Midmorning was already upon the hills when I woke up. At first, I could not understand why my body ached all over, but then it all came back to me, the dance, the hastily swallowed Read More
May 222013
Mazi Nwonwu
May 182013
Chapter 1 It took more than the sound of the alarm built into the detachable chrome and fibreglass bed to wake Boyo up from a dream-filled sleep. Though the continuous beep of the alarm Read More
May 082013
Last year, a young American scholar, Hefzibah Israel threw a challenge to Nigerian and African writers. It happened that Hefzibah connected with some Nigerian writers on Facebook and while acknowledging their dexterity with fiction, wondered Read More
Feb 062013
After a very successful run in 2012, iRead is back and better! iRead, is a platform that brings aspiring writers and book lovers together with established voices in an environment where books, writers and the Read More
Sep 302012
Reading the first chapters of Myne Whitman’s second novel “A Love Rekindled” was tedious for me. And for the life of me, I couldn’t fathom why. Myne’s sentences were beautiful in their simplicity and the Read More
Sep 232012
Writing a review is not as easy as people think. It is not just about reading, viewing or listening to a work of art and writing glowingly about it, or dismissing it with a few Read More
Sep 132012
Book: The Funeral Did Not End Author: Sylva Nze Ifedigbo Publisher: Dada Books Pages: 296 Reading Sylva Nze Ifedigbo’s long awaited short story collection, the first thing that struck me was the way story after Read More
Aug 022012
Every generation has a book that defines it, that lays its secrets bare and shines bright lights into its darkest corners. In Nigeria, for the generation who began university after the swinging 80s Read More
Jul 162012
Book Title: Farad Author: Emmanuel Iduma Publisher: Parresia Pages: 207 Immediately I finished reading Emmanuel Iduma’s novel “Farad, I felt the need to tell others about it. Not as a professional reviewer, which I am Read More
Jul 092012
I grew up with comic books. I discovered comics in primary two or three. I can’t quite recall, but I think Voltron, Super Ted and other TV cartoon shows played a large part. Anyway, I discovered comics and life Read More
Jun 112012
With City of Memories, Richard Ali attempts to give traction to the largely inexplicable ethnic and religious violence in the North of Nigeria. He traces histories and traditions, and succeeds largely in showing the Read More
May 172012
“Remove ya drouse na.” Ibrahim scowled as he returned from checking to see if the coast was clear. The sight of her micro-mini boxer shorts had annoyed and excited him at the same time. He Read More
Jan 012012
It was billed to be a major event; the very last edition of the exciting Book N Gauge for the eventful year 2011 however started an hour late—early for a naija event. The event, billed Read More
Dec 152011
It would not be farfetched to declare that the literary scene in Nigeria is on fire. There might not have been any corresponding reverse in the reading culture of Nigerians as it is – yet. Read More
Sep 302011
Odili Ujubuonu’s third novel “Pride of the Spider Clan” is a work of fiction unlike many of its time. The novel, which concludes the tale of an enterprising Aro clan that began in “Pregnancy of Read More
Aug 102011
Writing has its forgettable aspects – such as those misspelt words, grammar misses and all other unsavoury word smears that make even the best of us want to crawl and hide our head in shame. Read More
Jun 142011
Every writer, I hear, gets to feel very much like a fraud now and then, that feeling of inadequacy, of pretending to be something he/she has little if no right to assume. Well, this is Read More
May 102011
Most young writers in Nigeria fall into the fallacy of thinking they possess something that their forerunners did not. Adaobi Nwaubani the award-winning author of “I do not come to you by chance” demonstrated this Read More
Apr 042011
It was the 7th instalment of celebrityReads Africa, and another chance for us to see them do their thing. This time round we had a writer; Okechukwu Ofili, a comedian; Mandy, actor; Monalisa Chinda, the Read More
Mar 272011
As the old man pushed away from the bamboo pier, he turned to wave to the two-year-old boy for whom he was making this particular trip to the local government office – two hours down Read More