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• Sneak Peek: 'Sleep Well, Siba & Saba' by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl and Sandra...

  

  ... because I am still a kid at heart, here's a sneak preview of a new children's book published by Lantana Publishing. Out March 2nd, Sleep Well, Siba and... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 10 Contemporary Books by (African) Muslim Women Writers in English

  

  undefined by Kelly Izdhihar Crosby. Image via creativeummah.com LitHub recently did a post on 10 contemporary novels by and about Muslims you should read,... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• African Women Writers Series

  

  Girls in Purple and Sunglasses by Tabitha Bianca Brown This is something new I want to try, which has been inspired by my Nigerian women writers celebratory... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Meet ... Onyinye Iwu

  

  Photo courtesy of Onyinye Iwu New year and new 'Meet' series - my chance to interview anyone involved in African literature that I would love to meet in person. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Women at the Centre of Nnedi Okorafor's Book Covers

  

  It's no secret that I love Nnedi Okorafor, and even less of a secret that I judge book covers (broken record, much!). Well, towards the end of 2016, Nnedi... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Words That Travel: Rhythms of Literature | Saturday 21 January 2017 | SOAS,...

  

  In less than a month, Afrikult. will be hosting the third and final part of their Words that Travel series - and I must say I am super excited that I finally ge... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2016 in Books: an African Literary Calendar

  

  2016 has been another awesome year for African literature, and I wanted to look back at some of the books that were published. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bookshy is Five, and Here Are the First 200 Books

  

  From Paris with Amore (Love) by @nichollekobi I am going to be honest, I got a little nostalgic this year - looking back at my first posts, and how much I (as... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• To 5 Amazing Years of Blogging!!!

  

  Today my blog turns 5, and as it has been every 12th of December since I first started bookshy, I am extremely excited. I started blogging as a way to... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Favourite African Book Covers in 2016

  

  The British Library by Yinka Shonibare MBE Here is a place where I lovingly judge book covers. Here is also a place where I look back at some of my favourite... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 13 New Books by African Writers to Look Forward to in 2017

  

  Fond d'ecran livres With a few more weeks to go until we say goodbye to 2016, I thought I would take a look at what's in store on the African literary front in... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best Books of 2016 by African Authors

  

  It's that time of the year when the 'Best books of [fill in year]' lists are released, and this year (as with previous years), I love to find out which African... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Back and Better: 2016 Golden Baobab Prize for African Children's Literature

  

  It's no secret, I am a huge advocate for children's literature - and particularly one that enables children to not only see the many wonderful and... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: 56 Nigerian Women Writers

  

  October is over, which means the end of my literary celebration of Nigerian women writers - my way of saying Happy Independence to my fatherland. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: Nike Campbell-Fatoki

  

  Today, as I get closer to the end of my celebration of Nigerian women writers, it's all about Nike Campbell-Fatoki. Photo via Pulse. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: Chikodili Emelumadu

  

  With only a few days left of my celebration of Nigerian women writers, today the focus in on writer and broadcaster Chikodili Emelumadu. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: Nuzo Onoh

  

  Up next in my celebration of Nigerian women writers is the 'Queen of African Horror', Nuzo Onoh, whose passion as a writer has been to re-define the term... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: Mabel Segun

  

  October is almost over, and so is my month celebrating Nigerian women writers. Today it's all about Mabel Segun - a poet, playwright and writer. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: 'Zulu Sofola

  

  Today, as part of my celebration of Nigerian women writers, I focus on the first published female Nigerian playwright and Africa's first female Professor of... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 56 Years of Nigerian Literature: Kiru Taye

  

  This month I am celebrating Nigerian women writers, and up next is Kiru Taye - who writes romance and erotica stories. And whether they are historical,... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE