Bookclubs in Nigeria

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Bookclubs in Nigeria

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

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Book club with Love is a knowledge hungry group that houses a book club and book store. It is located at F.H.A Lugbe Airport Rd, Abuja. They offer services of In-store shopping, In-store pick-up and Delivery. They meet on the last Thursday of every month. Find out more info from their online community here. https://www.instagram.com/bookclubwithlove/?hl=en Read more...
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Women’s Group Book Club Meeting: The Death of Vivek Oji

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Join the Women’s Group Book Club Meeting as they discuss Akwaeke Emezi’s masterpiece, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’, in the heart of Lagos. When? Date and time Sat, 22 October 2022, 13:00 – 15:00 WAT Location? Quramo Creative The Simi Johnson Centre, 13 Sinari Daranijo Street Victoria Island Lagos, 00000 Read more...
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Lift your Reading Spirit at the Eagle Nest Book Club Awka

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The Eagle Nest Book Club was founded by Mark Obumneme Osuchukwu, a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and Michael Chukwudera who is a graduate. These two stand tall with the special gifts of creativity, passion and resilience. The interesting thing about the book club is that it does not stand on its own. There is always collaboration. Thus they Read more...
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Bored at home? Hangout with Mide Books

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Mide’s Books is a combo of a  book review, book store and book club in Lagos, Nigeria. Their community of readers help you read voraciously and expose to a rich library. Reach out to them: midebooks2@gmail.com Or call: 07033711821 Learn more about them here.   Read more...
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Bookstores

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Discover Your Next Read at Ouida Books

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One of Lagos’s best-stocked bookstores. Find an impressive array of African and World fiction. We also stock non-fiction: self-help books, popular science, history, politics and memoirs. Ouida Bookstore occupies the ground-floor of Ouida House which is a culture space with a cafe, workspace, seminar room and recording studio. We host cultural events, readings and book launches. They have service options Read more...
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One Book Store with 5 Branches! Visit Glendora Book Store Lagos

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Our book stores, especially the iconic branches at the Jazzhole, Lagos, and the Ikeja City Mall, Ikeja, have established themselves as cultural landmarks, attracting book lovers, and serve as a networking hub for numerous intellectuals, writers, and professionals of all sorts. The cafes we run in the stores and the book readings, music shows, and talks we stage have always Read more...
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Bookerrands Bookstore

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The offer In-store shopping, In-store pick-up & Delivery. Location: Opayemi St, Igbobi 100213, Lagos. Open ⋅9AM- Closes 5PM Phone: 0905 344 4631 Read more...
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A One-stop Book Store for High Flyers! Stop at WittyMinds Book Store

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One stop bookstore for high fliers. Good reads relevant for Children, Teenagers, Parenting, business Location: 2nd floor, Lokogoma Plaza, Nzube Estate, Abuja, Nigeria Phone Number: 0802 345 0969 Email: wittymindsbookstore@gmail.com Website: responsibleteensacademy.com Read more...
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Meetups and Events

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Join Roving Heights for their Book Vibe on October 1st

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What will you be doing on October 1st? You don’t wanna miss this Please join Roving Heights for our Book Vibe on October 1st at our Surulere and Garki stores. Come with a friend 🙂. Find out more details here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjBe2YyDBvF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Read more...
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Have Fun at The Eclipse 3.0 with Sir Grrraciano

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Listening to Spoken Word Poetry Or Reading Page Poems, which do you enjoy most? Meanwhile… You can get SPOKEN WORD POETRY-101(PDF) for just 1k right now… Send a DM quickly 1st 10 People Only… Read more...
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Street OT: A Book Reading at Awka

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“In the story, some pretty outrageous things happen, and are perpetrated, often by the narrators in the story, but they are told from a different perspective, that the reader isn’t seeing it from the eyes of the law, but from the eyes of the streets. In the eleventh story, “Streets Nor Friendly,” a man narrates how he did business with Read more...
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Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 2022 to Kick Off on October 2

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The Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 2022, with the theme “The (Struggling) Thriving Artist,” is set to run from October 2 – 8, 2022. The Abuja Literary Society was founded to bring together writers, aspiring writers, book-lovers, intellectuals, and anyone with an interest in the literary arts and looking to relax in a creative atmosphere in 1998. To celebrate the Read more...
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i-Read Community Book Club

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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...
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

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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...
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Readers Anonymous

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Online book community; we obsess over books, make recommendations and reviews. We share e-hugs too. We’re on IG as @readersanonng Read more...
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Lagos International Poetry Festival 2018

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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...
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Why Negative Book Reviews Aren’t So Bad (Plus, 4 Things You Can Do About Them)

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Exploring the Supernatural with Mmirinzo by Achalugo Chioma Ezekobe (A Review)

About the Author: Author of Mmirinzo Achalugo Chioma Ezekobe studied Law at the University of Lagos. Her work cuts across photography, film/tv, stage, and have also appeared in magazines and ...
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On-screen Adaptations of Books by Lola Shoneyin and Wole Soyinka Coming to Netflix Soon

If you have read 'The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives' by Lola Shoneyin, then an on-screen adaptation might excite you. If you haven't read the book, but wouldn't mind ...
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Book Clubs in Nigeria Gist: Here’s What 6 Book Clubs are Currently Reading (June)

Finding book clubs in Nigeria was almost impossible a while back. Now, you can find and join book clubs from the comfort of your home. Way to go! If you ...
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Chinelo Okparanta Brings the Systemic Misogyny and Biases Against Minority Groups to Light in ‘Happiness, Like Water’

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