OPEN DAY
How Not to Eat Cassava Bread

Once in a while, this corner will be opened to writers to air their views on developments in the country. Writers Only! We kick off today with this piece, that could otherwise have been titled Government Magic. It is How Not Eat Cassava Bread. Details

How I Write, by Helon Habila

Between the Vanguard Newspapers, where he worked as an Arts Editor and George Mason University, Washington D.C, Gombe-born Helon Habila has travelled very fast. Almost a meteoric rise! He is a world-famous "Nigerian novelist and poet," who won the Caine Prize for African fiction (short story) in 2001, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Best First Book, Africa Region) in 2003. Details

The Jahman of Creative Arts

Believe me. It is not easy to get a journalist to say all what you are about to read. Journalists report news; they don't make news! So, traditionally, they don't grant interviews. But this editor makes so much news in the promotion of the arts in Nigeria that it was possible to interview that personality of his. Even at that, I had to keep him awake all Wednesday night to get this, excerpts of a long interview, from Jahman Anikulapo. Needless to say what a baby who doesn't want his Mum to sleep suffers. Details

Steve Jobs' New Book Opens Him Up

The biography of Steve Jobs released during the week made history debuting at the top of both Amazon's and Barnes & Nobles' bestseller lists. The book currently heads the Kindle, hardcover and audiobook bestseller lists at Amazon, and the hardcover, Nook and audiobook categories at rival Barnes & Noble. Sales figures from the industry's main metrics firm, Nielsen BookScan, were not available during the week. But there is something else. The biography has cut the very private man open. Details

The Wealth Beneath the Steve Jobs' Story

The real wealth of Steve Job's story lies deep beneath his profile, biography and the narrative. And psychology writers and researchers are currently enjoying a bountiful feast to which all readers desirous of actualizing their dreams, even in the mist of the most harrowing circumstances, as invited. Details

Rotimi Amaechi, Books and Reading

I sat beside him in a long sofa in his favourite corner of a long sitting room. It was his birthday, but he looked sober. When big, powerful men are in that mood, the air becomes intense. Even though he prefers to wear the air of humility, there is little he can do to reduce the intensity of the air. Details

The False Truth: The Tenure Elongation Novel

London Publishers, Austin & Macauley, announced the release of THE FALSE TRUTH last Wednesday, September 28. It describes the novel as "a compelling and atmospheric story... one that will engross the reader with the turn of every page." Details