Paul Liam
Paul Liam is a poet, critic, and author of two poetry collections; Indefinite Cravings (2012) and Saint Sha’ade and Other Poems (2014). A 2014 Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency, Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria, and co-editor of the Ebedi Review. In 2014, he was honoured with an award of literary excellence for his contributions to the development of literature in Nigeria by the Ebedi International Writers Residency. Similarly, he has also been recognized by the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation and the Association of Nigerian Authors, Niger State for his contributions to the growth of literature with various certificates of merit. His poems have appeared in the following publications; Revista Prometeo Numeros 119-120 (Memorias; 33rd Festival Internacional de Poesia de Medellin, Julio de 2023), Mingled Coins; Seventy Love Poems, (selected and edited by Okina Launko (Kraft Books Ibadan, 2020, anthology), Echoes of Carnage; A Collection of Poems on Zamfara, (edited by Jalaludeen Ibrahim and Maryam Gatawa, A.I Publishers Kano, 2021, anthology), Blank Pages Anthology of Poems, Issue I (a cross-cultural anthology, of Blank Pages Global Collective, Germany, 2021, online anthology), Fireflies (Kraft Books Ibadan, 2009, anthology), and Life is Like a Flower (Maziriyya Books, 2005, anthology).