DESTINATION: NIGERIA
Sunday, January 11th, 10AM to 11:30AM (We'll have tea + coffee!)
FREE, but RSVP is helpful!
Postcard Bookshop | 81 SE Yamhill St, PDX 97214
Parking lot located in back, off of Water Ave
Our Word Travel Book Club meets every-other-month to read books from a common country. We pick the destination and you choose what book to read! When we gather, we’ll all be introduced to a broader survey of a country’s writing, and have the chance to explore connections and themes across books.
NEXT STOP: NIGERIA
We'll take our first foray to Africa and spend some time with Nigerian authors at our fourth book club (and first of the new year!). I'm looking forward to talking about the broader African publishing landscape (and all of the obstacles to finding books from the continent), but Nigeria is a relative reader's paradise for international literature! The country boasts Africa's first Nobel laureate (Wole Soyinka), a true titan of world literature (Chinua Achebe), and English-language works in every imaginable genre (including a booming speculative fiction scene — Afrofuturism, anyone?). I've made a few recommendations below, but you can always choose another book from our featured country. Read a long-overdue classic, or try out a new genre — read what catches your attention!
Suggested from the shop:
There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe
The Interpreters by Wole Soyinka
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
Every Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde
People of the City by Cyprian Ekwensi
Yoruba Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé
Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett
Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Longthroat Memoirs by Yemisi Aribisala
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda
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