Okay, so, I did my reading at Purple Silver. It was fun. It had been one of those days. As the time drew near, I got my phone remembering one or the other relations or friends who I could have called but didn’t. Well, big deal, abi? I searched all through for what to read. … Continue reading »
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CALL FOR SUBMISSION: THE JOSEPH SHORT STORY CHALLENGE (WIN A DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER)
(by Chinyere Obi-Obasi…NOTE: This is a challenge that also has prizes to be won!! Can you beat that?!!) Hope you have not forgotten the challenge One of the reasons why I am a hit with my children is because of my fertile imagination. So while telling the story of Joseph and Portiphar’s wife, I tell … Continue reading »
THE MESH (A Poem) by Kwesi Brew
We have come to the Cross-roads And I must either leave or come with you. I lingered over the Choice But in the darkness of my doubts You lifted the lamp of love And I saw in your face The road that i should take. Kwesi Brew (1928-2007) is one of Ghana’s foremost … Continue reading »
Wordsmiths in Nigeria: Relics of a lost age? by Chika Nwakama
Art is life. Life’s art. Writing is an art, it could also be a life. What else captures the details of the past, intertwining it with the occurrence of the present, yet plodding the way for the future but writing. With just a few words, your imagination travels between time and space, thus making geographic … Continue reading »
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL WORKS ON QUENTIN TARANTINO’S MOVIES!
Okay, now how many of you have watched a Quentin Tarantino movie? Of course, yes, you… or even if you haven’t, here’s a chance to have a critical work of yours published. Destructive Praise, a creative group committed to publishing critical work too hip for academia, is now accepting submissions for a June … Continue reading »
CALL FOR (SUBMISSIONS) POEMS CELEBRATING NIGERIA AT 100
Straining at the Seams: Poems for Nigeria at 100 Edited by Kabura Zakama Kairos Productions is pleased to invite submissions from poets for publication in an anthology titled Straining at the Seams: Poems for Nigeria at 100. The anthology, intended to discuss the life and times of Nigeria since the merger of the Northern and … Continue reading »
THE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS LITERARY AWARDS WINNERS FOR 2012
ANA Prose Fiction Prize 2012 Pride of the Spider Clan – Odili Ujubuonu – Winner Beyond the Yard – Inyang E. Ekwo A Time To Heal – Seye Oke ANA Poetry Prize 2012 Inside my Head – Umari Ayim – Winner Canvas – Saddiq Dzukogi Go Tell Our King – Betty Abah ANA … Continue reading »
RAMBLINGS ON THE WRITER’S DEPTH
There is something about the depth of the artiste – it is only gotten by going into the heart of this one. Several years ago, I would marvel at the profoundness of the works of lots of literary maestros. The depth of their creative springs and reaches left me bedazzled. I started writing, churning out … Continue reading »
THE LOYOLA JESUIT WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS (I): PRE
7th July, 2012 This comes in three parts: The first which is the personal experience and events leading to the workshop, then the second, the workshop itself and finally, the aftermath. Of course, you can jump to whichever part suits you best or just go to the full article. But here we go… You can … Continue reading »
DAMN YOU (LETTER TO NIGERIAN LITERATURE AND ALL INVOLVED)
(SMALL NOTE TO NIGERIAN LITERATURE AND ALL INVOLVED: DAMN YOU!) __________________________________________________________________________ Yup, damn you! I am usually conservative but even for that, damn me! Nigerian writers and its literature is largely uncelebrated in the country – for most of that, damn Nigeria! Nigerians prefer to read foreign books – damn Nigerians! Readers would rather read … Continue reading »
