Zukiswa Wanner is a South African author who has many books to her name. Her fiction books include The Madams, Oshun, 2006, Behind Every Successful…
View More Zukiswa Wanner to launch ‘London Cape Town Joburg’ in Dar es SalaamAuthor: James Murua
This blog is run by James Murua a Nairobi, Kenya based lover of books.
Ciku Kimeria launches ‘Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges’ in Kampala
Ciku Kimeria is a Kenyan writer who exploded onto the literature scene last year with her book “Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges.” The book has…
View More Ciku Kimeria launches ‘Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges’ in KampalaChibundu Onuzo on the Baga, Nigeria attacks
Chibundu Onuzo is a Nigerian writer with one novel to her name; The Spider King’s Daughter. If you read my review of the book you…
View More Chibundu Onuzo on the Baga, Nigeria attacksTimes up for Miles Morland 2013 scholars: What’s next?
All eyes are now Miles Morland 2013 scholars on Percy Zvomuya, Doreen Baingana and Tony Mochama. After enjoying the prestige of being the first scholars…
View More Times up for Miles Morland 2013 scholars: What’s next?Writivism 2015 kicks off with creative writing workshop in Botswana
Botswana writer Lauri Kubuitsile and actor Donald Molosi were the folks who started off the biggest edition of Writivism 2015 with a creative writing workshop…
View More Writivism 2015 kicks off with creative writing workshop in BotswanaThe Whispering Trees by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim gets makeover
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is one of those writer types; the ones that make the rest of us mortals look like we are not serious with…
View More The Whispering Trees by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim gets makeoverOkey Ndibe salutes Ngugi Wa Thiongo on his birthday
In case you missed it, Monday was Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s birthday or as this toddler I know (OK, its really me), it was his “happy…
View More Okey Ndibe salutes Ngugi Wa Thiongo on his birthdayPetina Gappah’s The Book of Memory out in August
We all loved Pettina Gappah’s first book An Elegy for Easterly which won the Guardian first book award in 2009. It was a short story…
View More Petina Gappah’s The Book of Memory out in AugustDaystar Creatives 2015 guest list gets bigger
I talked about the Daystar Creatives 2015 last year. This is a project where students of Daystar University get to meet up with writers, media…
View More Daystar Creatives 2015 guest list gets biggerA partnership between Kampala and Bremen writers
Kenyans will be familiar with a partnership in the last few years called BLNRB. This project involved artists, of the musical kind, from between Kenya…
View More A partnership between Kampala and Bremen writersKenyan publisher John Mwazemba for Digital Book World
John Mwazemba is the managing director of Kenya’s Phoenix Publishers. He is one of the people who have been nominated to take part in Digital…
View More Kenyan publisher John Mwazemba for Digital Book WorldWritivism Short Story Prize 2015 is coming
The short story prizes are lining up with the latest one on the block being the Writivism Short Story Prize. The panel of judges for…
View More Writivism Short Story Prize 2015 is comingJamesMurua.com stats disabuse Ben Okri assertions
So this is my first blog of the new year after a self imposed break to chill out and recharge my batteries. While I was…
View More JamesMurua.com stats disabuse Ben Okri assertionsTaiye Selasi to judge revolutionary new reality show
The Italians have a new reality show called The Masterpiece. The show is a play on the shows that we are all familiar with like…
View More Taiye Selasi to judge revolutionary new reality showSudan’s Hammour Ziada gets Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2014
Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature. He published…
View More Sudan’s Hammour Ziada gets Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature 2014