The Lagos International Poetry Festival is an annual celebration that brings poets, writers, artists, and thinkers from across the world to Lagos for a week of conversations, readings, performances, workshops and adventure. This year, the Lagos International Poetry Festival will be publishing an anthology of poems on the theme Wide Awake. Poetry entries are expected to […]
Over ₦100,000 to be won in the 2018 Lagos International Poetry Festival
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Chimamanda’s Workshop: See the Stories that Were Accepted in the Past
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2 DAYS TO GO! Have you sent in your story sample for Chimamanda’s creative writing workshop? Applications for The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop ends on Monday, October 15th. Interested persons are expected to send a prose fiction or creative non-fiction writing sample of 200 – 1000 words and as easy as this may seem (especially due to […]
Chimamanda Adichie Receives the PEN Pinter Prize
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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 […]
Submit Your Unpublished Collections of Poetry in The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry
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The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is awarded annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry. The winner receives USD $1000 and book publication through the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal. The African Poetry Book Fund Editorial Board, including Kwame Dawes, Chris Abani, […]
Apply Now, For The 2019 Nine Dots Prize
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The Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. Entrants are asked to respond to a question in 3,000 words, with the winner receiving $100,000 to write a short book expanding on their ideas. The aim of the Prize is to promote, encourage and engage innovative thinking to address […]
Wrapping Up September Like Shawarma
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Happy new month! September has come and gone, and we are excited about the remaining months of 2018. Since you are family, we are letting you in on our monthly activities. What Happened at OkadaBooks in September Supporting Children Across Nigeria We began a campaign to provide textbooks for over 10,000 primary school pupils in […]
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 […]