Peter Kimani launched his novel Dance of the Jakaranda at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi on September 28, 2018. The Kenyan author had Wamuyu Maina as discussant and James Murua as the Moderator. Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani is a novel that follows characters in the 1890s during the building of the Lunatic Express that […]
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2018 kicks off on October 31 and ends on November 4, 2018 at Freedom Park, Lagos Island. Founded in 2015, the Lagos International Poetry Festival has brought poets, writers, artists, and thinkers from across the world to Lagos for a week of conversations, readings, performances, workshops and adventure, establishing itself […]
The South African Literary Awards 2018 shortlistees were announced on September 28, 2018. The South African Literary Awards popularly referred to as the SALAs, started in 2005, have honoured 160 authors in 11 categories in all official South African languages. The award has been won by the most well-known writers in the South African literary […]
