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Sep 23rd, 2009 - 13:17:39 |
Tamunobarabi
All literary writers and indeed poets must seek forum where they can share their writings with members of the literary family. Such interaction encourages and shapens. I had taken the grace to attend such reading seasons and will do on 24th September, 2009 at the Garden City Literary Festival in Port Harcourt; it started today. I shall share the experience here. It will avail me the opportunity to participate in the WRITERS WORKSHOP and attend microphone season for upcoming writers.
Below is a moral booster that I got after participating at ANA evening of reading.
Sir,
My presence at ANA Poetry Evening yesterday was many things to me.One of it was that your critique of the presentation of;
1]Pronounce the sentence,
2] Okrika rising
The titles of the two poems that I read, was taken whole hearted and with a determination to do more work and reading,a thing we keep doing as journalist.You commended my work and lined it up as meeting what poetry should be.That was great for me coming on the very first time of such public appearance.
I write here to say thank you.
Thanks;
Tamunobarabi Gogo Ibulubo
My dear Poet Tamunobarabi,
Im almost certain that you must be comprehensively disappointed with me for apparently ignoring your mail to me a day after that beautiful Poetry Evenining in 2008.
I am usually in my worst elements when it has to do with emailing letters.
I can only hope that you are still writing those beautiful poems that make subtle statements without sounding denotatively philosophical or overtly potitcal. My thesis is that poetry is not a call to philosophise or to be didactic. I love your poems because they play language tricks on the reader's imagination.That is the main reason to write.
I want to believe that the current economic situation in the country would not dry up your creative canvass. Keep doing it my good friend. Just to inform you that Ive recently published an authorized biography of one my childhood intellectual heroes. The 238-page book is due for presentation inDecember.
I shall keep you posted on the details.
Many thanks Sir.
WILLIAMS WODI
Lecturer,English Department,
University of Port Harcourt
Aug 17th, 2009 - 11:26:19 |
NESTA
The second annual Nature Island Literary Festival and Book Fair took place from August 7th to 9th, 2009 at the University of the West Indies
Open Campus.
This year’s festival was expected to be as exhilarating as the
first with a number of acclaimed international,
regional and local writers and poets but the crowd was a lot less than that of last year, according to festival coordinator
This year’s festival featured Earl Lovelace from Trinidad, Colin Channer of
Jamaica who founded the Calabash International Literary Festival, Kwame Dawes of
Ghana whose book Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius remains the most authoritative study
of the lyrics of Bob Marley, famous Bajan poet and entertainer, Aja, and Adrian
Augier, a top St. Lucian poet.
Also on the cards were Dominicans Marie Elena John, who was on island with
her producer Rudy Langlais to begin discussions on her up-coming film,
Unburnable, her most famous novel now being made into film.
As part of the activities for this year, The Nature Island Literary Festival also featured works from famous Dominican novelists, Jean Rhys who is best
known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea and Phyllis Alfrey who wrote the great
novel, The Orchid House, first published in 1953. Elma Napier’s novel “Black
and White Sands” about her life in Dominica in the 1940’s was also
featured.
A special feature of the weekend’s activities was a segment called
“Finding Pat”. This part of the weekend’s activities examined the lyrics
of some of the songs of our famous calypso song writer Pat Aaron and discussed
the genesis of these lyrics and the correlation between song and poetry.
This year’s festival highlighted an exciting weekend of readings,
storytelling, music, cultural performances and local cuisine. There were
writing competitions and various workshops on poetry and short story writing and
workshops for children. All events were free to the public.
Mar 18th, 2009 - 12:30:54 |
Tamunobarabi
The Commonwealth Short Story Competition
clipped from www.cba.org.uk
The 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition is an annual scheme to promote new creative writing. It was established in 1996. It is funded by the Commonwealth Foundation and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, who work together to administer the scheme.
The scheme exists to increase understanding and appreciation of Commonwealth cultures and to promote rising literary talents. Each year 26 winning and highly commended stories from the different regions of the Commonwealth are recorded on to CDs and broadcast on radio stations across the Commonwealth. The winner receives a prize of £2,000 and there are regional prizes of £500.
The deadline for entries is 11 May 2009.
• Entries must be made by email to e.dcosta@commonwealth.int, either as an attachment in a mainstream software format or in the body of the email. All entries must use the subject line 'Commonwealth Short Story Competition'.
Enter the 2009-2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition First prize £2,000
Mar 2nd, 2009 - 09:58:04 |
Tamunobarabi
2009 ANA LITERARY PRIZES: CALL FOR ENTRIES
Nigerian writers, at home and abroad, willing to enter their new works for the Annual Literary Prizes of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) may do so now.
Interested creative writers should send six copies (6) of their entries (specifying the category being entered for) alongside a covering letter to the General Secretary, Association of Nigerian Authors, Suite 67, National Theater Complex, Iganmu Lagos. The entries which can be for any of the following categories must not have been entered before and must have been published between 2008 and 2009:
The last day for submission is the 31st March,2009.
v ANA/Cadbury Prize for Poetry $1000
(Published works only)
v ANA/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for Women Writing N100,000
(Published works only)
v ANA/NDDC Gabriel Okara Prize for Poetry N100,000
(Published & unpublished works)
v ANA/NDDC J. P. Clark Prize for Drama N100,000
(Published & unpublished works)
v ANA/NDDC Ken Saro Wiwa Prize for Prose N100,000
(Published &unpublished
ANA/Neco Teen Author Prize (Prose) N100, 000.
ANA/Anyiam Osigwe Literary Journalist Of The Year Prize (N50,000)
ANA/James Ene Henshaw Prize For Playwriting (N150, 000)
Mar 2nd, 2009 - 09:48:33 |
Tamunobarabi
We are happy to identify with what Delroy is doing with his new Free Expression Poetry Company,on the island state of the Commonwealth of Dominica.Working currently with the National Youth Council to promote poetry among the youths.
We urge him to continue to share with us the challenges,successes and enthusiasm that is generated by the interaction and activities.
At Africa Poets Society ''We hear,we see,we imagine,we write,we speak and we share it...'' This is what we all always do and must demonstrate with our genuine feelings,knowledge,inspiration added to every poetry skill that we have.
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