3 December 2024
27 November 2024
The review, by Nket Godwin, looks at the poetics of utopia in Amife Sabatina’s collection of poems and flash fiction, Little Worlds.
25 November 2024
Ikike Arts is thrilled to announce the top three winners of the 2024 Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize, a prestigious literary award that celebrates outstanding poetry chapbooks.
18 November 2024
This poem sings of mother’s craftFor at mother’s feet, this painter becomes a druidLost in the runes of lines and verses/Without the craft of magicFor home […]
5 November 2024
'Egbo; Scars That Cannot Heal' is a story of molestation and sexual harassment that has been all good rampant in society today.
4 November 2024
Father is A Body of Water, by John Owen "St Johnkay" Adimike, paints a metaphor of fatherhood and the sentiments of fathering a child. It explored fatherhood from a refreshing experience, likening it to an uncertain breed of a water body.
2 November 2024
'Wall' is all about how humans do not always appreciate non-living things, even though they knew most our secrets.
23 October 2024
Are you an aspiring author ready to share your unique story with the world? Look no further than Ikike Arts, your one-stop solution for professional book publishing services.
22 October 2024
Wings of Eagle by Andrea Ernest Myinga explores the theme of trust, highlighting its rarity among people.
21 October 2024
If you're passionate about art and storytelling, Ikike Arts Bookstore is a treasure trove waiting to be explored. Here are 5 must-read books.
18 October 2024
Self-publishing has become a transformative option for authors, allowing them to share their unique stories with the world. While this path offers creative control and the potential for financial independence, it also presents significant challenges, such as navigating the publishing process and effectively marketing their work. In this article, I'll outline the challenges and rewards of self-publishing for African authors.
15 October 2024
Want to discover the path to writing success as an author? Here are vital writing tips on craft, manuscript submissions, and navigating publishing.
14 October 2024
'Park Boy' is a narrative story about an unnamed character's encounter with a boy at a public park and the fleeting nature of their correspondence. It intertwines nostalgia with strangeness and new perspectives embodied by the Aba city.
11 October 2024
She is a closed book with empty pages, a mystery with nothing to search, a wandering nothing in the midst of nowhere.
10 October 2024
'Beauty Of My Face,' by Salihu Muhammad Ebba' is a poem of nature's beauty, shines from sunrise to sunset. Flowers bloom, birds sing, and sunsets dazzle. Simple joys fill our hearts, making every moment so special and precious.
9 October 2024
The unwholesome expectation of flawlessness from extraordinarily gifted people.
2 October 2024
10 years later, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie set to release a new book—Dream Count—a novel that explores the intricacies of love, choices, and self-discovery.
6 September 2024
Leonard Ugwu is set to premiere his latest works, 'Babel and Boys', at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
6 September 2024
The poem is about a gallant wordsmith who grew weary of his wordcraft because he feels he wasn't making impact nor getting his desired result from writing. Dusk narrates this feeling of himself, of which he eventually gave us a happy ending of it.
30 August 2024
Genova's ex-lover was nothing but a restaurant. She was not her home, because if he was, then she would have never left. Hands intertwined with her new lover, Genova stares at the ruins of the restaurant, and wishes she never left.
29 August 2024
These poems revolve around loss. And the terrors bedeviling regions in the northern parts of Nigeria.
31 July 2024
Terdoo, a former social prefect, falls into bad company, gets expelled, and becomes a dropout. Desperate to register for exams, he attempts to snatch a woman's money, gets caught, and brutally beaten. His mother dies from the shock, and he's left alone, filled with regret and sorrow.
9 July 2024
The book review focuses on how the poet (Nsan Eneyo) uses his poems to interrogate the history of his people, the Andoni/Obolo people of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region.
30 June 2024
We wish to announce that the deadline for the Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize & the Adaeze Prize for Novella have been postponed from 30th June to 14th July, 2024.