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Bookshelf • July 13, 2019 06:25

How Nigerian writer won Caine Prize after 3rd try

Lesley Nneka Arimah’s emergence as 2019 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing is proof that perseverance pays off. Shortlisted twice, she even

Bookshelf • July 13, 2019 06:22

Soteriou emerges 2019 Commonwealth Prize overall winner

Cypriot Constantia Soteriou has been announced winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for ‘Death Customs’, the first translated story to wi

Bookshelf • July 13, 2019 06:22

Ehikhamenor’s art inspired writers at Abuja festival workshop

A painting by visual artist Victor Ehikhamenor served as a picture prompt to writers at a creative writing workshop organised by the Abuja Literary an

Bookshelf • July 7, 2019 02:06

Five books in the face of violence against women

The stories that hit us all between the eye in the past week indicated that rape culture, sexual assault against women and violence against women whet

Bookshelf • July 6, 2019 04:41

PIN announces 2019 Students Poetry Prize shortlist

Poets in Nigeria (PIN) has announced a shortlist of ten poems for its 2019 Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP). Poems on the list include ‘An Artefa