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Scars Do Heal gets boost as UK based The Word sets date to feature Akínrópò, other writers

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Among the five writers billed for the Feb. 25 event at the state-of-the-art cultural building is the author of an…
Prince Harry, currently basking in the glow of his memoir, Spare, will not be welcomed at the coronation of his father as King Charles 111

Real reason Prince Harry will not be welcomed at his father’s coronation ceremony

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry left almost nothing unsaid about the royal family in the book, and spared no…

Prince Harry’s memoir ”Spare” sets sales record on first day

PM NEWS Editor

3 years ago

The sales figures for “Spare” include hardcover, audiobook and e-book editions sold in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.

From Okeho Ahoro to Okeho Ile: A Review of The Okeho Exodus

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The schema headed by Baale Olele was possible because the citizens preferred the traditional lifestyle. The book gave the impression…

Akínrópò brings the World to Africa with ‘Scars Do Heal’

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

As a matter of fact, with Scars Do Heal, Akínrópò has effectively brought the rest of the world to Africa…
Aina on Iddo Island

LASRAB launches first Comic Book on Lagos History

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The comic book which is dedicated to all Lagosians, is written to help the present and future generations of Lagosians…
Pastor Tunde Bakare (from 2nd left), Serving Overseer of Global Citadel Community Church; his wife, Mrs Olayide Bakare; the author, Adeolu Akinyemi and other dignitaries at the unveiling of the book 'Dear Entrepreneur' by Adeolu Akinyemi on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at The Grandeur Event Centre, Lagos

Adeolu Akinyemi celebrates launch of ‘Dear Entrepreneur’ book

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The book was reviewed by Mr Segun Awosanya (SEGA) who encouraged people to pick copies of the book because of…
Brigitte Giraud wins Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious literary prize in France with Vivre Vite, a novel about the death of her husband.

Brigitte Giraud: How a novel about husband’s death earned her France biggest literary prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Vivre Vite, a short autobiographical story, recounts the chain of events leading to the death of her husband Claude in…
Nigerian writer, Rose Okeke: Wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature with her manuscript, “Child of the Corn.”

Nigerian Okeke wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English…
Ogaga Ifowodo and his Augusta’s Poodle

Displacement and collective memory in Ifowodo’s Augusta’s Poodle

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

  By Nehru Odeh The child is father of the man; and I could wish my days to be bound…
Rushdie

Salman Rushdie: The writer who hardly sleeps with two eyes closed

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Rushdie is a multiple award-winning novelist, whose fame goes beyond borders and break boundaries, even though his freedom has been…
Saddiq Dzukogi’s collection of poems, Your Crib, My Qibla

The unbearable memory of loss in Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Dzukogi’s collection of poems, Your Crib, My Qibla is indeed a journey not just into lyrical sound but one laced…

Dimeji Sodeke’s Ooni Luwo: Where Radical Sovereignty Meets Defiance

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Queen Luwo is the titular figure, the power of which begins to upset both the politics and traditions of a…
Jonathan

Jonathan to chair presentation of book on 2014 National Conference

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The 633-page book titled: The National Conversation: Interests and Intrigues that shaped the 2014 National Conference was authored by two…
The candidate of PDP, Bisi Kolawole voting on Saturday

PDP’s Kolawole floors APC’s Oyebanji in Ward 8, Unit 1, Efon Alaye

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Bisi Kolawole, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, won in Ward 8, Unit…
Dimeji Sodeke, author of Ooni Luwo

Writer Dimeji Sodeke unveils new book ‘Ooni Luwo’ in four languages

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

In Ooni Luwo; One Queen, two Kings; Set in Imoleaiye, a fictional Yoruba preliterate city, the play presents the story…
Trish Lorenz, British Journalist and author of the book, “Soro Soke: The Young Disruptors Of An African MegaCity”

#EndSARS: How Nigerians forced British author to retract claim on ‘Soro Soke’

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Soro Soke' is a phrase of Yoruba origin meaning 'speak out' or 'speak louder.' And it gained prominence, becoming a…

Silent Journeys and Cultural Memory: A detailed review of ‘ Òde Àpẹ̀rìn ‘ by Shogo Olalekan Uthman

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Olu Ajayi is an artist and art reviewer with over 40 years experience in studio practice and art administration. He…
Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

Arrow of God, others chosen for The Big Jubilee Read

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The Big Jubilee Read spearheaded by BBC Arts and The Reading Agency celebrates great reads from across the Commonwealth, to…
Chimamanda Adichie

Chimamanda to release new book

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Chimamanda wrote Mama’s Sleeping Scarf for her daughter, who was three years old at the time. The story, energetic and…
Idunma and other winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize

Nigerian writer Iduma among winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Other winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize include Pulitzer prize-winning Margo Jefferson, the trailblazing playwright Winsome Pinnock, and PEN Pinter prize-winning…
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Professor of Law, Babcock University: wins 2021 NNLG Nigeria Prize for Literature for her novel, The Son of the House.

Why Onyemelukwe won $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Onyemelukwe’s novel beats The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare and Colours of Hatred by Obinna Udenwe to…

“Escape Mental Torture” by Tolu Meduna launched

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Tolu Meduna presents her book, Escape Mental Torture, to the public
2023 presidential election was not perfect - Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina: My $1.9 billion in Minnesota bank

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Why Chimamanda is in ‘demand’ everywhere

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Her fans can’t get enough of her. Aside from her books selling like hot cakes across the…
FG says has said it is interacting with the critical stakeholders on how to crash the price of LPG also known as cooking gas

Retailers, consumers decry hike in cooking gas prices

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Solomon Asowata The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on…

Day Shobanjo shocked boss, Adeyemi Lawson

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Biodun Shobanjo, boss of Troyka Holdings, refuses to collect credit advert from his boss, Adewale Lawson

Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Douglas Stuart, a 44-year-old Scotish-American clinches 2020 Man Booker Prize with his debut novel, Shuggie Bain.

Biography of Biodun Shobanjo for launch 26 November

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Dr Biodun Olusina Shobanjo’s biography, The Will to Win..,will be launched in Lagos on Thursday, 26 November, 2020.

Nostalgia for Life-moulding Values

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Memories of Grandma is a fascinating account of some aspects of Anike-ade Funke Treasure's childhood years in Ijebu-Ode, Ibadan, Ode-Omu…
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