The Creative Writing Club showcases an essay by 11-year-old Aruniha, detailing a vivid visit to a tulip garden during Easter. The essay captures the beautiful colors, scents, and experiences, including playful moments with family, peaceful reflections, and a delightful ice cream treat, making it a memorable day full of joy and wonder.
Featured Story #21 – The Legend of the Mermaid
May 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
This week’s featured story, “The Legend of the Mermaid,” describes a mermaid tasked with protecting her ocean home from humans. She transforms into a human to stop a man from revealing her existence. As danger approaches, her guardian Avalon helps her escape, emphasizing the need to protect their world.
6 Essential Steps to Masterful Memoir Storytelling – Article on Brainz Magazine
February 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Hello again! Have you been thinking about writing a memoir? You know your life has stories worth telling, lessons learned, moments of heartbreak, resilience, and triumph. But every time you sit down to write, you feel overwhelmed and stuck. Where do you even begin? How can you make your memories compelling rather than just a […]
Exclusive Interview – Tolulope Popoola featured in Brainz Magazine
October 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Hello friends! I’m sharing my recent interview with Brainz Magazine. In this interview, I share a bit about my writing journey (including some interesting bits from childhood), my work as a coach and publisher, some advice for aspiring authors, and more! Click here to read the full interview Hope you enjoy reading! Let me know […]
Featured Story #13 – Day at the Seaside
August 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
We are sharing the next story in our series, Featured Short Stories, written by students in the Creative Writing Club. Every week, the students in the club work on writing stories, sometimes from their own ideas, and sometimes from story prompts. The assignment this week, was to write a story based on a seaside setting. This story […]
The Brutal Betrayal – Featured Story #9
April 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The Creative Writing Club presents a story of friendship and betrayal by 11-year-old Lolade. The narrative follows Nora’s emotional journey as her best friend Ben moves away, her family suffers financial hardship, and their reunion is soured by his new and cruel girlfriend Ruby. As they rekindle their friendship and Ben reveals his mother’s illness, Nora confronts her feelings of betrayal. Through adversity, Nora maintains her grades and resilience, buoyed by her father’s support, while ultimately discovering Ben’s true feelings for her.
The club encourages young writers to join and express their creativity.
“I Have Several Unfinished Projects” – Overwhelmed with Ideas?
July 2, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Hello again creative people! Welcome to start of the second half of 2017! It’s July, and it’s summer time! Schools are going on holidays, the sun is shining (it’s raining heavily in Lagos though) and there are plans for travel, fun times, swimming outdoors and barbecues! Whatever you and your children get up to during […]
“What If My Work is Rubbish?” Self-Doubt is a Struggle.
June 30, 2017 by 3 Comments
Hello creative people! I hope you are having a great day and week. Those of us in Lagos have enjoyed the rain since the beginning of the week, but thankfully today has been quite sunny! Grateful for little mercies! Today, I’m going to talk about something that ALL writers face, whether you’re working on your […]
New Edition of “Reversing the Rot in Nigeria” now available!
March 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The new International Edition of “Reversing the Rot in Nigeria” by Olusegun Oyegbami is out now! This long-awaited, much needed book is now available to buy at all online retail outlets in both ebook and paperback formats. If you care about Nigeria, and you want to understand where the root of corruption stems from, and how […]
