OSOGBO BOOK CLUB REVEALS PLAN TO COLLABORATE WITH THE OSUN STATE LIBRARY BOARD, OTHERS

Osogbo Book Club has revealed plan to collaborate with the Osun State Library Board and the National Library of Nigeria, Osun State Branch in order to promote healthy reading culture in the state.
In a statement made available to newsmen by the Coordinator of the Club, Grace Godwin described the reading culture in Osun state as not only dwindling but crawling.

In a bid to contribute its own quota to the promotion of reading culture in the state, Osogbo Book Club has expressed readiness to work together with other stakeholders in the book industry in the state.

Osogbo Book Club during her April reading featured two Osogbo based writers, Lukman Alawode and Akobi Joshua Bamigbade. The two writers shared their writing experiences and also came up with ways of transforming and enhancing the reading culture of the state. Members also used the avenue to deliberate on ways of moving reading culture forward in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State and its neighborhood.

The club also used the opportunity to unveil her 10 points agenda, which are: Osogbo Book Fair,
2. Osogbo Book Club(s) (which will be established in different Primary and secondary schools in Osun State), Free Reading Correspondence Course named after TM Aluko, Osogbo Book and Art Festival, Paperless/Mobile Book Club/5000 E-Books Per School Project, Groom a Writer and Adopt a Reader Project, OBC Interview Series, Osogbo Journal of Books, Osogbo Prize for Literature and lastly, OBC Book Review Series.

The reading session of the meeting gave the participants an avenue to access and evaluates works of each other.

Osogbo Book Club is an initiative of Society of Young Nigerian Writers. It was established by the Society in order to contribute its own quota towards the growth and development of Reading Culture in Osun State. Osogbo Book Club consists of group of people who get together, periodically meet to discuss the book they have read, and to exchange such books. The members of the club encourage each other, and learn to read with a critical awareness, articulating their opinions on a particular book with the others. Certain types of books not available or read receive attention through the book club.