Earlier this year, it was announced here, that our dear Chimamanda had been awarded a PEN Pinter Prize for her ‘Boldness’. She officially received this award 3 days ago and she spoke out about the responsibility of authors to engage with politics and “call a lie, a lie”. According to Maureen Freely, the prize was awarded […]
Chimamanda Adichie Receives the PEN Pinter Prize
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Apply For Chimamanda’s Creative Writing Workshop Now!
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During the event ‘An Evening With Chimamanda‘, Chimamanda mentioned that her creative writing workshop will be relaunched later this year and we have the details for the application. The name of the creative writing workshop has been changed from The Farafina Trust Writing Workshop to The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop. it will be sponsored […]
Chimamanda Adichie Will Be Receiving The 2019 Everett M. Rogers Award
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In a recent press release, Chimamanda was announced as the winner of next year’s USC Annenberg’s Rogers Award. The award honors the late Everett M. Rogers, former Annenberg associate dean and an influential communication scholar. This award recognizes outstanding scholars and practitioners whose work has contributed path-breaking insights in areas of Rogers’s legacy. According to […]
“You People Are Too Old” – Okechukwu Ofili to Speakers at the IPA Seminar
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At the first ever International Publishers Association (IPA) African Regional Seminar in May, the CEO of OkadaBooks, Okechukwu Ofili, made a comment which took the audience by surprise- He called them out on their age and emphasized at great length, on the need to target a younger generation. He had an interview with the IPA to […]
Participate in the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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Submissions for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has begun. This prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. The best thing about this award is that application is free! Submissions will close on 1 November. About the […]
Reading Helps a Falsely Accused Man Get Through 27 Years in Prison
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John Bunn, a 41-year old African-American man, has recently just been set free after being sent to prison for 27 years, for a crime he did not commit. He was charged with killing a corrections officer. Since his release, he has dedicated his time towards mentoring at-risk young people and advocating for the power of reading […]
Author, Abimbola Dare Wins the 2018 Bath Novel Award
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Abimbola Dare, has just been announced as the winner of this year’s Bath Novel Award. It is an international award for emerging novelists writing for adults or young adults. Having her story selected as the winning one out of 1,201 entries worldwide is a huge accomplishment! The winning prize for this award is £2,500. Abimbole (Abi) Dare […]