Masobe Books has fixed July 17, 2024 as the publication day for “After The End”, the sophomore novel of the Nigeria Prize for Literature nominee Olukorede S. Yishau. The publisher describes the novel as a poignant exploration of grief, closure…
Nigeria Prize for Literature must stop being winner takes all — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of winner-takes-all. It is incumbent on me to plead now that the longlisted and shortlisted authors be also rewarded with cash. While the overall winner goes…
Nigeria Prize for Literature receives 143 entries, a record 61% increase in Drama cycle
The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has recorded a remarkable 61% increase in entries for Drama cycle, with 143 entries received for the 2023 edition against 89 entries in the last Drama cycle in 2018.…
Last word on Nigerian literature at year-end — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
No year ever dies because it carries its remains into the next. As 2022 cedes place to 2023, Nigerian writers are still hard at work projecting the gains of the old year into the New Year and the vast future…