Early proof copies of my novel are out and I’m crying because it’s just the most beautiful thing out there. But don’t take my word for it. Take Chimamanda’s (third slide). Pre-order here: penguin.co.uk/books/454618/b…

Not decades of covering up child sexual abuse by priests? Not decades of running Magdalene asylums where they enslaved and tortured women? Not burying thousands of indigenous children in unmarked graves? The pope blesses gay couples. That is what’s ruining the Catholic Church?

“Blessings” Guardian Books “Ibeh’s extraordinarily composed and deeply felt debut ultimately asks a different question. Its protagonist faces a difficult and universal challenge: how do we rise from broken beginnings and find better ways of nurturing ourselves?”

Took a mini tour of London today to sign copies of Blessings and chat briefly with some wonderful (mostly independent) booksellers. What a special treat it was to see my book on window displays. 🥰

When Obiefuna’s father witnesses an intimate moment between his teenage son and the family’s apprentice, newly arrived from the nearby village, he banishes Obiefuna to a Christian boarding school marked by strict hierarchy and routine, devastating violence.

Blessings is out in Nigeria today! This is at its core a very Nigerian story, and I’m so glad that the people from whom the characters were drawn can now get to have it in their hands. Get copies here. I’ll be signing! masobebooks.com/books/blessing…

I had my first-ever public event for my novel in Lagos yesterday. Hard to put into words the depth of my gratitude at the turnout, the punctuality, and to the warm, lively, sweet, provocative, interesting people I met. I am nothing without all those who made this possible ♥️.

My baby Chukwuebuka Ibeh is having a reading from his novel “Blessings” this Saturday in Abuja, and I’ll be giving away signed copies to 10 people available to attend the reading. Let me know if you want one and can attend.

My debut short story collection releases this month 🥺

Hello EFCC Nigeria, I triple dare you guys to go after this ones for spraying the Naira. Like, if dem born una papa well, go after this ones, we want to check something.

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer (Rhoiy). opencountrymag.com/roy-udeh-ubaka…

Here are the winners of the 2024 Isele Prizes!🎉 Congratulations to Alex Leslie, whose story won the Isele Short Story Prize; Erinola Daranijo, whose three poems won the Isele Poetry Prize; and Gloria Mwaniga, whose essay won the Isele Nonfiction Prize. iselemagazine.com/2024/05/21/the…

Thanks to Father Dawes & the APBF, this full-length poetry manuscript which mainly queries medical micro-histories & was a finalist for the 2022 Sillerman First Book Prize, will now be published as part of the African Poetry Book Series (Nebraska Press) in Fall 2025! Give thanks!

Not a rapist. Not a murderer. Not a child molester. Not a pedophile. Not a woman beater. Not one of the hundreds of politicians whose greed is directly related to their poverty. A gay man. 👍🏾

Immensely grateful to Erin and everyone at SundressPublications for letting me work on my second book of poems in Knoxville. Also to John Estes and the University of Alabama, for their support and generous funding!

oh she ate him UP im actually obsessed with her wow

This is why documentation is important because there's no way someone will come out and say that houses and balls are a new thing in the Nigerian queer space. 2014 UNN, the first thing that someone advised me to do was avoid Room 420 which was apparently a house for gays.

We are thrilled to announce that DREAM COUNT by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2025! 🔥 Out today, this is the searing story of four women and their loves, longings and desires from bestselling author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. #WomensPrize