Bookshelf

Bookshelf

The ultimate prize for any writer is canonization – Isaac Ogezie

Bookshelf: You won the SONTA/ Olu Obafemi Prize for Playwriting in 2016 for your unpublished play, ‘The Sandcastle’. What was the experien

Writers tend to become one with their stories – Nnani

Chioma Nnani is author of a collection of short stories, ‘Because Home is…’ and a novel, ‘Forever There for You’. A 201

Tunde Leye (Author) Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen

Author Tunde Leye’s last good read is ‘Fine Boys’ by Eghosa Imaseun. “I enjoyed it thoroughly. Why? It was great, unpretentiou

Elnathan, Cassava Republic lose out on small press prize

Nigerian author of ‘Born on a Tuesday’, Elnathan John, and publishers Cassava Republic have lost out on the Republic of Consciousness priz

‘Writers tend to become one with their stories’

I remember talking to one of my mentors (Dr. Nkem Ezeilo) about it in the summer of 2015 and I had all these doubts and she said, ‘I don’t