Hello you lovely people!
It's that time again. Time to send in your...okay, let me just put up the official statement and...yeah...
2014 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop Sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc
Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos, organized by award-winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from August 5 to August 15 2014. The workshop is sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc. Guest writers who will co-teach the workshop alongside Adichie are the Caine Prize Winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, Aslak Sira Myhre and others.
The workshop will take the form of a class. Participants will be assigned a wide range of reading exercises, as well as daily writing exercises. The aim of the workshop is to improve the craft of Nigerian writers and to encourage published and unpublished writers by bringing different perspectives to the art of storytelling. Participation is limited only to those who apply and are accepted.
To apply, send an e-mail to Udonandu2014@gmail.com
Your e-mail subject should read ‘Workshop Application.’
The body of the e-mail should contain the following:
1. Your Name
2. Your address
3. A few sentences about yourself
4. A writing sample of between 200 and 800 words. The sample must be either fiction or non-fiction.
All material must be pasted or written in the body of the e-mail. Please Do NOT include any attachments in your e-mail. Applications with attachments will be automatically disqualified. Deadline for submissions is June 30 2014. Only those accepted to the workshop will be notified by July 22 2014. Accommodation in Lagos will be provided for all accepted applicants who are able to attend for the ten-day duration of the workshop. A literary evening of readings, open to the public, will be held at the end of the workshop.
Okey Adichie
For Farafina Trust
Showing posts with label review. writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label review. writing. Show all posts
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Happy New Year!
How did you cross over?
Where were you and what were you doing?
Like most Nigerian Christians, I was at Church, praying my way into the New Year. My husband used to take umbrage at this way of moving into a New Year but he's married to me now so umbrage or not, we go to Church.
I'm going to try really hard not to be preachy but this is my first post of the year (Yay!) so bear with me...
And now I've lost my train of thought (yup, old age).
Oh well, let's talk about a much maligned word - Resolutions.
Do you have any?
I do:
Write. Finish a novel and edit 3 anthologies.
Read 50 books.
Be happy. Take deep breaths. Don't be so easily offended.
Be emotionally independent. Do not allow other people's mood swings swing your moods.
Love. Be patient. Be kind. Do not keep a record of wrongs.
That's it.
There should be something about weight loss and exercise but those aren't resolutions. They are on my to do list. Speaking of weight loss, here's a little sumthin' from the wonderful Miss Wana Wana. It's called Weight Loss. I saw her perform it at Bogobiri and I loved it and her. If you ever can, see her live.
Anywhichway, Happy New Year.
Make Glorious Mistakes. Make Glorious Art.
PS. I figured out (more like discovered) how to do this. Phew!
Where were you and what were you doing?
Like most Nigerian Christians, I was at Church, praying my way into the New Year. My husband used to take umbrage at this way of moving into a New Year but he's married to me now so umbrage or not, we go to Church.
I'm going to try really hard not to be preachy but this is my first post of the year (Yay!) so bear with me...
And now I've lost my train of thought (yup, old age).
Oh well, let's talk about a much maligned word - Resolutions.
Do you have any?
I do:
Write. Finish a novel and edit 3 anthologies.
Read 50 books.
Be happy. Take deep breaths. Don't be so easily offended.
Be emotionally independent. Do not allow other people's mood swings swing your moods.
Love. Be patient. Be kind. Do not keep a record of wrongs.
That's it.
There should be something about weight loss and exercise but those aren't resolutions. They are on my to do list. Speaking of weight loss, here's a little sumthin' from the wonderful Miss Wana Wana. It's called Weight Loss. I saw her perform it at Bogobiri and I loved it and her. If you ever can, see her live.
Anywhichway, Happy New Year.
Make Glorious Mistakes. Make Glorious Art.
PS. I figured out (more like discovered) how to do this. Phew!
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
It's been a while
Holla!
Happy 53rd Independence Day, Nigerians!
What do we have to be happy about? Life and Hope. At all, at all, na winch!
Anyway, this is what I've been up to:
This is what I'm reading now:
And this is my current playlist:
Once More With Feeling
Thanks.
Oh, and Papa Goo's movie TABLOID for EbonyLife TV (Channel 165 on DSTV) will be airing on the 6th of October. That's in 4 days. Make sure you watch it!
Happy 53rd Independence Day, Nigerians!
What do we have to be happy about? Life and Hope. At all, at all, na winch!
Anyway, this is what I've been up to:
This is what I'm reading now:
And this is my current playlist:
Once More With Feeling
- Dog days are over - Florence and The Machine
- When it gets down to it - Fred Hammond
- What the water gave me - Florence and The Machine
- Ring a bell - Late Night Alumni
- Hope is rising - Downhere
- The sun is shining - Third Day
- Breathe slow - Alesha Dixon
- Love song - Third Day
- Supermassive black hole - Muse
- Loved on me - Fred Hammond
- Till it happens to you - Corrine Bailey Rae
- Automatic - Tokio Hotel
- Atmosphere (remix) - DC Talk
- Reformation - GS Megaphone
- Sing, sing, sing - Chris Tomlin
- A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
- Stronger - Mary J. Blige
- In my place - Coldplay
- Don't wait - Kaskade feat. Haley
- Letters from the sky - Civil Twilight
- Poison and Wine - The Civil Wars
- We are hungry/I will not be silent - Jesus Culture
Thanks.
Oh, and Papa Goo's movie TABLOID for EbonyLife TV (Channel 165 on DSTV) will be airing on the 6th of October. That's in 4 days. Make sure you watch it!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Q1: A Review
Hey Everyone,
Yes, I know I disappeared for a bit. No, I still haven't gotten any writing done. I did read a lot of books. Some wonderful and mind blowing - 26A by Diana Evans, The Dating Detox by Gemma Burgess, The Mrs. Club by Ekene Onu, Miss Match by Erynn Mangum, The Other Woman's Shoes by Adele Parks among others.
I did not register for the writing course. I tried to pay online for 3 days and did not succeed and as a result missed the discount window. Will I still take the course? Oh yes, but now there's no hurry. Besides, the money has gone to other things like rechargeable standing fans, and car repairs, and replacing the sliding door.
Anyway, it's April and I should start writing short stories. I may or may not put them up. I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll let Cho decide. However, for now, here's a little something from me.
Enjoy!
PS. If this post seems brusque, it's because The Goo isn't feeling well, and won't eat, and therefore can't take her medicine...I'm pulling my hair out over here. Say a prayer for her, will you.
Yes, I know I disappeared for a bit. No, I still haven't gotten any writing done. I did read a lot of books. Some wonderful and mind blowing - 26A by Diana Evans, The Dating Detox by Gemma Burgess, The Mrs. Club by Ekene Onu, Miss Match by Erynn Mangum, The Other Woman's Shoes by Adele Parks among others.
I did not register for the writing course. I tried to pay online for 3 days and did not succeed and as a result missed the discount window. Will I still take the course? Oh yes, but now there's no hurry. Besides, the money has gone to other things like rechargeable standing fans, and car repairs, and replacing the sliding door.
Anyway, it's April and I should start writing short stories. I may or may not put them up. I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll let Cho decide. However, for now, here's a little something from me.
Enjoy!
PS. If this post seems brusque, it's because The Goo isn't feeling well, and won't eat, and therefore can't take her medicine...I'm pulling my hair out over here. Say a prayer for her, will you.
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