tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post8767639817260007376..comments2023-09-21T13:22:39.657+01:00Comments on wordsbody: New ReadWordsbodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-6746259697419171702007-10-01T10:27:00.000+01:002007-10-01T10:27:00.000+01:00Thanks for your thoughts, Emmanuel. My question ha...Thanks for your thoughts, Emmanuel. My question had been triggered at the time by a call for books readers enjoyed during the year. Call made in a national newspaper and online and yet only pitiful trickles came in. The number of respondents was pretty dismal. Depressing. Second year of that exercise, and absolutely no improvement. Third year, and I gave up on the Readers' call altogether.<BR/><Wordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32275650.post-27465786405003629752007-09-25T04:50:00.000+01:002007-09-25T04:50:00.000+01:00Good information, especially since as writers we o...Good information, especially since as writers we often picture readers who will give us the reward for our work. There is so much writing talent in Africa, but the readership seems to be going down every year.There was once a time when Western critics (I think Charles Larson was one such) claimed that African writers like Chinua Achebe were short-distance runners, meaning they were not producing Emmanuel Sigaukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171063918198721862noreply@blogger.com