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Writing Workshop With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Learning To Write Like A Nobel Laureate At The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop.

Nov 30, 2020by Back-Office Support2

A writing workshop is a great opportunity for budding writers to have their works subjected to peer review and critique. Readers and writers workshops come in various models, but the goals are to teach writers to be better writers Every year, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie organizes the Purple Hibiscus Creative writing workshop. Various writers are selected...

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SBMEN’s 2020 Creative Writing Workshop For Women Is Supported By Ford Foundation / How To Apply

Nov 5, 2020by Chiziterem Chijioke0

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN) is proud to announce its Virtual Creative Writing Workshop for young female writers. The aim of the SBMEN Creative Writing Workshop For Women is to: enhance the skills and talent of female writers; explore the literary works of inspiring female writers and provide a platform for female writers...

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Serendipity And Chika Unigwe’s Lecture At The Center Of Memories. I Learned About The Importance Of Owning and Controlling Our Own Narratives.

Nov 20, 2019by Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam1

Some writers rely on serendipity to lead them to a writer they have long admired or an idea they have been trying to explore. I am not such a writer. I am a planner. A strange temperament, especially when you consider the capricious nature of a writing profession (or of any artistic pursuit). And yet,...

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The Lagos Poetry Festival 2019, 5th Edition

Oct 22, 2019by Ernest Ogunyemi0

The Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest2019) is here. Now in its fifth year, the festival, which was founded in 2015 by Efe Paul Azino, promises to be “a wild beautiful thing.” The festival begins October 30th, 2019 and ends November 3rd, 2019, and it features over fifty writers and poets and thinkers from over ten...

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Afara Leadership Center Book Fair For Book Lovers On A Low Budget / How To Attend The Event

Oct 22, 2019by Ernest Ogunyemi0

Have you been wanting to get some fairy new, high quality books? And at a very low price? Here is your chance to. Osemhen is donating books, but at a very low price, to raise money to support a center. She writes: “I volunteer with this awesome center and we’re raising money to support the...

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Press Release: The SBMEN Fiction and Non-Fiction Editing Workshop

Oct 2, 2019by Ernest Ogunyemi0

SBMEN Fiction and Non-Fiction Editing Workshop Lagos, September 2019— The Society of Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN) held its third editing workshop for the year themed: The Fundamentals of Fiction and Non-Fiction Editing from 21 to 22 September 2019. This two-day workshop was attended by writers and editors who were interested in refreshing...

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Win $100 in Afritondo’s Flash Fiction Contest / How To Apply

Sep 20, 2019by Ernest Ogunyemi0

Do you love fiction? If yes, Afritondo has submitting for you. Afritondo, “the media and publishing platform that aims to connect with and tell the stories of Africans and black minority populations across the globe”, is calling for comments on their latest short story, “Looking for Papa”. This is in anticipation of their $1000 Short Story...

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