Ekiti Book Club holds Inaugural Reading Tomorrow

 

EKITI BOOK CLUB HOLDS INAUGURAL READING TOMORROW 

 

The much anticipated inauguration of the Ekiti Book Club is tomorrow, 21st of May, 2021 at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti's Phase 1, Faculty of Arts Building, New Pavilion by 2pm.

 

A statement issued by the Coordinator, Olamilekan Okebiorun said that the event will take place at Phase 1, New Pavilion Lecture Hall, Federal University of Oye (FUOYE) Ekiti, Ekiti State by 2:00PM.

 

Sandra N. Nwagboso holds a doctorate degree from the University of Port Harcourt. She teaches African Literature, European Literature, Contemporary Nigerian Literature and Women's Writings. Her research interests include: Literary Theory and Criticism, Women's Writings, Gender Studies, African Literature, European Literature, Creative Psychoanalysis, Jungian Analytical Psychology. She has published articles on Women's Writings, Feminism and Jungian Literary Analysis in peer-reviewed journals. Her poems can be found in World on the Brinks: An Anthology of Covid-19 Pandemic and Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies. She is particularly interested in the voice of the woman.

Ekiti Book Club’s course of discussion would be Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Àbíkú by J.P Clark and Wole Soyinka.

The forthcoming book reading event promises to be an avenue of book and poetry reading, Spoken words, book sales and signing, networking with fellow book readers and writers across the nooks and crannies of Ekiti State, the statement added.

Upcoming writers who have works in poetry, short stories and novels can also attend to read their works to fellow writers and readers. Membership forms and Certificate of Membership will be made available free of charge to the first timers.

Ekiti Book Club is an initiative of Society of Young Nigerian Writers. It was established by the Society in order to contribute its own quota towards the growth and development of Reading Culture in Ekiti State. Ekiti Book Club consists of group of people who get together, periodically meet to discuss the book they have read, and to exchange such books. The members of the club encourage each other, and learn to read with a critical awareness, articulating their opinions on a particular book with the others. Certain types of books not available or read receive attention through the book club.