Bookshelf

Bookshelf

‘Why my novel comes long after Caine Prize win’

Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer who won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his first published short story, ‘Miracle’, pulled out

Leila Aboulela makes Saltire Awards 2019 shortlist

Award-winning Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela has made the Saltire Literary Awards 2019 shortlist for her book, ‘Bird Summons,’ in the fiction book of

Cassava Republic, Okada Books, others get publishing grant

Two of Nigeria’s publishing companies, Cassava Republic and Okada Books, are among those given grants, worth $170,000, by Africa Publishing Innovation

How near-death experience prompted my novel – Maryam Awaisu

Maryam Awaisu is the author of ‘Burning Bright’, a novel about her experience with sickle cell anaemia, shortlisted for the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Lit

THE LAST GOOD BOOK I READ…

Muhammad Gulani (Writer) Becoming Nigerian by Elnathan John   Writer Muhammad Gulani said his last good read is Elnathan John’s ‘Becoming Nigeria