Tag: Teju Cole

  • Petina Gappah, Yaa Gyasi, Teju Cole for PEN USA literary awards 2017

    Petina Gappah, Yaa Gyasi, Teju Cole for PEN USA literary awards 2017

    PEN America announced the finalists for the 2017 PEN America Literary Awards in several categories where US$315,000 is awarded. Those in the running include Petina Gappah, Teju Cole, Yaa Gyasi, Helen Oyeyemi, and Abdellatif Laâbi. PEN American hands out awards in very many categories of writing. The categories that interest us are the PEN/Jean Stein…

  • Channels Book Club unveils their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016

    Channels Book Club unveils their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016

    Channels Book Club, one of the few TV shows on the continent dedicated to books, have unveiled their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016. Some of the authors featured on this list include Leye Adenle, Johwor Ile, Elnathan John and Helon Habila. The Channels Book Club is a book and author based program aiming to…

  • Authors and books at the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2016

    Authors and books at the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2016

    It was a special time in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria as the Ake Arts and Book Festival rolled into town from 15-19th November 2016. The festival kicked off official on 16th November with a colourful ceremony at the Hurbert Ogunde Hall at the 12 June Cultural Centre. Festival organisers had gone all the way this…

  • The Storymoja Festival 2014 is here!

    The Storymoja Festival 2014 is here!

    It took a while but after many moons of preparation and other such things, the Storymoja Festival 2014 is upon us. The National Museum of Kenya is starting today the epicenter of all events literature in Nairobi. The events will be many and we shall keep you abreast of as much as I can but…