Five books for independence winner (1), plus mails

Amina has won five books donated by our friends. (Amina, please, your postal address so we can mail you your books.) Could the second winner please re-send his piece to my mailbox so we can prepare to send him the five books he has also won. The competition is now closed. MAIL We enjoy your […]

Amina has won five books donated by our friends. (Amina, please, your postal address so we can mail you your books.) Could the second winner please re-send his piece to my mailbox so we can prepare to send him the five books he has also won.

The competition is now closed.

MAIL

We enjoy your mail. Please keep writing us. Hannatu, whose mail is published first, below, has won our best mail for this week’s column and we are sending her two books. Please send your address. All other mails published here, except the last two, which were enquiries, have won a book each. Please, send your postal addresses.

Here are some of your mails

It’s been quite a while but I never miss the column. We are reminded of the potential in the Nigerian youths in guests like the one you featured a while ago, Jason Fadairo. Imagine! At his age, he likes “moralistic books”. I am so amazed! Miss Chinwe Chukwueke is also another youngster after my very heart. At 15, she’s already a secondary school graduate and considering a career in chemical engineering! Now if these promising personalities don’t give you hope in Nigeria, who will?

I tell you, I do believe in Nigeria!

Hannatu.

Thanks for the good work you have been doing. May I suggest you add calendar of popular literary events in Nigeria and possibly publisher’s addresses for potential writers.

Abubakar Sanusi

I’m a writer, member of the Writers\’Union of Romania since 2003. I would like to have some co-operation with you.

Good morning, Aunty Eugenia,

Your column in Sunday Trust is great, and makes me buy the paper every Sunday. I like reading and cooking a lot but I don’t know how to learn the art of writing.  Aunty, is there any book you can recommend to me on the art of writing from the basics. Learning how to write or construct a good sentence is my main problem. Aunty, may almighty God continue to bless you for this wonderful work.

Philomena Agidi

Thanks to you I got to read Francine Prose’s Reading Like a Writer. Good stuff! But she didn’t talk about Achebe, Soyinka, Armah or Wa Thiong’o or Tutuola or for that matter, me.

But thanks.

Edgar

I read about the Commonwealth short story writing competition in the Sunday Trust of 4-11-2012. What can I do to enter this competition?

Abdul Abdullahi Makarfi

Go online Abdul and check for Commonwealth short story competition and follow the instructions. Make sure you have a very good story that is well edited.

I am a regular reader of your column with Sunday Trust. Well done. Please I need your help on how to buy the following books.Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, and General Elliot Montgomery.

Tijanni Aiyu from Jigawa State.

Check reputable bookshops in major cities. You can also order online if you have a credit card, or send a friend travelling out of the country.