Ake Arts & Book Festival

Latest Past Events

Poetry Translation Centre (Workshop)

The Poetry Translation Centre is very proud to partner with the Aké Arts and Books Festival to present a special series of translation workshops on the Nigerian languages of Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. Join like-minded poetry lovers from across the world to discover new poetry and different cultures, share insights and language skills, working together 

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Writing for Young Readers (Workshop)

Facilitated by Deborah Ahenkorah and Sarah Odedina this workshop is tailored to writers creating books for young readers. The focus will be on the key elements of great storytelling: character building, creating a strong setting, devising a plausible plot and ensuring that dialogue is authentic and will involve both delivery of key information and author 

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