Henry Akubuiro
27 Aug
Henry Akubuiro is a journalist and creative writer, whose play, Yamtarawala, the Warrior King, has been longlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas. A novelist, playwright, short story writer, poet and biographer, he is the author of prose narratives –Prodigals in Paradise, Vershima and the Missing Cow, Adventures…
30 Apr
To give more African writers opportunity to enter for the yearly James Currey Prize for African Literature, organisers have extended the deadline for the 2023 from to June 12, 2023. Entries would have closed on April 1, 2023.
11 Oct 2020
All is now set for the Talent Thrones Shows (TTS). The first of its kind in Nigeria and in Africa, its inaugural launch season began with a call for submission of video entries...
18 Sep 2019
Two Lagos-based journalists and fiction writers – Anote Ajeluorou of The Guardian and Henry Akubuiro of The Sun — will be lead discussants in a creative writing masterclass to be held at the Department...
24 Sep 2017
Henry Akubuiro and Mike Ekunno will feature in the September 30 edition of the Guest Writer Session, a monthly initiative of the Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF).
27 Aug 2017
Recently, the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Benue State chapter, hosted Lagos-based arts journalist and writer, Mr. Henry Akubuiro, the author of the novel, Prodigals in Paradise, in Makurdi, who read from his debut novel
12 Jul 2017
The melting pot status of Lagos came alive last week at a reading held in honour of writer and journalist, Mr. Henry Akubuiro, at the University of Lagos’ Department of English, with its regular book reading event.
5 Oct 2016
Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has announced the shortlist of all its prizes ahead of the writers’ association’s planned 35th yearly National Convention scheduled for Abuja from October 27 through 30, 2016.
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