Events
Literary Event/ A Bookversation With Tunde Leye—Register For Free
Literary events excite me. I like the idea of hanging out with writers and chatting about books. If you are like me, you’ll probably want to attend the upcoming book chat organized by Ignite Africa. This event is called bookversation. What is Bookversation? Bookversations is an honest, no holds barred literary discussion similar to An […]
Chimamanda Adichie Set To Moderate Michelle Obama’s Book Launch In The UK
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie will be moderating Michelle Obama’s UK exclusive book launch event, slated on Monday, 3rd, December, 2018 at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Isn’t that exciting?! We are so envious of the people who would be attending the event! The highly anticipated book is a memoir titled, “Becoming” “Reflecting on her memoir, Michelle […]
The 2018 Chinua Achebe Literary Festival —Attend
by Izunna Okafor The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) is set to honour and celebrate one of the Nigeria’s famous Literary Legends, Late Prof. Chinụalụmọgụ Albert Achebe This is on a notion that, though dead, Chinua Achebe is still a quintessential Icon and literary star worthy to be remembered and celebrated, even on […]
22 Writers Selected For The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop
Writers all over the world have been waiting with bated breaths to see the results of the Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop 2018. Well, the time is here. Can we get the drum rolls please? Just kidding. First, I’d like to say congratulations to all the successful applicants. If you’re a writer who didn’t get […]
Twenty Writers Shortlisted For The 2018 Morland Writing Scholarships
At long last, the Miles Morland Foundation has announced its shortlist for the 2018 Morland Writing Scholarships. Twenty talented writers were selected from a pool of over 500 applicants. Writers were selected from Kenya, South Africa , Nigeria, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Somalia and Zimbabwe. The twenty shortlisted writers will be invited to attend […]
Anambra Young Writers Visit National Light Newspaper, Seek Partnership —
By Izunna Okafor It was indeed a moment of ratiocination yesterday as a team the young writers in Anambra state, under the umbrella of Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) visited the longest-thriving state-owned Newspaper in Nigeria — the Anambra Newspaper and Printing Corporation, the publishers of the National Light Newspaper (wwwinationallightngr.com), Ka […]
Call For Submissions: The Third Edition Of The Chinua Achebe Essay/Poetry Anthology—Submit
The Society of Young Nigerian Writers Anambra State Chapter, in collaboration with the Anambra State Library is seeking submissions of quality poems and essays from writers across the globe, for her 3rd ‘Chinua Achebe Poetry/Essay Anthology’. This anthology will be unveiled at the grand finale of the 3rd edition of the ‘Chinua Achebe Literary […]