SYNW takes reading advocacy to Oyo Town, set to launch Atiba Book Club on Saturday, April 10

 

SYNW TAKES READING ADVOCACY TO OYO TOWN, SET TO LAUNCH ATIBA BOOK CLUB ON SATURDAY, APRIL 10

 

The Society of Young Nigerian Writers has expressed readiness to inaugurate Atiba Book Club on Saturday, 10^th of April 2021 at Liberty College Hall, Liberty College Opposite Adeshina Bakery Idi-Ope Area Oyo by 1:00PM.

 

This was contained in a press release issued by SYNW President, Wole Adedoyin in Ibadan on Wednesday.

 

According to the release, the need to promote effective reading habits among the general populace of Nigeria has resulted into the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) establishing reading clubs in some notable towns and cities across the country.

 

Apart from the book clubs, the Read Across Nigeria (RAN), Paperless Book Club (strictly for reading electronic books), National Book Awareness Week, National Book Hub, African Book Week, Children’s Book Week are part of the strategies to ginger up the reading culture in Nigeria.

 

In SYNW, we believe reading is a worldwide phenomenon that has the capacity to promote development as well as instill discipline on the individual. In spite of the importance of reading as a culture, it has become obvious that Nigerian children and youth no longer read. They only read when they have examination to write, outside that, reading has no meaning to them.

 

Atiba Book Club hopes to sensitize, revive and promote moribund/dwindling reading culture in Oyo town and its environs.

 

SYNW finally enjoined intending participants, readers and writers in Oyo town and its environs to partake in this historical development.