor of Carribean Literature and Culture, Dannabang Kuwabong as the author for the month of June, 2018. Dannabang Kuwabong is a Ghanaian-Canadian writer and professor at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan. He is the author of several collections of poetry. Dannabang is author of the collections of […]

Writers Project Ghana Host Professor Carina Ray At a Special Reading

In our second public event for 2018, Writers Project of Ghana presents author Carina Ray, associate professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University, at a public reading and interaction. This will take place from 6.30 PM at the Writers Project of Ghana office, Haatso, Accra, on Friday, 23rd February, 2018. Carina Ray is a scholar of race and sexuality, comparative colonialisms […]

Prof. Ladé Wosornu is guest reader for the month of September.

In our final public reading in the 2017 series, Writers Project of Ghana and the Goethe Institute, Accra proudly present for the month of September, a reading with surgeon and poet, Professor Ladé Wosornu. Ladé Wosornu, professor in surgery (retired), is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and a poet, essayist and columnist for The Ghanaian […]

Special Reading With Jide Adebayo-Begun at the 15th Ghana International Book Fair

  Writers Project of Ghana on behalf of the Ghana Book Publishers Association proudly invites you to a reading and interaction session with Nigerian author, Olujide Adebayo-Begun, at the 15th Ghana International Book Fair. The Ghana International Book Fair is organized yearly by the Ghana Book Publishers Association and collaborators for both the local and international book industry, to enhance […]

Special Book Reading with Trevor Getz

​Writers Project of Ghana, Blaxtarlines, and the Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, invite you to a reading and interaction session with Trevor Getz, professor of history and Chair of the Department of History, San Franscisco State University and director, Initiative for Public Humanities. Trevor Getz is the author of the graphic novel, Abina and the Important Men (Oxford University […]