Enugu had not quite witnessed a literary event of such excellent standards in everything it set out to achieve. In terms of organization, it was splendid and...
Author - David Diai
David Diai holds a B.A. English (Literature) degree from the prestigious University of Ibadan and a PGD (Journalism), from the IIJ. A Poet and Novelist, his works have been published widely in the Art pages of prominent Nigerian and International newspapers and Journals. His poems and short stories have also appeared in several anthologies in Nigeria. Regarded as an original and remarkable poet, essayist and short story writer, he has been at the vanguard of galvanizing the literary environment in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria, not only as the founder of the Niger Delta Writers Network, but indeed as the initiator of other literary bodies across the area. He is a renowned Journalist and is currently the Publisher of Flashpoint Newspaper, the leading regional Newspaper in Delta state and the very credible online newspaper Flashpointnews Online. He is also the Chairman of the Delta Literary Forum. His first Published collection of Poems is titled Vernal Incantations. His second is Crosses on the Hilltop and the most recent published collection is Ashflakes. He is also working on a book of short stories titled: A Beard is a Beard and Other Stories.
The literary environment in Asaba, the capital city of Delta state was agog on Thursday 30th July 2009, with a new and novel initiative which had just...
BREW . . . a stirring brews in the tankard of this seasons election wine ; the ferment will intoxicate and scatter the brewers. . . …and now brother...
KEN Bornale Wiwa sits behind his glass topped, forged hand-cast, antique iron table, tapping away on the laptop in front of him, in a pose reminiscent of his...