Quramo Publishing, organisers of the inaugural Quramo Festival of Words (QFest 2019), have made an open call for participation in a writing workshop to be facilitated by Toni Kan – award winning author of Nights of the Creaking Bed and The Carnivorous City and Eghosa Emasuen – novelist and co-founder, Narrative Landscapes Publishing.
The workshop will hold on Saturday, 14 December 2019, as a capacity building component of the Quramo Festival of Words (QFest 2019)
With the title “The Writing Business 101: Writing – Publishing – Rights”, the workshop will be in three sessions. Toni Kan will facilitate the writing session, breaking down what it means to write and write well; Eghosa Imasuen will facilitate the publishing session which will give participants a handle on what is required to become a published author;while Toni Kan, Eghosa and the IP lawyer will take part in an interactive panel discussion around the theme.
To participate, please send a 200-word essay telling us “5 reasons why I want to attend the QFest Writing workshop” to info@quramo.com
Selection will be on a first-come-first-served basis, and only 30 slots are available. Participants will receive certificates of participation.
The QFest 2019 will run from Friday 13 to Sunday 15, December 2019, and will feature workshops, panel discussions, documentary screenings, open mic sessions, and more.
The winner of the Quramo Writers’ Prize (QWP) 2019 will be announced at the grand finale on Sunday, 15 December 2019, at Eko Hotels & Suites.
A shortlist of 15 has been announced in no particular order: Oyedeji Emmanuel Toluwani – Up Nepa; Jaiyeola Temitayo Tomiwa – I’ll be Fine; Golbador Joseph – Let Me Paint You a Picture; AmaranjoChigozie – Nigerian Dream; Osuizugbe Adaeze Maureen – This Thing Called Marriage; Oni Oluwaseyi Faith – 30 Days To Seventeen; Owoyemi Olorunfemi Akinade – The Familiar Jungle Called Life; Udochukwu, Everest C. – The Shades of a thing Ugly; Oluwaseyi Adebola – A Cluster of Petals (short stories); Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem – Deep Ocean; Wawira Thatiah – Guilty; Joan Ikem Cynthia Chinenyenwa – Twenty Sixty-One; Ikechukwu Nwaogu – The Book of Lost Words; Vivian Onyekachi Ibe -What Dreams are Made of; Cynthia Nnadi Nnenna- Red Grasses and Forbidden Quests.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
