Port Harcourt Book Festival

Port Harcourt Book Festival A book & art festival in Nigeria’s oil and gas city & UNESCO World Book Capital 2014.

07/03/2026

From My Sister the Serial Killer to Cursed Daughters - women take centre stage in Oyikan Braithwaite's novels; navigating power, ambition, expectations, and the realities that shape their lives.

The author talks about the universal appeal of her books.

Watch the full conversation here https://youtu.be/jCWKY0EZrIc?si=ev5cL_hLKfPmn2gB





28/02/2026

Spiritual merchandising? In the pages of Cursed Daughters, Oyinkan Braithwaite interrogates the prevalent trends of people seeking help whether from a horoscope, ouija boards, palm readers, witchcraft or prophets.

Watch the full conversation here https://youtu.be/jCWKY0EZrIc?si=ev5cL_hLKfPmn2gB




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28/02/2026

Are generational curses real or are they just learned patterns. Oyinkan Braithwaite explores this curious theme in Cursed Daughters.

Don’t miss the full interview, dropping today at 6pm on the Rainbow Book Club YouTube channel

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This month, we will be hosting Oyinkan Braithwaite, award-winning author of My Sister the Serial Killer and Cursed Daugh...
26/02/2026

This month, we will be hosting Oyinkan Braithwaite, award-winning author of My Sister the Serial Killer and Cursed Daughters. Oyinkan was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

Join us on Saturday, February 28th, at 6 pm as she discusses her book, Cursed Daughters.

This month we spotlight Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithewaite, whose work has been on the longlist for the Booker P...
20/02/2026

This month we spotlight Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithewaite, whose work has been on the longlist for the Booker Prize and on the shortlist for the Commonweslth Writer’s Prize.

Cursed Daughters is a' gripping story of fate, identity, and resilience that explores explores love, family secrets, and the struggle to break generational cycles'.

The book is available on Amazon , on narrativelandscape.com ,Quintessence and at Roving Heights

Get a copy, read it, and follow the conversation on the Rainbow Book Club YouTube channel on Saturday, 28th February at 6 PM (WAT).

23/01/2026

On Talking Books Africa, British-Tanzanian author, Abdulrazak Gurnah, talks about the driving force behind his book,The Last Gift, his connection with Nigeria, what the Nobel Prize means to him and much more.

Watch the full interview here https://youtu.be/vGct6tbTTR4

Our guest on the November edition of Talking Books Africa is Abdulrazak Gurnah the Tanzanian-British author, and 2021 N...
15/11/2025

Our guest on the November edition of Talking Books Africa is Abdulrazak Gurnah the Tanzanian-British author, and 2021 Nobel Laureate.We would be discussing his book The Last Gift.

The book is available on Amazon
Get a copy, read it and join the conversation on 🗓️Saturday, 29th November 2025, 🕚5--6 PM (WAT)
To follow the conversation, please register on Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mLWqG5qxR-m0FiRyS9Gj6g

or join us live on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/







This month, on Talking Books Africa, we will be discussing The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian-British aut...
14/11/2025

This month, on Talking Books Africa, we will be discussing The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian-British author and 2021 Nobel Laureate.

The Last Gift is, ‘…… a poignant and beautifully written novel that explores memory, migration, and the hidden burdens of the past. Through the quiet unraveling of a dying man’s secret'.

This book is available on Amazon and at Roving Heights

Get a copy, read it and prepare to engage with the author on 🗓️Saturday, 29th November 2025, 🕚5--6 PM (WAT)

To attend, please register on Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mLWqG5qxR-m0FiRyS9Gj6g or join us live on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/

20/09/2025

It’s less than a day away. The Rainbow Book Club and Nigeria LNG Ltd invite you to the Nigeria Prize for Literature Bookfest tomorrow at 5pm (WAT)

You may click the link below to join

Topic: 2025 RBC - NPL BookFest https://nlng.zoom.us/j/87412275370

Webinar ID: 874 1227 5370 Passcode: NPL

Exciting prizes await the first 50 people to join.
We look forward to your presence.

Please join the Rainbow Book Club and Nigeria LNG Ltd for the Nigeria Prize for Literature Bookfest 2025; a conversation...
18/09/2025

Please join the Rainbow Book Club and Nigeria LNG Ltd for the Nigeria Prize for Literature Bookfest 2025; a conversation with the writers on the shortlist.

This virtual event holds on
Sunday 21 September
5pm- 6:30pm (WAT)

You may please click the link below to join

Topic: 2025 RBC - NPL BookFest https://nlng.zoom.us/j/87412275370

Webinar ID: 874 1227 5370 Passcode: NPL

The first 50 guests to arrive would get gifts

We look forward to your presence.

Our July Talking Books Africa with Wole Soyinka is photo news in Thisday newspaper today.Missed this interview or any of...
01/08/2025

Our July Talking Books Africa with Wole Soyinka is photo news in Thisday newspaper today.

Missed this interview or any of the episodes? click the link below to watch
https://www.youtube.com/

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