When a pen can make you get high grades at school, why study? By Nathaniel Bivan In March 2022, Uzoma Ihejirika, a writer, concluded a three-month...
In a collection that transcends poetry, our writer discovers it is music, interrupted by rhymes and rhythm. By Nathaniel Bivan I met EB through his words...
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...
Many believe that the lines between prose fiction writers and poets are sometimes blurred with time. But how true is this? By Nathaniel Bivan I have...
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...
From ‘Lucidity of Absurdity’ to ‘Akimbo in Limbo’, Olumide Olaniyan looks at social issues and the world of politics with what may best be described as...
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...
December belongs to book lists, and we’re excited to dish you #BookChaser’s.
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...
