Shailja Patel is one of Kenya’s more respected poets both of the reading and performance version as well as a human rights activist. The US…
View More Scenes from Shailja Patel’s Unsilence! Public lectureAuthor: James Murua
This blog is run by James Murua a Nairobi, Kenya based lover of books.
Caine Prize 2013 short list named; Nope, no Kenyans
The Caine Prize for African writing was announced yesterday and the list was quite surprising to say the very least; four Nigerians and 1 Sierra…
View More Caine Prize 2013 short list named; Nope, no KenyansA buffet of Kenyan authors at the Junction Mall
If you are following the literature space from out of Nairobi you would probably believe that the only people who have written books in Kenya…
View More A buffet of Kenyan authors at the Junction MallNiq Mhlongo’s Way Back Home; Very nice
One of my favourite movies is Quentin Tarantino offering From Dusk Till Dawn. The 1997 movie with a starring cast including George Clooney and Salma…
View More Niq Mhlongo’s Way Back Home; Very nice
A review of Sihle Khumalo’s “Dark Continent My Black Arse”
I came back home in September 2001 two weeks after Osama Bin Laden decided that bombing East Africa wasn’t getting him the attention he as…
View More A review of Sihle Khumalo’s “Dark Continent My Black Arse”Zukiswa Wanner launches books in Harare, Zimbabwe
t was an evening to remember at the Book Cafe in Harare last night as Zambian born South African/Zimbabwean author Zukiswa Wanner launched two of…
View More Zukiswa Wanner launches books in Harare, ZimbabweA 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. Cornell Professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi…
View More A drink with Mukoma Wa NgugiGuest 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 currently reading called Behind The…
View More Guest blog: Lessons for writers from an anthology compilation projectStorymoja 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 for his excellent Different Colours…
View More Storymoja 2012 guest writer Dinaw Mengestu wins ‘Genius grant’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 decent time. You can still…
View More A visit to the ongoing Nairobi International Book FairRobert 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 nation. They went to Somalia…
View More Robert Ndwiga’s Terrorists of JubalandAnother 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 the venue had moved to…
View More Another year, another Storymoja Hay Festival.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 books is dead. Very sad.…
View More Barbara Kimenye’s passing is just sadThe 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 envoy at his house in…
View More The Paralympics and the Henry Wanyoike biographyThe 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 of Kenya. I first attended…
View More The Return of the Storymoja Hay Festival