WriteHouse is set to release the debut short story collection of Olubunmi Familoni titled, Smithereens of Death.
The collection, a statement from the young publishing outfit said, provides varying continental themes.
“The writer weaves parody and conflict into unforgettable stories that challenge the reader to see beneath the blurred lines of familiar experiences. In Familoni’s stories, death is used as a backdrop for expressing sociological and psychological shifts that occur in the motions of thought of everyday post-colonial experience,” the statement explained.
Familoni, a film and pop-culture connoisseur, has had his stories feature in anthologies and literary fora such as Naija Stories, StoryMoja Africa, ZazuGist, Klorofyl, StoryZetu and YNaija. He wrote the screenplay, My Brother’s Keeper, for the AfriNolly/Ford Foundation Cinema4Change Project in 2014.
The collection will be released at a special edition of the literary monthly, Artmosphere on Saturday, January 17. The book party will commence by 3pm at the NuStreams Conference Centre, Ibadan. The author will share from the collection and also engage and sign copies of the book for the audience.