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PIN to celebrate anniversary

A literary body, Poets in Nigeria (PIN) has declared October month of Freedom and Creativity. This is in recognition of the role poetry plays within t

I didn’t think anyone would be interested in my book, says award-winning writer

Were you surprised to win the Etisalat Prize for Literature? I was. Mainly because I had refused to think about possible outcomes. It could have only

Surprise as heavyweights fail to make Booker Prize Shortlist

The debut novel by York bookseller Fiona Mozley has made the cut for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize shortlist, along with debuts by George Saunder

RAN marks International Literacy Day, urges Nigerians to promote educational development

The Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) commemorated International Literacy day last week with the President of the association, Mrs. Irene Chinwe Mb

An Encounter with the Spymaster

Yushau Shuaib has always had it easy getting jobs, sometimes in unpredictable places. He hails from the far north, but he became a spokesman of a gove