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Three spaces to get your Christmas book orders

The Christmas holidays are upon us ladies and gentlemen. Like any good bibliophile, you will probably be giving books to your family and friends. If…

Distribution Ghana Liberia

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Hawa Jande Golakai books now in Nairobi

James Murua 23 April 2015 No Comments Hawa Jande Golakai Nana Brew-Hammond Powder Necklace The Lazarus Effect

Hawa Jande Golakai and Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond are two West African writers whose books are available in Nairobi’s Bookstop Bookshop. Golakai is a Liberian writer whose…

Distribution South Africa

South African Siphiwo Mahala’s African Delights now in Nigeria

James Murua 16 March 2015 No Comments African Delights Bookcraft Njabulo S Ndebele Siphiwo Mahala

Siphiwo Mahala is a South African writer who has two books to his name; When a Man Cries and African Delights. His short stories appear…

Distribution Nigeria Publishers

Caine Prize signs with Nigerian publisher Lantern Books

James Murua 14 November 2014 No Comments Ake Festival Ake Festival 2014 Lantern Books Lizzy Attree Olayinka Lawal-Solarin The Gonjon Pin and Other Stories

There’s great news for all of you who will be at the Ake Festival in a few days. The good folks at the Caine Prize…

Distribution Kenya

What is happening with Bookpoint in Nairobi?

James Murua 12 November 2014 4 Comments Bookpoint

Bookpoint is one of the most iconic bookshops in Kenya having being with us for decades. The book shop, situated on Moi Avenue, has been…

Awards Distribution

Kenya’s Maktaba Award (Library of the Year Award) 2014 in September

James Murua 11 August 2014 2 Comments Maktaba Awards

The 5th edition of the Maktaba Award (Library of the Year Award) in Kenya organised by the Goethe-Institut Kenya, the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and the…

Distribution Kenya