The pan-Nigerian Poetry Festival which explores the theme, “Poetry, Laughter, Arts and You” acronymed “P.L.A.Y” has finally secured the goodwill of GTBank as sole-sponsor.

The original Artist is a friend of Nature and a friend of his immediate environments. The artist that interrogates human and material environment, most times, draws attention to his or her art. The artist that vomits his or her internal conflicts and reconciliations on canvas still draws attention to his or her art. But the artist that seeks beyond the self and the outer self to explore that psychic space, often times, draws from a creative pool that carries the tag ‘original’.

The first thing that attracts the eye about this book, even from a distance, is the beautiful colour combination of the cover page. The artistic impression of a pregnant woman and her child compliments the beauty, as well as gives the impression that the author’s major concern is the woman and the family.

A theatrical adaptation of Daniel O. Fagunwa’s Ireke Onibudo will be the focus for theatre lovers as the second edition of the annual Chams Theatre Series takes off across four cities beginning November 7 in Lagos. The other cities are Ibadan, Abuja and Akure.

In Ghana, I have been invited to join Talk Party, which is a gathering of very active writers and poets of Ghana origin hosted by Nubuke Foundation. Dimples on the Sand was well received.