The International Confluences Book Fair was hosted in Mauritius on March 6-9 with authors from the island on the Indian Ocean and other parts of the globe. The Mauritian authors who attended the fair included Ananda Devi, Lindsey Collen, Alain Gordon-Gentil and Sedley Assone. From out of Mauritius were writers from France, UK, India, China, […]
Category: Festivals
Residents of Kampala Uganda were treated to the biggest book fair in the country last week. The festival which started in 1993 was aimed at showcase Uganda’s intellectual output and bring national and regional focus on the crucial role that reading and books play in the country. Here are some sights from the well attended […]
The Time of the Writer is one of the most respected festivals for writers on the continent. The festival which is in its 17th year is hosted in March ever year with writers from around the continent and the world converging on Durban, South Africa. Some of the more well known East African folks who […]
The Storymoja Hay Festival 2014 dates are out. The festival now in its sixth year will be hosted at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi from 17th – 21st September. The Storymoja is one of the fastest growing literary festivals in Africa. From its humble beginnings in 2009 when the organisers started an event […]
The Kampala International Book Fair 2014 is set to happen in Kampala, Uganda on 12-15th March. The fair will see many heads of renowned publishing houses, agents, sales personnel, foreign rights representatives, editors and authors participate. Basically anyone involved with books. If you are in Kampala at the time you will access several things including […]
Its not easy to do a book fair. You have to find all these publishers and convince them to come together in one space and flog their ware. Those folks have enough on their plate what with convincing the government to get their book on the ministry of education approved list. Then there is the […]
The Storymoja Festival is one of the best literary happenings in Kenya. The Muthoni Garland run event has seen some of the best minds coming to Kenya to support our need to try and help us grow our literary scene. The first festival director was initially the really awesome Sitawa Namwalie who helped it grow […]
I am not a huge fan of terrorists. Its just not my scene. I report on the social aspect of the human story. Birthday parties. Weddings. Literature. National Days of countries in Kenya, launches of products. You will never see me at the front line of a major news story unless you see me covering […]
The biggest literary event in Kenya will be happening this weekend as the Storymoja Hay Festival 2013 makes its way to the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi. There will be a series of events for all of you who have an interest in the written word. For those just like to party you are […]
The biggest story where the literature business is concerned is the Storymoja Hay Festival happening in September. It has emerged today that Dr Paula Kahumbu is the Storymoja Hay Festival Director. The Kenyan born and bred lady is famous for her wildlife conservation garnering her accolades from across the globe. I’m not really sure what […]
The Storymoja Hay festival has hosted many distinguished writers including Ben Okri the famous Nigerian author, Giles Foden of the I wrote The Last King of Scotland fame among many others. The 2013 edition of the festival will be happening in September and is set to rock the national museum of Kenya. One of the […]
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 visit it as it ends on Sunday. I was one of the guests at the Nairobi International Book Fair yesterday when I went to the Sarit Centre. The event, which […]
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 the National Museum at the Museum Hill. Awesomeness. The Storymoja Hay Festival just seems to be getting better by the year. This years edition started on the Thursday at the […]
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 the festival in 2009 when it was but a thing at the Impala grounds. During those ages when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the phones of choice were Blackberry (smart) […]
