Zaria
Hauwa Bello Danladi
Novelist and former schoolteacher. Indigo at Kofar Mata is her second novel.
Latest: Indigo at Kofar Mata
Our authors
The writers on our list
Novelists, essayists, poets and storytellers from Kaduna, Kano, Zaria, Enugu and Lagos. Some have agents and prizes; many came to us through the open submissions window.
Kaduna
Musa Ibrahim Kure
Retired civil engineer who began writing at sixty. Lives a short walk from our office.
Latest: A House on Barnawa Close
Enugu and Kaduna
Chidiebere Okoli
Essayist and radio presenter who moved north for a year and stayed for twelve.
Latest: Letters in the Dry Season
Kaduna
Rahila Gambo
Short story writer and nurse. Her stories began as notes written on night shifts.
Latest: Small Gods of Ungwan Rimi
Kano
Yusuf Adamu Tsoho
Poet writing in Hausa and English, and a translator of Hausa poetry.
Latest: A River Learns Its Name
Lagos
Ikenna Eze
Former bank auditor. The Ledger of Rain is his first crime novel.
Latest: The Ledger of Rain
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How we work with authors
Every author has one editor from first read to publication. We agree a schedule together, usually twelve to eighteen months, and we never rush a book to meet a season.
We pay an advance against royalties, send statements twice a year and share every review, good or bad. Authors keep their rights to film and stage unless they ask us to sell them.
- One editor, start to finish
- Advance and royalties, statements twice a year
- Cover approval for every author
- Launch reading at our shop
- Translation rights handled by our rights desk
My editor read my book more closely than I did. She found a character I had forgotten I wrote.
Could your name be here
Our next authors are in this year's submissions. Send us your first fifty pages.