Two book festivals � Pa Gya! and Ak� Arts and Book Festival � will both take place soon. Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra,�organised by the Writers Project of Ghana and hosted by the Goethe-Institut happens from 19th...
Two book festivals � Pa Gya! and Ak� Arts and Book Festival � will both take place soon.
Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra,�organised by the Writers Project of Ghana and hosted by the Goethe-Institut happens from 19th to 21st October 2018.� According to WPG,� there will be �over sixty writers, publishers, and literary organisations from Ghana and beyond. The festival will feature readings, book launches, workshops, panel discussions, poetry performance, music, talks, and more.�� Festival guests include Efe Azino Paul, Bisi Agyapon, Ayesha Haruna Attah, Billy Kahora, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Nii Ayikwei Parkes among many others.� Folks for several teams including Afrikult, Writivism, Squidmag, Golden Baobab and BloggingGhana will represent.� The opening event will feature the poets�Kofi Anyidoho and Nana Asaase in conversation.� I will host Bisi Agyapon�s book reading and also take part� in a women�s writing panel.
The full schedule is here. It is fully packed and looks absolutely wonderful.� This is only the second edition of Pa Gya! but Writers Project of Ghana is promising quite the literary blast in Accra this coming weekend.
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Ak� Arts and Book Festival will take place, in Lagos, from 25th to 28th October 2018. Two big changes this year: the venue change from Abeokuta and the October date as opposed to the customary November.� But I can�t complain because Lola Shoneyin and her� Book Buzz team are bringing back Jennifer Makumbi, who is only my favourite African writer of the moment. And Nuruddin Farah headlines this year�s festival.� Other guests include Nnedi Okorafor, Niq Mhlongo, Panashe Chigumadzi, Paul Beatty, Ishion Hutchinson, Sefi Atta, Frankie Edozien and many more. The theme for this year�s festival is �Fantastical Futures�.� The full programme line up is here. I�ll host a book chat with Diana Evans (Ordinary People) and Ayesha Haruna Attah (The Hundred Wells of Salaga) and moderate the �Is African Really Open for Business?� panel discussion.� It�s going to be another great Akefest.
Citizens of Accra and Lagos, y�all know where to be when the time comes!
