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, going MIA or not reading the book of the month EVERY month. These things can pretty much bring any book club to an unceremonious close. Read more…

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 up for meetings or give countless excuses for being MIA. Even those who manage to show up turn the atmosphere into a warzone. Realizing that Read more…

Book clubs are the perfect places to foster long-term friendships, meet interesting personalities and revel in bookish camaraderie. So, you’ve been nursing the idea of starting one? That’s great! I mean, what better way to channel your enthusiasm, right? Right. Only, starting a book club might not be an easy breezy ride. There are a Read more…

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 another exciting milestone for the Nigerian-American fantasy and sci-fi writer who recently won the 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry award for the same graphic book. Read more…

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 in Africa as a pathway to the much needed growth and development. Theme Accelerating Growth and Development in Africa: The Role of Technology and Innovation. Read more…

Famous media personality and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey better known for her American talk show has a book club which used to be a segment of the show. The book club has been in existence since 1996. According to Operah, she loves books and “the community that is created when people share them.” These 5 books Read more…

You have invested precious time and resources in writing a book and finally, you proceed to bless the world with it, your baby. Now, what gives any one the right (‘book reviewer’ or whatever they call themselves) to speak an ill word against your fine work of art? Relax, I get it. Really, I do. Read more…

Author’s Bio: Chinelo Okparanta is a Nigerian-American short story writer born in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. Her story “America” was short-listed for the Caine Prize in African Writing. Happiness, Like Water is her debut fictional collection. Have you wondered about prose that smuggles in social commentary, sniffs philosophy, commands poetry to pass the salt? Prose that reads like Read more…