If you are a student at the University of Calabar, Calabar, then the name, Onyekachi Peter Onuoha will be no stranger to you especially if you studied English and Literature as a major course, or as one of your GSS courses.
Many things have happened in the last several months. While many did what they could, others such as Onyekachi took to writing, thus, emerging with 2 new books: Practical Approaches to Creative Writing and Onion Cells.
If you are wondering what these books are about and how you can get them, then look no further as you’re in the right place.
Practical Approaches to Creative Writing
Cover of Practical Approaches to Creative Writing.
Practical Approaches to Creative Writing offers realistic methods to enhance creative writing skills. This book accounts for the forces of creativity and illustrates the sources of creative ideas, including the means to sustain these creative ideas and nurture them. In addressing the art of scriptwriting, novel writing, poetry writing, short stories, flash fiction, memoirs, biographical writings, etc. — this book extends beyond the idea of finetuning one’s writing, as well as preparing creative writers in the art of editing, publishing and promoting their art, both in the physical and on the cyberspace. Practical Approaches to Creative Writing also uses simple examples to explain the step-by-step procedures to get these creative ideas to become actual writings.
Onion Cells
Cover of Onion Cells.
The book, Onion Cells is symbolic of the effect that raw onions have on the human eyes. The factive narrative stares at our humanity and harvests the reality mixed with fiction of the writer’s narrative as a creative illustration of his organic society. It is a collection of stories tied with the effect of love, trauma, hate, and sexuality all packed creatively within the layers of the Onion Cells.
If you’d like to get a copy of these books, Practical Approaches to Creative Writing costs N3500 while Onion Cell costs N1500. Reach out to Onyekachi Peter Onuoha here to get copies of his books.
About the Author
Onyekachi Peter Onuoha is an English & Literary Studies lecturer at the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. He specializes in African Digital Literature, Popular Culture, as well as Literature, Memory, and Trauma Studies. A creative writer with over a decade of experience in publishing and teaching creative writing, Onyekachi is a 2018 recipient of Volkswagen’s Foundation Scholarship on Digital Humanities. Reach out to Onyekachi Peter Onuoha here to get copies of his books.
The themes of the novel onion cell