Books

Renowned author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the BookCity Milano Prize at BookCity Literary Festival! She took to her Instagram page to share the news, writing: "Delighted to accept the Bookcity Milano Prize at the Bookcity Literary Festival." She also shared a couple of gorgeous pictures along with the...

How much reading do you engage in on a daily basis? Are you a voracious reader? Do you have some of your time allocated to active reading on a daily basis or does your reading time only goes as far as the time you spend reading social media updates? Do...

One of the easiest ways to acquire knowledge in the 21st century is by listening to podcasts. For those who may not know what a podcast is, Google Dictionary defines it as "a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically...

Michelle Obama's record-breaking memoir, Becoming, has been nominated for a grammy award. Becoming is the memoir of the former USA first lady, and was published in 2018. It was nominated in the Spoken Word category alongside Beastie Boys Book, I.V., 20 Years As A Two-Time Cancer Survivor, Mr. Know-It-All, and...

Books written by Chimamanda Adichie, Chinua Achebe, and Yaa Gyasi have made it onto the BBC's list of 100 novels that shaped our world. According to the BBC, these books were chosen by top literary authors, curators, and critics. All of the books are in the English language and were...

The story of Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family will soon be on the big screen. Months ago, we shared the story of the eight-year-old Nigerian chess prodigy, Tanitoluwa, who was a refugee in New York after escaping with his family from Boko Haram in the North. Tanitoluwa had just won...

Margaret E. Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have both been announced as the winners of the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction, one of the most coveted awards in literature. The Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded to the best original novel (as chosen by the judges) written in the English language...

Nigerian-British actor David Oyelowo would be playing a US president in Showtime's drama pilot, The President Is Missing, based on a book of the same name, Variety is reporting. Former US president Bill Clinton and acclaimed author James Patterson wrote the book, which was released in 2018. The book is...

A Nipsey Hussey biography titled, The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle, is in the works, reports say. The book is being written by music journalist Rob Kenner and is expected to be released on 24 March 2020, according to Complex. Kenner is the founding editor...

Rihanna, on Monday, 7th October 2019, announced the publication of her first visual autobiography titled The Rihanna Book. The 504-paged book published by Phaidon contains over 1,050 coloured photos and 11 special inserts. The book documents Rihanna's history so far.  "From her childhood in Barbados to her worldwide tours, from...