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 […]
“I can’t wait for you to read it,” former US VP Harris says about book that reveals her code name was Pioneer
The immediate past United States Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she cannot wait for people to read her new book ‘107 Days’, as she sets out on a 15-city tour beginning on September 24th. Kamala Harris served as the forty-ninth vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025, and the first […]
It’s rare to get sponsorship for literary activities in Nigeria, Udenwe laments as he tours Nigeria for ‘Years of Shame’
Award-winning writer and civil engineer, Obinna Udenwe, has expressed sadness over the lack of corporate support and sponsorship for literary and artistic endeavours in Nigeria, as is easily seen in some countries of the world. Udenwe, author of ‘Colours of Hatred’ and ‘Satans & Shaitans’, disclosed this in Minna, the Niger State capital, as part […]