The Lagos Book and Arts Festival continues this morning as organisers dialogue with Nigerian publishers on how they can strengthen and expand the industry.
Below are the highlights of today’s programmes:
Thursday November 7, 2019- We interrogate the notion that Nigerians have stopped reading. At LABAF 2019, The Publishers’ Forum, an assembly of old and new publishers in the country’s book trade, will be challenged to examine how to reach 200Million readers in Five Years.
Highlights:
9th Publishers’ Forum, in association with Quramo Publishing Limited
Venue: Goethe Institut, City Hall,
Theme: How to Capture 200 Million Readers in Five Years
Publishers, writers, book enthusiasts and activists discuss emerging opportunities and stubborn challenges in the publishing eco-system
Special Feature: Nigeria Copyright Commission’s presentation on Digital Publishing and copyright imperative. The session is in continuation of the NCC’s Creative Industry-outreach programme in its 30th anniversary celebration.
Other Programmes
Venue: Freedom Park
12 noon: TRIBUTES @Kongi’s Gallery
Yoruba Lakotun, the periodic Cultural renaissance live show celebrates the life and times of the indigenous language writer, Oladejo Okediji througb reading and conversations around his work.
(Curated by Olutayo Irantiola of PEO Davies)
4pm: WRITING THE FUTURE @ Kongi’s Gallery
Event: The NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Session
Past four winners of the Children Literature Prize in conversation with the audience on what the prize winning has meant for their individual careers, while also reviewing state of the genre:
Featuring: Omowunmi Segun & Akachi Ezeigbo; Adeleke Adeyemi (Mainasara); Jude Idada
Special Guest: Jude Idada, author of Boom Boom; winner of the 2019 prize.
Special Guest of Honour: Tony Attah, Managing Director, NLNG(Sponsored by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG)
6pm: AUTHORS/READERS CONVENTION @Kongi’s Harvest
Theme: LAGOS_2070: TRANSCENDENCE
Writers, architects, technologists, scientists, economists, futurists, artists, urbanists and very well anyone who can imagine a positive outcome for the city of Lagos converge to unravel the mystery together through a series of reminiscences.
(Curated by Ayodele Arigbabu for the Design And Dream Art Enterprise)
8pm: GRIOTS n’BARD special session @Foodcourt
Event: GAB, the popular monthly Village Square of Spoken Word Poetry and related arts stages a special session with the hope to rekindle the culture of storytelling, history, culture and entertaining performances with a fusion of real-time social discourses developed on the backdrop of poetry. Curated by Adebola Afolabi (REZthaPoet), a poet and business consultant, and Temi Ogunmokun (ChocolateOn Air), a broadcaster and logophile. www.iamrezthapoet.com
Signed:
Jahman Anikulapo
Programme Chair, CORA
RSVP:
Feyi Adelakun
Programme Officer
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