Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
Join us as we discuss writing fiction with award-winning, Manchester-based writer, Okechukwu Nzelu.
In 2015 he was the recipient of a Northern Writers' Award from New Writing North. His debut novel, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney (Dialogue Books), won a Betty Trask Award; it was also shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Polari First Book Prize and longlisted for the Portico Prize. In 2021, it was selected for the Kingston University Big Read. His second novel, Here Again Now (Dialogue Books, 2022) was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. He has made several appearances on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and is a regular contributor to Kinfolk magazine. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Lancaster University.
Okechukwu will be discussing his novels, as well his route to publication and what it takes to be an award-winning writer.
There will be a Q&A at the event.
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