Sometime ago, I asked a friend if he knew Chimamanda Adichie. His response gutted my being. For context, he is a student at the Kabarak University, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business. He said he had never... Continue reading
In our creative spotlight for this month, we feature a Nigerian author and bookstagrammer who is popularising African books on Instagram through his monthly live video interview segments with authors. Nnamdi Anyadu who currently resides in Asaba,... Continue reading
This month, our spotlight is on Kingsley Ezeh, a 27 years old comic book artist, illustrator and architect who lives in Enugu state, Nigeria. Kingsley is the Co-founder and Creative Director of FourSeven Studios, a studio that... Continue reading
ChatGPT is here, and has been for quite a while. With the ongoing panic on its limitlessness and possible takeover of knowledge based jobs, it is easy to lose sight of what can be gained from its... Continue reading
My friend told me a story last week. A woman had shared a photo of her daughter on her birthday. In that picture, her daughter was wearing a beautiful, intricate dress. Some women then stole the picture,... Continue reading
Shame is as old as man. Everyone at some point in their lives have known what it means to cower because we feel small and humiliated and exposed. We all know that feeling of wanting to disappear,... Continue reading
Word Pals is an online community for short story writers (fiction and narrative non-fiction) who share a goal of maintaining enough discipline to meet their writing goals for the year (We’ve been called a writing club for... Continue reading
This essay is concerned with the mental crippling boxes in which young scholars are being placed because they do not conform to a particular “standard”. The essay, thus, will consider some ideologies in the Nigerian school setup... Continue reading
Read books, share stories! This Saturday, 8th April 2023, let your children take part in the monthly storytelling event hosted by the Enugu State Library for its children’s section. The storytelling session which will kick off at... Continue reading
Under the framework for Adopt-a-Library in Africa Initiative designed by Crater Library & Publishers, Crater library is currently partnering with the Enugu state library to support the children section of the state library in Enugu metropolis.The Adopt-a-Library... Continue reading
Word Pals is an online community for short story writers (fiction and narrative non-fiction) who share a goal of maintaining enough discipline to meet their writing goals for the year (We’ve been called a writing club for... Continue reading
“It’s fine to criticize the government and all the other centres of power, probing for their inevitable, arrogant error modes. But we won’t blanket betray the nation that protected us, or the city whose cops we’d call,... Continue reading
In memoriam, Crater ran a virtual exhibition in honour of the late renowned Nigerian Artist and Sculptor, Okpu Eze, during its 2022 Crater Literary Festival.The exhibition titled Mkpughe (meaning the uncovering in English) features a photograph collection... Continue reading
I had gone to the area council secretariat for N-Power verification for four days in a row now. Every morning, I would leave home early so I could get there by at least 7.00 a.m. Every morning,... Continue reading
Humans are very much fixated on starts and finishes, beginnings and endings, and nothing much for the in-betweens. We mourn the dead, we celebrate births (which of course aren’t bad things), and anything that reminds us of... Continue reading
Word Pals is an online community for short story writers (fiction and narrative non-fiction) who share a goal of maintaining enough discipline to meet their writing goals for the year (We’ve been called a writing club for... Continue reading
For #IWD2023, Crater Library also collaborated with Afrochives Foundation to bring you this amazing photography exhibition by Sam-Eze Chidera Ifeakanwa. Titled ‘Holding Space’, the exhibition is a conscious effort to tell the stories of women in a... Continue reading
In collaboration with Afrochives Foundation, we are bringing back our #CraterLitFest22 digital art exhibition titled ‘Ike Nwanyi (Strength of a Woman) by Ogechi Gabriel, in honour of #IWD2023. Ogechi describes the beautiful exhibition as a love letter... Continue reading