Parrésia, also Parrésia Publishers Ltd, is a publishing company in

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founded by Azafi Omoluabi and Richard Ali in 2012 with the aim of selling books to the Nigerian reading audience and promote the freedom of the imagination and the free press. It was described in 2017 by ''

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'' as one of "a handful of influential new publishing houses" in Africa in the last decade.

Character

Parrésia publishes its fiction and creative non-fiction works under three imprints: Regium, Origami, and Omode Meta. Regium Named after Royalty, Regium is our traditional publishing imprint focused exclusively on fiction. We aim to release five fiction titles each year, including literary fiction, exceptional popular fiction, and collections of short stories that demonstrate outstanding craftsmanship and innovation. Origami Books Inspired by the Japanese art of paper folding, Origami Books is our specialised imprint catering to clients interested in self-publishing or vanity publishing. We welcome submissions from authors across all genres and offer a personalised publishing experience that grants them complete control over the publishing process. Ọmọde Mẹta is a traditional publishing imprint that publishes children’s books for all children ages and in all genres.

Authors

Helon Habila Helon Habila Ngalabak (born November 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and poet, whose writing has won many prizes, including the Caine Prize in 2001. He worked as a lecturer and journalist in Nigeria before moving in 2002 to England, where he was a ...

, winner of the

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and Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Fiction. His novel ''

Oil on Water ''Oil on Water'' is a 2010 petrofiction novel by Nigerian author Helon Habila. The novel documents the experience of two journalists as they try to rescue a kidnapped European wife in the oil landscape of the Niger Delta. The novel explores the ec ...

'' was shortlisted for the Orion Environmental Book Award and Pen/Opera Book Award in 2012. ''Oil on Water'' was also nominated for the Best Novel Commonwealth Writers' Prize Africa Region in 2011. *

Chika Unigwe Chika Nina Unigwe (born 12 June 1974) is a Nigerian-born Igbo novelist who writes in English and Dutch. She was the winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2012 for her novel '' On Black Sisters' Street''. In April 2014, she was selected ...

(winner of NLNG Prize 2012) * Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (winner of LNG Prize 2016 for ''Season of Crimson Blossoms'', published by Parrésia Books in 2015). * Ogaga Ifowodo, whose poetry collection ''A Good Mourning'' was shortlisted for NLNG Prize in 2017 *

Pius Adesanmi Pius Adebola Adesanmi (27 February 1972 – 10 March 2019) was a Nigerian-born Canadian academic and author. He was the author of '' Naija No Dey Carry Last'', a 2015 collection of satirical essays. Adesanmi died on 10 March 2019, when Ethiopian ...

, a Nigerian columnist and professor at

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References

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External links

Official website
2006 establishments in Nigeria Book publishing companies of Nigeria