ANA, Lagos Calendar (2006)

CALENDAR

The following is the ANA Lagos Calendar for the year2006:
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHORS, LAGOS STATE BRANCH (ANA LAGOS)PROGRAMME:

JANUARY 2006 - DECEMBER, 2006

JANUARY 14: Monthly Reading. Special feature: afull-length play by Edun Productions, entitled: MarenMust Not Escape � The Story of Soyinka. Compere: Daggar Tolar

FEBRUARY 11: Special Lovers' Day Reading.
Theme: TheTheme of Love and Romance in African Literature.
Speakers: Toni Kan (award-winning writer, poet, etc.) and Olalekan Alabi Adewusi (writer, publisher).
Book Review: Heartstrings by Adeshina Olusanya
Compere: Lookman Sanusi

MARCH 11: Monthly Reading. Theme: The Writer, HisImage. Guest speaker: Akin Adeoya.Book Presentation: Verses by Post by Adolphus AmasiatuIICompere: Austyn Njoku

APRIL 8: Monthly Reading. Theme: Female Voices in theNigerian Literary Landscape. Guest speaker: Dr RazinatMohammed. Book Presentation: No Sense of Limits by AraceliAipoh.Compere: Sola Alamutu

MAY 10 - 13: NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR. UsualVenue: University of Lagos

JUNE 10: Monthly Reading. Theme: The Writer inDemocratic Processes. Guest Speakers: Mr Femi Adesina(Editor [Daily], The Sun newspapers) and Mr Ayo OyozeBaje (Editorial Page Editor, Daily Times). Book Review: Weeping Shadows by Rex OdoemenamCompere: Tunde Ashe Emmanuel-Balthazar Snr

JULY 8: POETRY FESTIVAL. Theme: Our Life, Our Poetry.Guest Speaker: Dr promise Okekwe; Guest Poet: Dr (Mrs) Shambhavi Gopalkrishna(Department of Political Science, University of Lagos)MC: Tony Iweka

AUGUST 12: PATRON�S DAY. Compere: Monday-MichaelsAshibuogu

SEPTEMBER 9: Monthly Reading. Theme: The Climate ofCreative Writing in Present-Day Nigeria. Speakers:Chike Ofili and Kalu Uduma. Moderator: Layi Adeniji.

OCTOBER 14: ANA LAGOS CONVENTION. Theme: ANA Lagos inRetrospect. Speakers: Dr Tolu Ajayi; Uzor Maxim Uzoatu and NikeAdesuyi. Compere: Chike OfiliDRAMA: Talk the Talk written by Femi Onileagbon

NOVEMBER 11: Monthly Reading. Theme: The Future ofCreative Writing with Freedom of Information (FOI).Guest Speaker: Tive Denedo (Media Rights Agenda)Book Review: War Games by Dulue
.Speakers: Prof Femi Osofisan, Mrs Mobolaji Adenubi,Toni Kan, Osarobu Igudia

DECEMBER 9: Monthly Reading. Theme: The Writer and thePublishing Industry in Nigeria.Speakers: Prof Femi Osofisan, Mrs Mobolaji Adenubi,Toni Kan, Osarobu IgudiaBook Review: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa and otherEssays by Adewale Maja-Pearce


- Folu Agoi
Chairman, ANA Lagos