Toni Kan would be reading his new book with Hawa Golakai

Kan will be reading from his long awaited novel, The Carnivorous City, on Saturday November 12, 2016 as part of activities marking the 2016 edition of the annual Lagos Book and Arts Festival (LABAF).

Scheduled to hold at Freedom Park, Lagos. The event will see the author popular for his collection of short stories, Nights of a Creaking Bed in conversation with Hawa Golakai, the Liberian author of The Lazarus Effect.

The two will be speaking on the theme “Missing Bodies in Crime Fiction”. They will also read from their novels and talk about crime fiction in cosmopolitan urban locales like Cape Town and Lagos.

Caine and Commonwealth prize winner, Helon Habila has described The Carnivorous City as “a novel about family and brotherly love, but above all it is a novel about Lagos which brings the city to life like no other book I have read.”

The Lazarus Effect has also been described as “a gripping new addition to the African crime genre from a talented debut author.”

Anthony Kan Onwordi known as Toni Kan is a Nigerian writer, editor, public relations senior management executive, and Editor-in-Chief of Sabi News.

He is author of the collection of short stories, Nights of a Creaking Bed, noted for exploring themes on African sexuality, and published by Cassava Republic (Nigerian publishers of writers such as Teju Cole). He was the winner of the NDDC/Ken Saro Wiwa literature prize, awarded by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), in 2009.

Toni Kan’s book will be out today and will be available for sale at the festival or you order from the Cassava Republic Website.

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