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Memorabilia I Obumneme Osuchukwu I Non-fiction
An essay about nostalgia, love and a relationship that has enabled me to create after countless blocks — by Obumneme Osuchukwu The first day she bathed in my house, I ...

Ugly | Pakama Mlokoti | Poetry
i. My first vice is that I was dark. My second is that my hair refused to grow despite the years my mother wasted tending to it with oil and ...

Chinelo Okparanta in Conversation With Arao Ameny and Helon Habila About Harry Sylvester Bird | October 9
Award-winning Nigerian author Chinelo Okparanta will be engaging in conversation with Arao Ameny and Helon Habila about her recently published novel Harry Sylvester Bird at the bookstore Busboys and Poets in ...

ANA, Rivers University Honour late Elechi Amadi With International Conference
Nigerian writers have been challenged to use their creative talents to project ills that have become endemic in Nigeria and proffer solutions to them so as to get the country ...
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Some Insights on Book Publishing and the New Author (+4 Vital Tips)
Some disturbing insights were gathered while supporting a couple of writers through the publication of their books. One of these insights being the publish or perish divide - an event ...
Book Club Members! Stop Doing These 4 Annoying Things
Book clubs can be unifying, and all shades of awesome. However, there are some destructive patterns that need to be addressed and put to an end - members moving mad, ...

7 Things To Do If Your Book Club Currently Sucks
Agreed, it wasn't always like this. Over the months or weeks, the excitement and prospect you once felt in your book club has dissolved into God-knows-where. Now, members hardly show ...

How to Start a Book Club Even Oprah Would Be Jealous Of (Literally)
Book clubs are the perfect places to foster long-term friendships, meet interesting personalities and revel in bookish camaraderie. BOOK CLUB - Letterpress type So, you've been nursing the idea of ...

‘LaGuardia’ by Nnedi Okorafor Wins the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic
Yesterday, August 1st, 2020, the Africanfuturistic Novel, LaGuardia written by Nnedi Okorafor was announced as the winner of the Hugo Award for best Graphic Story or Comic. This is yet ...

6 Convincing Reasons Why You Should Seriously Consider Audiobooks
While one might not be able to curl up with them, smell their fresh pages, dog-ear, bookmark, or even fling them across the room when a character makes a terrible ...

Clear Your Calendars for These Top 3 Literary Festivals
It's 2020, the year of unprecedented times. At first, it was unclear if bits of the world's "normal" would be restored and we can finally engage in activities we enjoy ...

Are You Tech Savvy? Register for the FITC Youth Connect Essay Challenge
The Financial Institutions Training Centre has announced its 2020 Youth Connect Essay Challenge open to Africans. The aim is to promote excellence and highlight the importance of technology and innovation ...