Dear book lover and writing enthusiast, if you’ve had your ears on the ground for a book festival that centers around changing the way people view the literature and art culture in the south-south region of Nigeria, then you’re in luck. The upcoming maiden edition of the IBOM International Art and Book Festival is the […]
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2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize: Get Familiar With The Shortlisted Stories
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It’s all shades of excitement over here as The Commonwealth Foundation rolled out its shortlist for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This prestigious yearly Prize is reputable for giving accolades to the best piece of unpublished short stories from the Commonwealth. For 2022, there were a total of 6,730 entries across five continents. 26 […]
Loving Amanda Movie By Laju Iren Premieres Via Virtual Cinema This Easter
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It’s been a long time coming, but Laju Iren’s Loving Amanda movie is almost here! Since bestselling author Laju Iren began her film-making career in 2020, she has done quite well for herself in such a short time. Her web series During Ever After reached nearly half a million views on Youtube, and, now, her […]
Queen Of The Fields: Tomilola Coco Adeyemo’s New Romance Is About Reincarnated Orisas, Vengeance and Ancient Rituals.
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Queen of the Fields tells the story of a 251-year-old man who is desperate to return to the past by spilling the blood of a 21-year-old virginal reincarnated orisa. The upcoming dark romance Queen of the Fields is written by Bestselling Romance Author Tomilola Coco Adeyemo and it tells the story of Ajagbo, a 19th […]
QFest 2021: This Year’s Edition Of The Quramo Festival Of Words Kicks Off October 1
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The 2021 Edition Of the Quramo Festival Of Words, QFest, is almost upon us. Organized by Quramo Publishing, this year’s edition of the increasingly popular gathering of book lovers will take place between October 1 – 3 with conversations, interviews, book chats and readings, poetry, film screening, drama and more, at the prestigious Eko Hotel […]
Chimamanda Talks About Why She Doesn’t Identify With The Nigerian Catholic Church Anymore
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It’s not news that Chimamanda has separated from the Nigerian Catholic church dogma she was born into, what’s new are the details that led to this happening she recently shared in her piece titled Dreaming as a single family published in a recent edition of the L’osservatore Romano weekly bulletin. The main points have been […]
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, […]