Bookclubs in Nigeria

Book Clubs

Book Club with Love, Abuja: A fuse of a book store and book club

Women’s Group Book Club Meeting: The Death of Vivek Oji

Lift your Reading Spirit at the Eagle Nest Book Club Awka

Bored at home? Hangout with Mide Books

 

Bookstores

Discover Your Next Read at Ouida Books

One Book Store with 5 Branches! Visit Glendora Book Store Lagos

Bookerrands Bookstore

A One-stop Book Store for High Flyers! Stop at WittyMinds Book Store

 

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The King’s Horseman, Nigeria’s Most Famous Play, Now On Netflix: What Makes It A Classic

Elesin Oba, the King’s Horseman is a new movie coming to Netflix. It is based on Nigeria’s most famous play, Death and the King’s Horseman, written in 1975 by Nobel ...

9 Self-Help and Motivational Books by African Authors

Lately, life coaches, authors, celebrities and others have used books to spread their knowledge across wide audiences. This list of nine self-help and motivational books feature African authors sharing tips ...

Seven Anthologies by African Writers to Enjoy

We give you some anthologies to keep you busy this weekend as well as to look forward to in the near future. We here at JamesMurua.com regularly collate a list ...

Roland Watson-Grant Visits Nigeria’s Ibom Festival

Jamaican writer Roland Watson-Grant gives us an exclusive glimpse into his visit to the Ibom Art and Book Festival hosted in Uyo, Nigeria from July 28-31, 2022. Roland Watson-Grant is ...

 

Meetups and Events

Join Roving Heights for their Book Vibe on October 1st

Have Fun at The Eclipse 3.0 with Sir Grrraciano

Street OT: A Book Reading at Awka

Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 2022 to Kick Off on October 2

 

Featured

i-Read Community Book Club

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

Readers Anonymous

Lagos International Poetry Festival 2018

 

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Voting Commences for the 2018 Alternative Nobel Prize for Literature

After much controversy surrounding the Sweden Academy last year due to sexual allegations, a New (temporary) Academy made up of Swedish writers, artists journalists, and cultural personalities who have taken ...

Participate In Young & Cerebral’s 2018 Essay Competition

Young & Cerebral, a brand aimed at empowering, inspiring and giving a voice to the youth is declaring its annual Essay Competition for the year 2018 open. This year’s topics ...

London Book Fair 2018

Are you thinking of attending London Book Fair 2018 or you just want to have information about the event? Here is the information that may be of help to you ...

Journal of a Jerk: Saying Goodbye

The clock on the wall says it's 3:58 a.m and, Dotun, famed for having nupital ties with sleep, has been unable to do just that - sleep. After tossing and ...

13 Things Only Book Lovers Can Relate To

Books are your go-to, if you want to travel to amazing places without visa, expand your knowledge or go on rollercoaster rides. Yup. And, you could call them the next ...

Book Review: In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Title of Book: In Dependence Author: Sarah Ladipo Manyika Genre: Novel Category: Fiction Author's Bio: Sarah Ladipo Manyika was raised in Nigeria and has lived in Kenya, France, and England ...

The Caine Prize for African Writing 2018 is Open for Entries

The Caine Prize for African Writing awarded annually to creative writers  short stories, is open for submissions into its 2018 edition. The prize was launched in 2000 to encourage and ...

Wole Soyinka Annouced as The Europe Theatre Prize Winner

​​One cannot take a walk down the memory lane of literature in Nigeria without noting the indelible footprints of Professor Wole Soyinka who is a poet, playwright and author. His ...