Waterstones has partnered with publishers and authors including Bernardine Evaristo, Marina Lewycka and Jasper Fforde in a bid to raise £1 million for Oxfam’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. Every branch of Waterstones, Foyles, Blackwell’s, Hatchards and Hodges Figgis will have a…
Nigerians are the baba of world literature – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A lot of bad blokes out there write many bad things about Nigeria. I don’t like that at all. Nigeria is very cool by me. The politicians may go wrong. The business goons can cut corners. The youths have given…
Atwood and Evaristo are joint Booker prize winners (Guardian)
With the hindsight of history, the Booker misses plenty of tricks. In 1986, The Handmaid’s Tale, one of the most vital and prescient works of modern fiction, was pipped to the prize by Kingsley Amis’s The Old Devils. With Margaret…
Chigozie Obioma, Oyinkan Braithwaite, others make 2019 Booker Prize longlist
The longlist for the 2019 Booker Prize has been announced. Released on Tuesday, July 23, the list, otherwise known as ‘Booker Dozen’, features 13 authors including Nigeria’s Oyinkan Braithwaite for My Sister, The Serial Killer (Atlantic Books) and Chigozie Obioma…