A drink with Mukoma Wa Ngugi
This Thursday was a special day as I had a beer with author and Cornell University professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi. […]
Guest blog: Lessons for writers from an anthology compilation project
OK folks. Lets try something new today. Like learn what the folks who were compiling an anthology that I am […]
Storymoja 2012 guest writer Dinaw Mengestu wins ‘Genius grant’
Its been a good time for some in the writing business. Ng’ang’a Mbugua recently won the Wahome Mutahi Literature award […]
A visit to the ongoing Nairobi International Book Fair
Yesterday saw me visiting the Nairobi International book fair in Nairobi and I have to say that I had pretty […]
Robert Ndwiga’s Terrorists of Jubaland
The Kenya Defence Forces aka the KDF were deployed in October 2011 on Kenya’s first offensive motion as an independent […]
Another year, another Storymoja Hay Festival.
Like the night turns into day and day back into day another Storymoja Hay festival was upon us. This year […]
Barbara Kimenye’s passing is just sad
I woke up this morning to the news that Barbara Kimenye the author of the the Moses Series of children’s […]
The Paralympics and the Henry Wanyoike biography
The Paralympic games ended in London last Sunday and the victorious team has already come home even meeting the British […]
The Return of the Storymoja Hay Festival
The Storymoja Hay Festival is back. The event is set to hit Nairobi on 13-16th September at the National Museum […]
Sihle Khumalo’s Heart of Africa (How Zack could have made it to South Africa)
One of the loudest noises in the last few months is a campaign by a dude called Zachary Muturi Kimotho […]
Alexander Nderitu’s guide for Kenyan writers.
A look at “Changing Kenya’s Literary Landscape” a paper by Alexander Nderitu who I met when I went to visit […]
Talking books at Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye’s Ngara home
Where authors meet at Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoyes home in Ngara and talk books. One of the best movies I have watched […]
Five things I learnt from “Happiness is a four letter word”
After the terrifying experience I had to go through in Seychelles I had to be sure about these South […]
How Angela Makholwa nearly derailed my Seychelles Carnival plans
Book: The Thirtieth Candle Author: Angela Makholwa Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Fiction Buy your own copy of The 30th Candle […]