The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist 2020
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which is awarded yearly to the best short fiction pieces of below 5000 words and
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Lit Scene
The Full Story: Former Deputy Editor, Otosirieze Obi-Young and Brittle Paper Founder, Ainehi Edoro Are Locked In A Theatrical War
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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World Poetry Day 2020: Young Poets Reiterate Call to Immortalize Achebe.
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.
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.
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
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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The Nigerian Novelist, author of “The Naked Gods”, Chukwuemeka Ike Passes on at 88.
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).
From the author of the controversial church erotica, Holy Sex, and the conspiracy thriller, Satans & Shaitans, comes the new
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New Awesome Book Alert: Ẹ̀fọ́ Rírò and Other Stories by Iquo Dianaabasi (Available For Pre-order).
From Parrésia Publishers—the publishers of T. J. Benson’s We Won’t Fade into Darkness, and Onyeka Nwelue’s The Beginning of Everything
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Modifying Your Sahara: A Poetry Masterclass with Kaveh Akbar.
It’s 1:49pm. I’m in a mini-bus going to Ikoyi from CMS, trapped in a hold-up. I’m sweating underneath my shirt,
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