ANA
SET TO HOLD AUTHORS’ GROOVE ON MAY 14 AT NIBF 2022
By:
ANA Publicity Committee
The Association of
Nigerian Authors (ANA) will be hosting a special Panel Discussion and Focused Presentations
featuring nine guest writers at the 2022 edition of the Authors’ Groove during
the Nigeria International Book Fair holding on the 14th of May, 2022 at the
Harbour Point Event Center, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
The Theme for this
year’s Authors’ Groove is “How can the
Nigerian Writing Industry Do Better than the Nigerian Music Industry?”
The Nine selected guest
writers expected at the Panel Discussion and a medley of presentations are:
Akeem Lasisi, Lekan Balogun, Lola Akande, AJ Dagger Tolar, Folu Agoi, Moshood
Oba, Henry Akubuiro,Tanko Okodua, Lawrence Salome. The Discussion will be
moderated by Taofeek Olatunbosun.
The event will take
place on the 14th of May, 2022 by 11AM Prompt.
The book fair,
organized by the Nigeria Book Fair Trust, of which ANA is a Council member and
one of the constituent bodies, will also have ANA maintaining an exhibition
stand throughout the duration of the fair where it will hold a daily literary
clinic for the benefit of aspiring authors and showcase notable books by its
members and invited guest authors.
The event, according to
a statement by the organizers, promises to be an avenue for book exhibition,
signing, presentation of awards, cultural activities, reading and networking.
ANA Members in and
around Lagos are enjoined by the statement to attend the Authors; Groove and be
at the Fair Ground.
