“Reader’s Digest UK Shuts Down After 86 Years”. This was the caption, the heading. Whether as a literati or casual reader, this caption – the shutdown of a media house and a fondly-read publication – was always going to elicit …
A leading integrated marketing communications network, MediaFuse-Dentsu Nigeria, has announced its sponsorship of the Uyo Book Club, a vibrant community of book lovers based in Akwa State, Nigeria. The event, aligned with MediaFuse-Dentsu Nigeria’s commitment to fostering creativity and knowledge, …
By Uboho Bassey THE CALL TO SERVICE : °====°====°====°====° “PLEASE, HOLD ON FOR THE PRESIDENT.” Aso Rock. Located in the Three Arms Zone Asokoro. A sprawling estate of labyrinthine corridors and opulent chambers: a neoclassical and palladian architectural wonder. There …
It all began with a forwarded post in the WhatsApp group by Nsikak Essien. Well, you know how forwarded messages and other such posts elicit reactions on social media platforms, right? The Uyo Book Club WhatsApp group is no …
By Ray Ekpu There is a revolution, a silent, noiseless revolution, that is going on in Akwa Ibom State now. And because it is not cacophonous or ear-splitting many people within the state may not have noticed its birth or …
On March 12, Mukoma wa Ngugi, the Kenyan American poet and author, who is the son of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the famed writer widely seen as a giant of African literature, took to X, formerly Twitter, to allege that his …
By Anie Sunny Udoh ‘There is nothing more powerful than providing people with a mission.’ This book is about generating wacky responses to the very energetic, frequently frightening, and unsettled times. It advocates, strongly, for people to let go of …
By Aniekpeno Mkpanang I am in my Village. It’s a Saturday evening and a coterie of enthusiasts and aficionados have converged to root for the Arsenal Football Club of London at another of their hebdomadal Premier League obligations in the …
Uyo Book Club reading session for 2024 began in January after the 2023 reading session had ended in November. The first reading session for the year, which was held on Saturday, the 27th of January, 2024, at Shakespeare Hall, Watbridge …
“Leroi, you fell off” Robert Greene said to me in a disappointed tone. “Not really, I just wanted to be humane” “But you ended up trusting people who were playing manipulative games around you, I can’t believe you were once …