Google Adds Audiobooks to the PlayStore
Joining the likes of Apple and Amazon, Google has finally added Audiobook content in Google Play, side by side with eBooks. Most users visit the PlayStore just to download and update apps, while missing out on other great contents like music, movies, eBooks, and now Audiobooks. Audiobooks are great ways to engage with written content, […]
Book-Themed Business Ideas for Book Lovers
You may have resolutions to create a dynamic business start-up, you may also be interested in mixing your book passion with your business idea. You’re probably also wondering how to create a niche for yourself so as not to resemble most businesses out there. Well, here is a chance to turn your passion for books […]
Would You Join a Virtual Book Club?
What’s better than reading a great story? Having someone to share it with! A book club is a group of people who read and discuss books together, after agreeing on which books to read, and at what pace. Book club meeting discussions can be very lively, enlightening, and enjoyable. The combination of people from different […]
Review of Directing Her Narrative: African Stories at Ake Festival
It’s a rare privilege to indulge in a cocktail of intellectual and cultural binging, nothing can quite express the euphoria. That is why the Ake Arts and Book Festival is a literal heaven for any book lover, especially those that love African literature. The festival is an annual literary and cultural event that provides an umbrella […]
Photo Speaks: Ake Arts and Book Festival 2017
Ake Arts and Book Festival has indeed become a yearly pilgrimage for literary lovers, as it brings together novelists, poets, dancers, actors, illustrators, activists, musicians and artists to share their work and their ideas. It was held at the Arts and Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta on November 14-18, 2017. It was themed “This F-Word” and it focused much […]
Olanrewaju Adepetun Launches “Why School Doesn’t Guarantee Success”
Olanrewaju Adepetun studied political science at the University of Ibadan where he graduated with a second class upper division. He went back in 2009 for the master’s program and finished with a PhD. Grade. Currently, he works as a Trade Finance Expert in an international bank where he majorly focuses on import/export finance combined with […]
Book Review: Pepper Soup, an Anthology Edited by Timendu Aghahowa
Pepper Soup is a collection of 12 short stories in which the writers create beautiful endings in the lives of female protagonists who make it through tough times. The stories are set in Nigeria and cut across experiences from girlhood to womanhood, cheering the heart with fond memories, hope in spite of loss, love in […]
Billary: 7 Moving Excerpts from Carl Bernstein’s A Woman in Charge
One of the most enlightening and informative biographies I have ever read is Carl Bernstein’s Hillary Clinton biography, A Woman in Charge. I started reading it before the 2016 elections and hoped to see the unwritten end of the story in full colour as she became America’s first female president, but that did not happen. […]
Tale Alimi’s Uplevel Book Can Help You Find Your Niche and Profit from It
Every morning, millions of people across Nigeria wake up to face the working day. Many of them don’t exactly jump out of bed with a sense of excitement for what the day holds or what they could achieve in it; they have a feeling that their work life is little more than a dissatisfying, even […]
The Tipping Point: 3 Types of People That Can Cause a Big Difference in Your Business
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell’s book on “How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” has a lot to say on what brings about significant changes in a society’s education, health, business and general lifestyle. Of great interest is how the second chapter “The Law of the Few,” points out that there are certain types […]
Book Review: Caught In A Trap- Issues In Nigerian Democracy and Development
Author: Akinsola M. Johnson Publisher: May University Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-978-51256-3-4 [separator type=”thin”] Once in a while, we come across a book that makes perfect sense to us. Caught In A Trap fits neatly into this category. In less than 260 pages, it covers Nigeria’s many leadership and development challenges, and points out viable […]
Nigerian Author Buchi Emecheta Is Dead
Prominent Nigerian author, Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta, has passed on. She is reported to have died on Wednesday in London, England. Emecheta was known for her works which majorly explored the travails of women faced with the challenge of poverty and oppression. Books written by her include The Joys of Motherhood, The Bride Price, Second Class […]
10 Waking Sense Quotes by Okechukwu Ofili
Don’t be killed by your intelligence yet. To wake or make sense is albeit sensible. From analysis to writing, here are ten quotes by one of Nigeria’s most radical authors, Okechukwu Ofili. On Analysis [infobox maintitle=”An over-analytical mindset can paralyze individuals when it comes to making decisions. ” subtitle=”from How Stupidity Saved My Life” bg=”gray” […]
5 Minutes with Anthony Livingstone, Author, Enemy of Darkness
Anthony Livingstone’s professional background is completely rooted in music. Not satisfied with the normal performance of music in a concert setting or a band setting, he began to experiment with merging other art forms together with music which gave rise to a new concept of the Christian Opera he developed and saw performed in several […]
10 Lessons I Learnt From The Greatest Salesman in the World
My review of The Greatest Salesman in the World was published here in July, and I remember noting that it is not the kind of book you read only once. I’ve had reason to go over it again and again, distilling the rich goodness from each scroll, and here are just 10 thoughts I’m rolling […]
What’s Keeping You from Writing Your Book?
As an editor, writer and ghostwriter, I tend to attract people who dream of authoring books on a daily basis. When we get to discussing the reasons why their dream is not yet reality, there are certain explanations that keep recurring. If you’re someone who wants to write a book but has never gotten round […]