Scent of A Wild Flower

A novel by Dr Doyle Edeni

Where wild things bloom

A story of nature, love, and becoming.

Scent of A Wild Flower — book cover

The Book

Scent of A Wild Flower

A luminous debut collection that moves between the intimate and the vast — stories rooted in the natural world, reaching toward something essential about what it means to be alive, to love, and to change.

Dr Doyle Edeni writes with the patience of someone who has spent long hours outdoors learning how to pay attention. These pages bloom slowly — and stay with you long after.

Explore the Book

The wildflower does not ask permission to bloom. It simply opens — and the world adjusts.

— Dr Doyle Edeni

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Media

Reading: "The Last Petal" — Live at the Lagos Literary Festival
12:34

Reading: "The Last Petal" — Live at the Lagos Literary Festival

In Conversation: Dr Doyle Edeni on Nature, Story, and Silence
28:07

In Conversation: Dr Doyle Edeni on Nature, Story, and Silence

The Writing Process: How "Scent of A Wild Flower" Came to Be
19:45

The Writing Process: How "Scent of A Wild Flower" Came to Be

Book Launch Night — Full Event Recording
1:02:18

Book Launch Night — Full Event Recording

Reading: "What the Bees Know" — Short Story
8:22

Reading: "What the Bees Know" — Short Story

On Belonging: A Talk at the African Writers Summit
35:14

On Belonging: A Talk at the African Writers Summit

What Readers Say

Doyle Edeni writes about nature the way the best poets write about love — with the sense that the subject is infinite and the words are just approximations of something that exceeds language.

Chimamanda N.

Author & Literary Critic

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New stories, essays, and updates from Dr Doyle Edeni — delivered slowly, intentionally.