The Table Talk
This is where we host young and award-winning poets and writers in educative interviews.
“Believe in your dream; believe you have something to say to the world” – Interview with Chiamaka Nwangwu
TABLE TALK" Believe in your dream; believe you have something to say to the world" - Interview with Chiamaka NwangwuAs the Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest enters its second year, we had an engrossing chat with the winner of the maiden edition in the...
“Poetry is imperfect and it’s that imperfection that makes poetry beautiful” – Interview with Okwudili Nebeolisa
TABLE TALK "Poetry is imperfect and it’s that imperfection that makes poetry beautiful" - Interview with Okwudili Nebeolisa We recently met up with Okwudili Nebeolisa, a heavily-decorated Nigerian writer. His manuscript, "Country" was one of the final shortlisted...
“I am a realist. I write fiction that is as close to ‘life’ as possible” – Interview with Arinze Ifeakandu
TABLE TALK "I am a realist. I write fiction that is as close to 'life' as possible" - Interview with Arinze Ifeakandu Ifeakandu is one of the five writers shortlisted for the 2017 Caine Prize for African writing, arguably the biggest competitive literary award on the...
‘Give yourself time to grow and learn’ – Interview with Samuel Ugbechie
TABLE TALK 'Give yourself time to grow and learn' - Interview with Samuel Ugbechie This edition of Table Talk is an educative interview with award-winning poet, Samuel Ugbechie, who authored a compendium of poems that won the 2016 Fred Holland Poetry Collection Award....
INTERVIEW WITH ERIATA ORIBHABOR
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ERIATA ORIBHABOR Midway into the month of June, we have decided to publish our educative interview with an inspiring poet who is popularly known for crafting beautiful poems using Naija languej. In this informative interview, Sir Eriata...
‘Accept all the critique you can get and say thank you’ – Interview with Laura Kaminski
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LAURA KAMINSKI In the bubbling ebullience that accompanies the serene arrival of every new month, we have decided to feature a lovely and exceptional poet in the "Celebrate a Legend" section of our blog. In this interview, Laura talked...
INTERVIEW WITH TADE IPADEOLA (WINNER OF 2013 NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE)
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TADE IPADEOLA To start the "Celebrate a legend" segment of Kreative Diadem. Our very first guest is no other person than the winner of Africa's biggest literature prize, 2013 Nigeria Prize for Literature ($100,000 sponsored by NLNG) and the...