Funding has also been approved in principle for a Garden City Library Complex to be built in Port Harcourt which would include a bookshop, performing arts theatre and a library—this alone will change the artistic map of Nigeria, orienting the country towards our third great cosmopolis, Port Harcourt, and away from the noise and urban stresses of Lagos, the business capital, and of Abuja, the rather austerely designed political capital of Nigeria. Of particular delight is the Meet the Author literary readings planned, in which authors will interact with an audience of book enthusiasts, get to read from their work and answer questions, and generally add to a discourse about books and writing in Nigeria.
