The one thing I like about Hunger is the matter of fact way Roxane Gay describes situations. To her there’s a story to tell, and instead...
We settled on these ten, a few of them already out in March 2019, but most of them yet to be birthed into this world. We...
At the beginning of 2019, to encourage the reading culture several Nigerians have begun to imbibe, BellaNaija decided to start naming one book every month a...
In the just over 100 pages of Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan dedicates a few to writers like himself; to journalists covering Nigerian news daily, including...
Remember that old saying that if you want to hide something from a black man you should put it in a book? Well, we all know...
Earlier today, the Man Booker International Prize announced that Nigerian author and satirist, Elnathan John will be on the panel of judges for the 2019 prize....
Author Elnathan John shared a few tweets yesterday about the difficulty some Nigerians have had in understanding the idea of consent and why some scenarios can be...
The Miles Morland Foundation is an organisation that recognizes the struggles of writers. Every year, there is a grant to writers of fiction and non fiction...
The evidence that there is a decline in reading culture is substantial and spellbinding. Even with the growing amount of non-paper options provided by our constantly...
Helon Habila, chair of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature, has announced the 2016 longlist of nine books. The longlist is made...
Nigerian broadcast queen, Funmi Iyanda will hold a special edition of her panel series tagged #HowToFixNigeria at the Africa Utopia Festival on Wednesday, August 31st 2016....
Zambian writer Namwali Serpell has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing. The announcement was made tonight, 6th of July...
This evening at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Nigerian writer, Tope Folarin was announced as the 14th winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Tope’s short...
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