July 2016
The Man Booker Prize 2016 Longlist
The 2016 longlist for the Man Booker prize has been announced. The 2016 longlist, or Man Booker ‘Dozen’, of 13 novels, is: Author (nationality) – Title (imprint) Paul Beatty (US) – The Sellout (Oneworld) J.M. Coetzee (South African-Australian) – The Schooldays of Jesus (Harvill Secker) A.L. Kennedy (UK) – Serious Sweet (Jonathan Cape) Deborah Levy (UK) – Hot Milk (Hamish […]
NLNG Literature Prize Shortlists 11 Authors
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, led by Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo has announced an initial shortlist of eleven books, drawn from 173 books in contention for the 2016 Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNGsponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature). The shortlist, according to a statement by Kudo Eresia-Eke General Manager, External Relations of NLNG is made up […]
THE 2016 MORLAND WRITING SCHOLARSHIP FOR AFRICAN WRITERS IS ACCEPTING ENTRIES
The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2016 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers opened for entries on Thursday 30th June. The deadline for submissions is Monday 31st October 2016. The Morland Writing Scholarships will be open to anyone who has been born in Africa or both of whose parents were born in […]
What Makes A Good Story By Charles Opara
Most times, as writers, we discuss the art of writing but we don’t say much about the art of storytelling or story crafting. A lot of us are good writers, but the real breakthrough starts with storytelling. Because it is what takes your writing from raw art to real entertainment. If writing is artistic expression, […]
NIGERIAN WRITERS AWARDS 2017: NOMINATIONS BEGIN
The Prestigious Nigerian Writers Awards (NWA) 2017 nomination is on. NWA is a platform organized to reward excellence, celebrate Nigerian Writers of different genres, encourage and create a synergy between budding and established writers in Nigeria. It is the first of its kind awards to reward writers of different genres and writers’ supportive brands. The […]
Goodbye Elechi amadi By Bright Sado
I watched from my mother’s womb, how those officers called you captain, I too did, but novelist-captain I called. Trees switch places when they hear your name, man of effect you are called. Man of iroko, survival of that civil war. I remember how the rivers and state held you up for service to human. […]