52 nominees Set for Grill and Read 2017 Annual Readers’ Awards


A total of 52 nominees in 13 categories have been selected for this year’s Grill and Read Annual Readers Award tagged GaRARA 2017. A statement signed by Mr. Pelu Awofeso on behalf of the Planning Committee noted that the categories are: Book of the Year, Author of the Year; Discovery of the Year; Book Review Site of the Year; Reader's Event of the Year; Book Club of the Year; Celebrity-Reader Motivator of the Year; Reader's Show of the Year (Radio or TV); Book Cover of the Year; Publisher of the Year; Reader-Motivator of the Year, Reader's Person of the Year; and  Library of the Year.
Speaking on behalf of the organizers, Awofeso informed that during the call for nominations in January, it was decided that the awards were to recognize the importance of the literary community to the socio-economic development of the Nigeria, adding that: “this first-of-its-kind award ceremony shall beam the spotlight on readers and reading for pleasure and on the strength of readers in society and how this strength can be harnessed for change.”

“We received about 200 nominations from the public at the end of the nominations deadline in April, all of which were sent to our nominations panel,” says project initiator and author Abigail Anaba in a video announcement on July 28. “Our college of judges spread across a broad spectrum of Nigerians is right about now working assiduously to pick the winners in each category.”
Awofeso added that, “Titles on the shortlist include:  Carnivorous City (Toni Kan); A Tiny Place Called Happiness (Bura-Bari Nwilo); After They Left (Edify Yakusak);  Avenger of Blood (Franklin Fynecountry); Route 234 (travel anthology); and The Crazy Nigerian (Tonwapiri Anthony).

While stating that the awards ceremony is scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday 28 October, he urged the public to follow the subsequent activities leading up to the awards online via grillandread.com and @garara2017.






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