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Obinna Udenwe’s Short Story, “It Has to Do With Emilia”, Optioned for Film and Television by BUMP Films

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments

“It Has to Do With Emilia“, a short story by Obinna Udenwe, which was published online by AFREADA three years

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The K & L Prize 2020 Longlist

May 6, 2020May 8, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 4 Comments

The longlist for the 2020 K & L Prize has been released. The K & L Prize, which is sponsored

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The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist 2020

Apr 21, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 3 Comments

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which is awarded yearly to the best short fiction pieces of below 5000 words and

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The Full Story: Former Deputy Editor, Otosirieze Obi-Young and Brittle Paper Founder, Ainehi Edoro Are Locked In A Theatrical War

Apr 17, 2020May 1, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments

On April 14, 2020, Hadiza El-Rufai, wife of the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, and author of the novel

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2020 Featured Lit Scene What's New 

World Poetry Day 2020: Young Poets Reiterate Call to Immortalize Achebe.

Mar 26, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments

by Izunna Okafor As the world celebrated the World Poetry Day 2020, young writers in Anambra State, under the umbrella

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The Nigerian Poet and Scholar, Professor Harry Garuba, Dies at 61.

Mar 17, 2020Mar 21, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments

Professor Harry Garuba died on the 28 February, 2020, in South Africa, “following a long illness”, according to Premium Times

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Recommended Short Stories You Can Read Online, by: Oyet Sisto Ocen, Harriet Anena, and Uwem Akpan.

Feb 6, 2020Oct 7, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments Harriet Anena, My Parents' Bedroom, Oyet Sisto Ocen, short stories, Suubi, The New Yorker, Uwem Akpan

The best short story writers do something to you just after you read that last paragraph: they leave a kind

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Looking Back Through a Misty Film: Recollection from the 2019 Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop

Jan 17, 2020Mar 21, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments Bura-Bari Nwilo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Trust 2019, The Colour of a Thing Beloved

by Bura-Bari Nwilo In December 2019, I stood over Oly in my apartment in Nsukka and drew her attention to posts

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2020 Featured Lit Scene What's New 

The Nigerian Novelist, author of “The Naked Gods”, Chukwuemeka Ike Passes on at 88.

Jan 17, 2020Mar 21, 2020 Ernest Ogunyemi 1 Comment Chukwuemeka Ike, Chukwuemeka Ike death, Expo '77, The Naked Gods

After a brief illness, on the 9th of January, the novelist Chukwuemeka Ike died Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, where

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New Awesome Book Alert: Colours of Hatred by Obinna Udenwe (Now Available For Pre-order).

Dec 17, 2019Jan 8, 2021 Ernest Ogunyemi 0 Comments Colours of Hatred, Obinna Udenwe, Parresia Publishers, Satans & Shaitans

From the author of the controversial church erotica, Holy Sex, and the conspiracy thriller, Satans & Shaitans, comes the new

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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, 2020Jan 7, 2021 Back-Office Support 1

A writing workshop is a great opportunity for budding writers to have their works subjected to peer review and critique.

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