Nathaniel Bivan I hated reading Devil’s Pawn, and you probably would if you were male. I mean, the male genital was mentioned, probably a hundred times...
I love that home-away-from-home treat, or simply give me a hotel room with the whole works. Now that’s, maybe, close to what a residency programme can...
There’s a lot to cry about, and so much to scream out in frustration in Nigeria, and across the world. But there’s a bucket list of...
Wouldn’t you just love to be the winner of The Booker Prize or the Nigerian Prize for Literature? It starts with “not giving up!” By Nathaniel...
Imagine a Hausa translation of some of today’s contemporary novels set in Nigeria’s north. And then even more exciting, Hausa literature in English. Wouldn’t it be...
You’re the king of your ‘word-dom’, and no one anoints you but you. Herewith, a few ways to bring your A-game this year. By Nathaniel Bivan...
Tope Folarin and Elnathan John are the focus of this week's column.
It appears that the judges have a crush on debut novels, as three novelists have so far clinched the prize – also known as the NLNG...
