Date: 26 March 2011
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Pen and Pages Bookstore, White House Plaza, Plot 79, Adetokunbo Ademola
Emerging poet, Awaal Gata, will take his turn in the spotlight during the March 26 edition of the Guest Writer Session, an initiative of the Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF), by 4pm at the Pen and Pages Bookstore, White House Plaza, Plot 79, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja, an event which will include the usual side attractions of poetry performance, mini art exhibition, live music and a raffle-draw.
Mr Gata who will be the third featured writer of the first quarter of 2011, after the successful outings of Ikeogu Oke (January) and Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (February), got bitten by the writing bug at the early age of nine, partly inspired by the many books owned by his father which he was surrounded with.
Born in Jos, he grew up in Kuta, the rustic headquarters of Shiroro Local Government in his home state of Niger, where he had his primary education and part of his secondary studies. He is currently studying law at the University of Abuja. His debut collection of poems, Notes From Ndaduma, appeared in 2009.