The CORA BOOK Party has set August 18 to honour and announce the final three laureates for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 2013, at the EkoHotel on Victoria Island Lagos at 2:30PM.
According to its promoters,
the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, in a press release recently, the Prize this
year is devoted to Poetry. ‘This is the 5th edition of the Book Party and the
CORA, is setting up this elaborate feast to honour the shortlisted works and
authors, expected to emerge from the near 200 entries, which the organisers
said they received for this year’s prize.’
It said the essence of the Party is to enable the public encounter the poets
and engage the works that have been adjudged fitting to earn the $100,000 (N16million)
prize.
The programme, which is organised by CORA, Committee for Relevant Art, has promised that the short listed works would be reviewed, discussed and critiqued. ‘It is a package of literary feasting, featuring performances, wining and dining, where the shortlisted authors and their works are celebrated for emerging as some of the very best in the country.’
The programme, which is organised by CORA, Committee for Relevant Art, has promised that the short listed works would be reviewed, discussed and critiqued. ‘It is a package of literary feasting, featuring performances, wining and dining, where the shortlisted authors and their works are celebrated for emerging as some of the very best in the country.’
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