Sunday 15 June 2014

#CWNLITFEST Time Table


MORNING

LUNCH HOUR
EVENING
MONDAY 15TH
Fiction discourse: A flight diversion by ChimamandaAdichie
Writing Techniques: Characters- Bringing them to life
Budding issues
HOAYS Movie ban; the ups and downs of Nigerian Movie Industry Our narratives and how to tell them candidly
TUESDAY 16TH
Poetry discourse: Shakespeare’s
Caine Prize 2014: shortlisted writers stories. Efemia Chela’s ‘Chicken’
Are you a writer or a storyteller and what’s the difference?
The problem with Nigerian Literature.
WEDNESDAY 17TH
Fiction
Linda McVeigh’s ‘All over the place’. The role of humor in storytelling
Diana Awerbuck
2015 World Cup. Why Nigeria cannot go past group stage? Predictions of who would win
THURSDAY  18TH
Fiction discourse:
NoViolet Bulawayo’s ‘Hitting Budapest’
Huchu
Jumping Monkey Hill, Farafina workshop and the autonomy of ChimamandaAdichie
FRIDAY 19TH
TED Talks
Gift of Blindness by Cohbams
OkwiriOduor
Why Nigeria’s economy is not progressing
SATURDAY 20TH
Photography
Abstract Writing; giving life to lifeless concepts in a story
Are youth the solution to Nigeria’s problem?
SUNDAY 21ST
Fiction discourse:
KelechiNjoku’s ‘Survived by’
The morality, amorality or immorality of our narratives- Junot Diaz’s Miss Lora
Patience Jonathan, our indigenous language and the proclivity for the white man’s English
MONDAY 22ND
Poetry discourse:
The role of conflict in a story
How I can fight Boko Haram without Goodluck Jonathan
TUESDAY 23RD
Non-fiction discourse: ChimamandaAdichie’s ‘Colour of an Akward Conversation’
Writing in the second person; How and When?
The morality of suicide
WEDNESDAY 24TH
TED Talks:
ChimamandaAdichie’s ‘We should all be feminists’
Originality in writing; honing your voice
Femi Fani-Kayode, DoyinOkupe, Reuben Abati and the tweeting Nigerians
THURSDAY 25TH
Photography
What readers want in a story? QnA session
To BIAFRA or not to BIAFRA; the questions of a true Nigerian

#CWNLITFEST: An Introduction

11-day Online Program
Facebook and twitter sync
Literature, Writing, arts and trending issues.
Morning discussion- Breakfast
Poetry, fiction and non-fiction; share articles on the blog
Shared links to Per Contra, Naijastories, New Yorker, Nukan Niche, Guernica, NakedConvos, Harpers’ Magazine, Alice Munroe, Teju Cole, Emmanuel Iduma, ChimamandaAdichie,
Poetry: Shakespeare, Classical, KIS, Robert Frost( bring issues out of)
TED talks etc.

1.       Discussions on fictional works, non-fiction and poetry; critiquing, explaining, pointing out figures of speech, style
2.       Discussion on writing techniques and aspects: practical to-do work.
3.       Discussion on photography
4.       Discussion on budding issues
5.       TED Talks