Aké Festival 2026: Lola Shoneyin urges Nigerians to value African writers, local publishing
Founder and director of the Aké Arts and Book Festival, Lola Shoneyin, has urged Nigerian writers and publishers to prioritise the growth of the local literary industry rather than measure their success by recognition from Western publishing markets.
Aké Festival to explore native intelligence as Sterling Bank supports 14th edition
Organised by the Book Buzz Foundation (BBF), founded in 2012 by Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin, this year’s Aké Arts and Book Festival is themed ‘Native Intelligence’, and will be held at Silkwood Hotel (formerly BON Hotel), Ikeja GRA, Lagos.
How Lola Shoneyin is training Nigerian illustrators, strengthening children’s book industry
The founder of the Book Buzz Foundation (BBF) and director of the Lagos International Festival of Illustration (LIFI), Lola Shoneyin, has outlined a five-year plan to build a stronger community for illustrators in Nigeria through training, professional development, and international collaboration.
Naira Stories Magazine calls for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interview print submissions
Naira Stories Magazine (nairastories.com) is thrilled to announce a call for submissions for the third issue of its print publication.
Nigerian Writer Akinwande Jordan Shortlisted for 2026 Caine Prize
Nigerian writer and critic, Akinwande Jordan, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing with his short story, ‘So Long Now It’s Starting To Look Like Eternity, published in the anthology A House That’s Not A Home, edited by Haliru Ali Musa and Kingsley Alumona.
Finalists of Beeta Playwright $3000 prize announced
The Beeta Universal Arts Foundation has announced the finalists of the seventh edition of the Beeta Playwright Competition. The announcement was recently made across the foundation’s social media platforms. The foundation, founded by the award-winning actress and producer, Bikiya Graham-Douglas, offers opportunities and innovative solutions for development in the performing arts through production, competitions, education, […]
Buhari’s legacy: Restraint, security, and leadership decisions revealed in new biography
Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s disciplined approach to leadership and political succession is at the centre of revelations in a new biography, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’. The book highlights how Buhari’s prudence, strategic foresight, and adherence to institutional norms shaped the political landscape of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Authored by […]
Hungarian Laszlo Krasznahorkai awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for “his compelling, visionary oeuvre”
The Swedish Academy, organisers the Nobel Prize in Literature, on Thursday, awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai. The Nobel Prize in Literature is regarded as the capstone to a writer’s career in the literary world. The academy stated that the 71-year-old author merited the prize “for his compelling […]
In Nigeria, feminists are sometimes referred to as ‘Chimamanda’s children’ —Gazelle Mba
Nigerian United Kingdom-based scholar, literary critic and writer, Gazelle Mba, has stated that in Nigeria, feminists are sometimes mockingly referred to as ‘Chimamanda’s children’. Mba stated this through her recent essay titled ‘Greased with Complaints’, published in Volume 47, Number 16 of the London Review of Books (LRB), which was a review of Chimamanda Ngozi […]
“I no longer fear death,” Dan Brown says about his new thriller novel ‘The Secret of Secrets’
Bestselling thriller author of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels and Demons’, Dan Brown, has revealed that he no longer fears death after learning some secrets about consciousness in the course of researching and writing his eighth novel, ‘The Secret of Secrets’. Brown said this in an interview recently published in the Manila Times while […]