Okechukwu Nzelu
Lecturer in Creative WritingResearch Interests
Most of my work is in long-form fiction, although I occasionally write essays and thinkpieces, and I am a regular contributor to Kinfolk magazine. Much of my writing centres on Black British life, queerness, family (whether genetic or chosen) and faith. My debut novel The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney (Dialogue Books/Little,Brown, 2019) is about a half-Nigerian teenage girl who is determined to learn about her Igbo heritage. My second novel, Here Again Now (Dialogue Boooks/Little,Brown, 2022), is inspired by the Book of Ruth from the Old Testament.
Here Again Now Book Launch
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Public Online Reading with Okechukwu Nzelu
Invited talk
C Pam Zhang and Bryan Washington
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Centering the Black Queer Experience through Storytelling
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Dialogue Books Proof Party
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Thrive x Pride: Robert Jones Jnr in Conversation with Okechukwu Nzelu
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Betty Trask Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Northern Writers Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Kingston University Big Read
Other distinction