Bookshelf

Bookshelf

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…Writer, Ozili Baba My Laugh Comes Last by James Hadley Chase

“I love James Hadley Chase. I just finished reading My Laugh Comes Last,” says Ozili Baba, author of the novella, Third Side of a Coin. Ba

Fiction v nonfiction – English literature’s made-up divide

Some cultures do not distinguish between fiction and nonfiction – and instead talk of ‘stories’. Is that a barrier to English-langua

I write to change status of women in Northern Nigeria – Balaraba Ramat Yakubu

Bookshelf: You were one of the earliest authors of what came to be known as the ‘Soyayya’ Hausa literary movement or Kano Market Literatur

ANA calls for entries in 8 categories

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has called for entries in eight categories for its 2016 literary competitions. This was made known in a rele

Reading lessons from my teenage self

I was an avid reader in high school, almost obsessive. But I remember one book, What Happened to Lani Garver, differently from others. I finished read