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Tanure Ojaide’s Narrow Escapes

Authors, Book Reviews, Books, News12 April 2021

Tanure Ojaide is a well-known Nigerian poet, but he is also the Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies at UNC Charlotte. I met Tanure shortly after he came to UNC Charlotte in 1990, but it was not until last year that our mutual interest in poetry intersected.

National Poetry Month

Authors, Books, Community, Events, News1 April 2021

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we will profile all our poets, celebrate their poetry and books and build excitement for our second annual Spears Poetry Festival slated for November 2021!

Poetry Reading with Poet, Joyce Ash

Authors, Community, Events, News3 February 2021

Spears Books invites you to the Wintonbury Poetry Series Virtual Reading featuring award-winning poet and professor Joyce Ashuntantang; Thursday, Feb 18, 2021, 7:00-9:30pm ET. Hosted by the Prosser Public Library/P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library. Register here for the event: http://bit.ly/36FTWpL Learn more about her books here

Beautiful Fire Wins Prestigious ALA Award

Authors, Awards, Books, Community, Literature, Poetry, Videos3 January 2021

We are thrilled to announce that Joyce Ash’s magnificent poetry book, Beautiful Fire has won the prestigious African Literature Association (USA), Book of the Year Award - Creative Writing (2020). The Award is given for an outstanding book of African literature, whether novel, non-fiction prose, play, or poetry collection, published in the preceding calendar year…

Interview with Prof Joyce Ashuntantang

Authors, Books, Events, Literature, News, Poetry, Videos27 November 2020

In this revealing interview, poet, author and professor, Joyce Ashuntantang talks about why literature matters, publishing and women’s contributions to Anglophone Cameroon and Africa literature…

Silence Warns: A Poem

Events, Poetry, Writing27 November 2020

Five published poets by Spears Books pulled together to compose “Silence Warns” in the wake of the brutal killing of 7 children in Kumba, South West Region, Cameroon.

Just a Bend delivers an overall powerful message of assurance that, although life is full of bends, these should be taken only as moments for deep reflections given that no journey is ever predictably straight or short. It is a collection of deep, scintillating, captivating, motivating and inspiring poems that span various subject areas; culture,…

Bearing Witness Book Launch Promo

Books, Community, Events, News, Poetry15 July 2020

Author Spotlight – Joyce Ashuntantang

Authors, Literature, Poetry, Videos, Writing2 February 2020

Interview with award-winning author and poet, Joyce Ashuntantang

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Beautiful Fire on BBC’s Africa Today

Poetry, Writing24 August 2018

Beautiful Fire, a poetry collection by acclaimed Poet and Professor, Joyce Ash enjoyed some airtime on BBC's Africa Today on August 23, 2018 with Audrey Brown. Joyce Ash echoes the anguish and horror felt by many English-speaking Cameroonians as war ravages their land. Bearing witness through protest poetry - listen on! Joyce Ash, we celebrate you!…

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Tanure Ojaide’s Narrow Escapes

National Poetry Month

Poetry Reading with Poet, Joyce Ash

Beautiful Fire Wins Prestigious ALA Award

Interview with Prof Joyce Ashuntantang

Silence Warns: A Poem

Extraordinary Woman

First Annual Spears Poetry Festival

Just a Bend

Bearing Witness Book Launch Promo

Author Spotlight – Joyce Ashuntantang

Beautiful Fire on BBC’s Africa Today

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