The Caine Prize for African Writing, one of the most prestigious and coveted literary awards for African writers, has once again spotlighted the continent’s literary talents...
For me, giving people their roses while they can still smell them should be mainstream culture; Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka certainly deserves all his flowers. Isaac Newton famously declared, “If I have...
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Nigerian Author, Oyinkan Braithwaite‘s book “My Sister, the Serial Killer” has won the 2019 Rooster. The “Rooster” is The Morning News’ – Tournament of Books, a...
So you’ve heard it time and time again: that reading is beneficial – memory retention, vocabulary expansion, stress reduction among other superpowers. Various studies have shown...
Night of a Red Moon is a 370-page book by author, Ojay Aito. Although, the full length novel looks voluminous, the most fascinating thing about the...
After seventy eight days of entertaining viewers from across the globe, the Big Brother Naija show finally came to an end on April 9th, 2017. It...
My father came home one day and said I was to follow him out the next day and I was to wear a “pretty” dress. This...
This year’s Top 6 bestselling okadabooks.com authors come from very diverse backgrounds. The list includes a celebrity first time author, a fruit seller writing erotic romance stories...
2016 was an interesting year for books in Nigeria, as we saw a diverse range of material from Science Fiction to Non-Fiction making a strong sales...
I was twelve when I found mumsie’s ‘hidden’ stash of True Confessions, Mills and Boons, and Hints. I died because I didn’t expect my strict mum...
A dead guy strongly believes his wife murdered him. And since he’s not got much to do in the after life anyway, he decides to stalk...
It was the year 2008 and I was going back to school after a 6 month break imposed on us by the constant ASUU strikes. I,...
When I first read On Becoming, I was initially filled with pity which quickly turned into rage! Because, I kept wondering why? Why was Toke going...
During my National Youth Service, I was called to interview for a graduate trainee position at one of the Big Four accounting firms. With three interviews...
This past weekend, the Okadabooks one month book sales records was shattered in less than one day and it wasn’t because of another set of photo-shopped...
On October 19, 1986, renowned journalist Dele Giwa received a package at home. It did not growl, it did not tick. Giwa did not suspect foul...
I grew up an avid believer in magic, alternate universes and poltergeists. You think I’m a weirdo? I know already. Moving on… This love of unusual stuff...
If you like your stories with a dash of The Godfather and 007 on the rim, you’ll love Adeleke Adesanya’s Noah Town. If that’s not your...
This edition of Literally What’s Hot is actually very hot! Our featured book for today is “Bound To Ransom” and it is written by award winning...
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