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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 2d

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 2d

The existence of HG Wells implies the existence of Martha Wells. Wait!

a man is holding his hand to his chin and making a funny face .

ALT: a man is holding his hand to his chin and making a funny face .

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · 7d

Well done dude!

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 8d

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Lands Top-Tier Literary and Media Representation!

Nigerian author and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki has landed high-profile literary and media representation. He is officially represented by Mark Gottlieb, Vice President at Trident Media Group fo...

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 8d

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Lands Top-Tier Literary and Media Representation!

Nigerian author and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki has landed high-profile literary and media representation. He is officially represented by Mark Gottlieb, Vice President at Trident Media Group fo...

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 9d

You can stream our panel at Poetry Africa now

Between Myth & Future : a Speculative Roundtable
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Between Myth & Future: A Speculative Roundtable

YouTube video by Centre for Creative Arts

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 11d

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In Search of Ouologuem

My journey—on the surface, an attempt to trace my heritage—had in fact been driven all along by a deep longing to meet the man and hear his story.

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 12d

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Signs with Game of Thrones Producer

Ekpeki is now represented by Vince Gerardis of Startling Inc., the legendary producer behind Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon,

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks!

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 13d

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Signs with Leading Agents in Publishing and Film - JAY Lit

Award-winning Nigerian speculative fiction writer Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki has secured new literary and media representation, marking a significant step in his global career trajectory. Ekpeki is no...

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 15d

Just signed a contract for a thing. 🙂
More info soon...

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 16d

AI killing tech jobs is like that thing in fantasy where the empire uses magic users to conquer the citadel of magic and then wipe out all magic users. Palpatine & Vadar, The Seanchan in Wheel of Time, Jagang in Sword or Truth, in Midkemia, etc.

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 20d

🙂

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 21d

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 21d

And my literary agent is Trident's Vice president, Mark Gottlieb.
TMG has also repped Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Marlon James, Tom Clancy, etc.
www.tridentmediagroup.com/agents/mark-...

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · 21d

So I have agents. 🙂
I'm now represented for film/TV/media by Vince Gerardis of Starling Inc, the producer of Game of Thrones, House of Dragons, & the forthcoming Elden Ring movie. Also reps GRR Martin, Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, the Heinlein, Silverberg, Asimov, Pratchet estates

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Jack Finn @therealjackfinn.bsky.social · 24d

Build your #horror TBR with these new releases!

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Build your #horror TBR with these new releases!

The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction - Chinaza Eziaghighala& OghenechovweDonald Ekpeki
Little White Flowers – Amber Hathaway
Futility - Nuzo Onoh
Dreamkiller – Adam Cosco
Gateways to Annihilation - Jarret Keene
The Second Grave - Jeffrey Burton
Gods and Monsters – EE King
It Sleeps Below - William F Gray
Beneath the Smog – Brian Bowyer
How to Survive a Slasher – Justine Pucella winans
Chasing Moonflowers – Pauline Chow
The Exchange – Mallory McCartney
I Kill in Peace - Hunter Shea
Indentured - David-Jack Fletcher
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes - Clay Chapman
The Restless Few - James Watjen
Dark Worlds We Wander - Kristin Kirby
Black Cat Tales- Francesca Maria & Mark S Causey
Secret Lives of the Dead - Tim Lebbon

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · Sep 4

Spotted in Ebeano
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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · Aug 28

In this episode of Artwork on Paystack I talk about the business of selling stories
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Selling your literary work — Artwork, powered by Paystack

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Mame Bougouma Diene @mamebougouma.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks @hararereview.bsky.social you’re too kind.

‘I loved Mame Bougouma Diene’s excellent, atmospheric Doomed to the Storm:

“Before there was a sea, people drank their own tears.”

It’s about a vampiric child—only he’s thirsty for water, not blood.’

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JFA Presents Yemoja’s Tears: An Anthology of Water, Bodies and Bodies of Water

288 pp. Published March 2025. Mixed anthology. Yemoja’s Tears ponders our relationship to water. A few of the contributors were already known to me: Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mame Bougouma Diene,…

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · Aug 27

Lovely new review of the Yemoja's Tears Water anthology, by @hararereview.bsky.social

You can see it here hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/j...

And get the anthology here
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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · Aug 23

😭😄 thanks!

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yup. That too

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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki @penprince.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks! And well the existence of rip off implies the existence of rip onn. 😄

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