Hopelessness and hope has always been the preoccupation of humanity. But is there really hope in the face of so much hopelessness in the world? Cross from hopelessness to hope at this year’s colloquium with the theme: ‘Literature and the…
#LABAF2019 -SYMPOSIUM @Kongi Harvest
If the Lagos Book and Art Festival 2019 were to be a concert, Awam Amkpa would be a headlining artiste. But really, that is what he is. The Nigerian actor, playwright, and professor of dramatic arts will be delivering the…
#LABAF2019 – THE BOOK IN MY LIFE @Food Court
If you have ever wanted to meet the actor, TV host, producer and columnist, Monalisa Chinda, this is your chance. She will feature in THE BOOK IN MY LIFE segment at the Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF2019). She will…
#LABAF2019 – Opening of GREEN FESTIVAL @Food court
Nothing compares to excited kids learning about books and the environment. Every year, hundreds of pupils and students from as many as 50 schools — public and private – from around Lagos converge on the festival ground of LABAF to…
#LABAF2019-AUTHORS/READERS CONVENTION @Kongi’s Harvest
What do authors do when they get together with the readers of their works? Find out at the Authors/Readers Convention at LABAF with the theme: LAGOS_2070: TRANSCENDENCE Writers, architects, technologists, scientists, economists, futurists, artists, urbanists and very well anyone who…
#LABAF2019 -1st READERS’ FORUM @Kongi’s Harvest
Want to know all the reasons why leaders are readers? The 1st Readers’ Forum at this year’s LABAF with the theme: LEADERS ARE READERS: WHY I READ WHAT I READ is where to be. It will feature two notable Leaders…
#LABAF2019 – SILVER LINING @Kongi’s Harvest
It was Arthur Miller who said that “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” This can also be said of poems, essays and indeed, all forms of writing. The organisers of the Lagos Book and Art…
#LABAF2019 – CREATIVE WORKSHOPS AND EXPRESSIONS continue
The creative workshops and expressions continue into Wednesday, November 6 with the young and the gifted provided with the opportunity to express their individual talents in amazingly new ways while being mentored and having their skills honed. The workshops will…
#LABAF2019 – THE POETRY OF ARRIVAL @Food Court
Poetry has several definitions but many agree that it is literature which evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound and rhythm. This is particularly true of…
#LABAF2019 – JOY OF READING @Kongi’s Harvest
In his paper titled Homage to the Book presented in Ibadan during the annual Authors’ Forum event by the University Press Plc in June 2011, Prof, Niyi Osundare declared that the book is alive. The book is not dead and…