The Umuofia Arts and Books festival is set to host world-renowned novelist and serial Booker Prize nominee, Chigozie Obioma, in Enugu, in his first book reading in the southeast.
The event, tagged “A Literary Evening with Chigozie Obiọma,” is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 20th June 2026. This is a pre-festival event held in preparation for the Ụmụọfịa Arts and Books Festival, which will also be held in Enugu from July 9th to 11th.
The literary evening will feature a conversation across all of Chigozie Obiọma’s three award-winning novels, Fishermen, Orchestra of Minorities, and The Road to the Country.
Organized by the Eagle Nest Book Club, the parent society of the Umuofia festival, in collaboration with Pages and Lounges Book Club and Centre for Memories Book Club, the event will be held at Cafe One, Enugu. It is open to the public, and literary enthusiasts and lovers of Obioma’s books are invited. The event is free, but attendees are expected to buy drinks, snacks, or coffee at the Cafe.
Register for the event here.
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