The book party organised by the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), in honour of those shortlisted for the prestigious $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL), will hold at the Federal Palace Hotel today by 2pm.
CORA Secretary General, Toyin Akinosho
It will feature performances and readings around the 11 works of drama on the list and celebrate the authors that include: John Friday Abba (Alekwu Night Dance), Patrick Ogbe Adaofuyi (Canterkerous Passengers) Soji Cole (Maybe Tomorrow), Paul Edema (A Plague of Gadflies), Jude Idada (Oduduwa: King of the Edos), Onshore Ruth Momodu (No Fault of Mine) Attah Isaac Ogezi (Under a Darkling Sky) and Julie Okoh (Our Wife Forever).
Others are: Ade Solanke (Pandora’s Box), Arnold Udoka (Akon) and Sam Ukala (Iredi War).
CORA’s objective has always been to ensure that it brings the shortlisted writers and books of the NPL face-to-face with the literary audiences, to create conversations around the work and the author. That way, it believes it would be contributing to making the shortlisted work and its author known to the members of the public long before the final winner is announced in September.
CORA was founded in June 1991 with the mission to create an enabling environment for the flourishing of the contemporary arts of Nigeria and to increase human capacity of the continent. Its vision is to make culture the prime investment destination for the country and the continent by 2018.