Nasarawa: Literacy Session On Developing A Curious Mind
In the golden age of folklores, children and parents would sit around a bonfire and share stories of family cultures, traditions and future aspirations….
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Author’s Talk 2019: The African Writer and the English Language
Can a story be considered an African literature if written in English Language? Does English Language accurately capture the diverse African experiences or proverbs? Should African Writers write in their mother tongues? Are African writers pressurized to change their tone...
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Author’s Talk 2018: The Art of Sanity
Mental health is still a controversial topic in most part of the country and less conversations about it have resulted to unpleasant situations for not just writers, but for people directly and indirectly affected…
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Author’s Talk 2017: Unpacking Your Diversity Stories
The writers, who came from across Nigeria had a dialogue on the effect of a single story, the interconnectedness in the different experiences of writers from different backgrounds, the challenges confronted by emerging voices…
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Oyo: Writing Workshop: Power of a Pen
Stories become powerful when expressed in well-written languages, and at ICON, writing workshops help identify and develop voices that requires urgent intervention……
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Author’s Talk 2016: Social Media for Literary Transformation
Gone are the days when only published authors were read across the world, and in most cases, not all published writers received the same amount of readership. With the emergence of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter,...
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Author’s Talk 2015: Writing, through the Perspective of an Unpublished Writer
There is an estimate of 1.1 billion unpublished writers across the world, and more than a million unheard stories….
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