Your primary goal as an intern with us at OkadaBooks should be wrapped around the desire to learn. If that zeal doesn’t “buuuurn!” as hot, or even more, as that of the Duke of Hastings’ in Netflix’s Bridgerton, let’s just call it quits now. Thank you for reading up till this point. But if it […]
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The Nigeria Prize For Literature 2021: 11 Authors Compete For The $100,000 First Prize
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The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the shortlist of 11 drawn from 202 books in the running for the 2021 edition of the prize. The 11 books on the shortlist, in alphabetical order by the title of the book, are: Delusion of Patriots, Obianuju V. Chukwuorji Give Us Each Day, […]
How To Write Great Book Blurbs That Sell
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We recently sat down with OkadaBooks best selling Author Osar Adeyemi (IG @OsarAdeyemi) over an Instagram Live session to talk about what makes a great book blurb, why budding authors should start paying more attention to theirs, and how to go about making this change. Rewatch the recorded session HERE if you missed it, or […]
18 Quotable Quotes You Can Find In Chimamanda’s Latest Essay, It Is Obscene.
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Earlier this week, the internet went agog following the release of an essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The essay was mostly about how her relationship with two Nigerian authors who were beneficiaries of the then Farafina Writing Workshop went south. She also talked about our present interaction with social media amongst other things. While I […]
10 Books Like ‘Freshwater’ You Should Read If You Like Freshwater
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An excerpt from The Guardian Review of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi describes the book as “a manifestation of Ada’s realization that she is irrevocably an amalgamation of all her varied and even divergent selves.” The conflict of self, identity and acceptance can be daunting for any member of the LGBTQ community, which is why we’ve […]
10 Books Like ‘There Was A Country’ You Should Read If You Like ‘There Was A Country’
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The Nigerian Civil War, an horrific event that has continuously refused to be acknowledged by the Nigerian Government despite its life altering impact on the Igbos, has been a consistent theme in literary works for years. In his memoir, There was a Country, Chinua Achebe gave his personal account on the genocidal event. 51 years […]
7 Time-Management Methods for Writers
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Writers – The Present and Future Writers are usually known to be a creative bunch of people. They are not ordinary professionals who sit at their desks and complete their work within a given time. Professional writers can be involved in a variety of work. While some may be writing for students entirely – Professional […]