Tag: LITERATURE
Google Doodle honours Nigerian writer, Buchi Emecheta, on 75th birthday
Late Nigerian-born British novelist, Buchi Emecheta, has
been honoured with a Google Doodle for her contributions to literature on what
would have been her 75th birthday.
Born...
NLNG announces 11 shortlisted for $100,000 2019 literature prize
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature on Thursday
announced the shortlist of 11 drawn from 173 books, in the running for the...
Children’s literature receives boost in 2019 NLNG literature prize
No less
than 173 entries have been submitted to the Nigeria Prize for Literature
sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG).
The
prize focuses on children’s literature in...
NLNG flags off 2019 literature, science prizes
The
Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Science, The Nigeria Prize for
Literature and The Literary Criticism Prize, sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG)
Limited, have published...
Quramo Writers’ Prize 2018 top 5 unveiled
Quramo Publishing has unveiled the top five finalists of the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2018, two weeks after announcing the top 10 finalists.
The winner of...
10-year-old story wins GTBank’s Dusty Manuscript contest
A manuscript written almost 10 years ago has been selected as winner of the Dusty Manuscript contest sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) for...
Nigerian writer, Anietie Isong, shortlisted for UK’s biggest literary prize fund
The shortlists for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards have been announced by The Society of Authors, with Nigerian writer Anietie...
Toni Kan’s The Carnivorous City makes CrimeReads’ best new crime novels...
Barely 24 hours after The Carnivorous City by Toni Kan made its American debut on May 15, the prestigious CrimeReads magazine has listed the...
89 plays compete for $100,000 NLNG Literature Prize
Eighty-nine entries will compete for the 2018 edition of the Nigeria LNG Limited-sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature focused on drama, the company revealed on...
NLNG calls for entries for 2018 The Nigeria Prize for Literature...
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, sponsors of The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Nigeria Prize for Science, has published the Call for Entries for...