by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Quarto have just published the transcript of a great interview with Ifeoma on the creative background and approach to A is for Africa. On the Quarto Kids blog Ifeoma tells the story of how the original idea, text and images were created. ‘The idea for A is for Africa came to me when…
Meet Ifeoma at the Owl Bookshop in Kentish Town. Sunday, June 5th 2016 at 2.00pm A is For Africa has been re-released by Francis Lincoln Children’s Books in a new edition from this month. (May 2016). ‘From Beads to Drums to Masquerades, from Grandmother to Yams, this photographic alphabet captures the rhythms of…
Ifeoma will be creating a workshop experience around story telling and children’s games from Nigeria at the Sankofa Cafe, in Washington DC, at 3.00 pm on Sunday 2nd. November 2014. Sankofa Cafe is a great bookshop and cafe at 2714 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, DC, 2001. Ifeoma is appearing at 3.00 p m….
Send to Kindle What a year I’ve had – recently I was in USA for a month, promoting my books. I visited ten schools, 2 libraries, was a keynote speaker at 2 conferences and gave two talks at Boston University, met over 60 librarians, invited to dinner at the Library of Congress and interviewed by…
Send to Kindle Ifeoma has just arrived back into the UK following a hugely successful US tour. She visited Boston, St Louis- Missouri and Washington DC, travelling with friends and companions or just on her own, Ifeoma gave talks, delivered workshops and broadcast live on US radio stations. Her books on…
Ifeoma is delighted to be on the panel of speakers for a new conference -What’s New in Children’s Books. Integrated into her forthcoming USA tour, Ifeoma will be in Brookline, Mass. USA on the 2nd November 2013 and will be a guest of the Foundation for Children’s Books in the U.S. Also speaking…
Two new books by Ifeoma – just published by Frances Lincoln. Ife’s First Haircut Beautiful books with excellent ways of finding out what it’s like when, as a child, you do things for the very first time. Stories the same the world over, and Ifeoma has a wonderful way of expressing these in photographs…
In the middle of a busy street in London,on 5th June the most amazing book event was held in the Kentish Town Library. At the end of a busy day, when many people had already headed for home… the library hosted a book launch for Ifeoma Onyefulu and her new series of books…
Send to Kindle I am having a book event at Kentish Town Library on Wednesday 5th June, 2013 – 6.30pm to 8.00 pm. You can find my books on sale, see some of my photographic images and talk to me about my work. All welcome. Find Kentish Town Library here… see map Address: 262-266 Kentish Town…
This blog is designed to give visitors to my web site an up to date view of my travels and any work in progress. I will post photographs and details of my journeys, workshops and just thoughts I have about my writing to share with you. You can add comments to my blog,…