i-Read Community Book Club is a community-based initiative to foster the habit of teens reading a minimum of two books in a month and as well as making this books available to them for free. Read more...
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is a Stage Adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s 2010 fictional novel with same title. It is a scandalous engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern – day Nigeria. The struggles, rivalries, intricate family politics, and the interplay of personalities and relationships within the complex private world of a polygamous union come Read more...
The Lagos International Poetry Festival returns from Oct. 31st – Nov. 4th with 50 of the best poets, writers and artists from across the world. It’s going to be five days of exciting performances, conversations, masterclasses, and parties, at one of the biggest cultural events on the continent. Theme: Wide Awake #LIPFest18 Read more...
Features Week 1: Trash to Wealth Recycling club (July 16-20) Week 2: Vocational Skills Club (July 23-27) Week 3: Arts and Crafts Club (July 30-August 3) Week 4: Entrepreneurship/Leadership club (August 6-10) Week 5: Public Speaking/Etiquette Club (August 13 – 17) Week 6: Sustainable Development Club (SDG)/Safe Kids Club (August 20-24) Week 7: Back to School Enrichment program (August 27-31) Read more...
The Book Buzz Foundation is NGO that was founded in 2012 by Ms Lola Shoneyin, an award-winning writer and cultural activist. Our Main Aims: To promote literacy through the development of reading programmes for children To create reading spaces To organise Cultural Festivals in different parts of Nigeria. BBF provides support for schools that seek to create reading spaces and Read more...
The interesting tradition of awesome poets gathering for the sole purpose of reading their works will be hosted on once again on December 14th, 2017, witu the title “BASE”. This will be the 8th season (season finale) and 12th episode of the poetry reading. Entry for this event is FREE, and if you’d like to read your poem on the Read more...
The Lagos BookMobile Tour 2017, sponsored by iRead and The Bookworm Cafe. BookMobile is the first of it’s kind here in Nigeria, and aims at impacting the lives of children through the art of reading. 100 kids in primary and secondary schools will take a tour in the bookmobile. The result? Exposure to a wide of books which will no Read more...
Nigerian literature has witnessed an impressive development in the past decades with the serene town of Enugu as one of the grooming cradles for some of the Nigerian writers of repute. To celebrate creativity in all forms of expression, The Crater Library is hosting its maiden edition of The Crater Literary Festival with the theme, LIFE IN MY CITY. The Read more...
Lagos Book and Arts Festival 2017 is around the corner! The CORA Book Trek will open up the event on the 6th November, who’s excited? Expect celebrities, lot’s of fun, culture, exciting drama, poetry, music, dance, and yes…food and drinks.☺ Literary works published by various authors will be discussed and read, be there! Read more...
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), in partnership with Quramo Publishing Limited and Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF), with the support of George-Institut Lagos will hold it’s Annual Publishers’ Forum. The session will centre around the theme: A New Consciousness In Reading and Publishing. This forum will precede the LABAF activities scheduled to commence from November 6th-12th, 2017. The Read more...
The Christian Booksellers Association Nigeria (CBAN) is the Nigerian chapter of the Christian Trade Association International (CTAI) with headquarters in Colorado Springs, United States of America. This book fair is organised for the sole purpose of connecting buyers and seller of Christian books, creating opportunities for business dealings and get people updated on book releases as well as available titles. Read more...