FROM a workshop on How to write, publish and sell your books held at Ikenne Town Hall, Ikenne, Ogun State by the International Restoration Crusade, an arm of the Ransomed Christian Centre to mark the World Book Day, as part of its yearly crusade, an idea of Students Writers Series has emerged.

The convener of the workshop and Crusade Pastor, Tosin Onayiga, while addressing the audience, which included Ogun State Commissioner of Education, Barrister Segun Odubela, ably represented by the zonal Education officer for Ikenne Local Council, Mrs. Taiwo, noted that it is very important that people should not only read, but also endeavour to write books and share experiences.

Onayiga said the Centre is expecting that after the workshop, the students would send their stories, plays and poems to the Education Support Services at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Abeokuta and Zonal Education officers in the state, which would be compiled into books under what he called Crusaders Students Writers Series

Onayiga added that a national participation for all students in Nigeria for the Crusader’s Student Writers Series and the mode of entry of their works would soon be made known to the public.

Responding, Odubela, thanked the Centre for joining the world to make the 2013 World Book Day more meaningful and interesting to all “our teeming students and parents in Ogun State.”

He also commended the efforts of the Centre in re-awakening reading and writing culture among teeming youths “especially those within the four walls of our schools.”

Odubela stressed the importance of the day and workshop as impetus for talent discovering and precursor to relevance in building talents discovered to be useful not only for their schools but the state and their country at large.

Present as resources persons were multiple award wining actress, Sola Onayiga (Ireti of Fuji House of Commotion). She spoke on Effective ways of choosing a career. Mr. Olu Okekanye represented Association of Nigerian Authors Lagos Branch to take the students and the public on reading and writing books, while Segun Obadare-Akpata took the public into the world of film making in the process of turning books into films while Mr. Tayo Korede spoke about the Business of Book Publishing.