Book: Nairobi Heat Author: Mukoma Wa Ngugi Publisher: Spear Books Year of publishing: 2009 Number of pages: 212 Nairobi Heat is the debut novel of…
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Kenyan Burt Award 2014 nominees announced
The Kenyan short list for the Burt Award for African Literature 2014 was announced at a breakfast today. The Burt Award for African Literature is…
View More Kenyan Burt Award 2014 nominees announcedA review of Stanley Gazemba’s Callused Hands
Book: Callused Hands Author: Stanley Gazemba Publisher: Nsemia Publishers Year of publication: 2013 Number of pages: 243 Kenyan writer Stanley Gazemba has been in the…
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A review of Kinyanjui Kombani’s Den of Inequities
Book: Den of Inequities Author: Kinyanjui Kombani Publisher: Longhorn Year of publication: 2013 Number of pages: 188 Kenyan writer Kinyanjui Kombani has a new book…
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A review of Angela Makhokwa’s Black Widow Society
Book: Black Widow Society Author: Angela Makholwa Publisher: Pan Macmillan Year of Publication: 2013 Number of pages: 278 Buy your own copy of Black Widow…
View More A review of Angela Makhokwa’s Black Widow SocietyA review of the first Jalada Collective
Book: Sketch of a bald woman in the semi-nude and other stories Writers: Tuelo Gabonewe, Jacque Ndinda, Orem Ochiel, Nyana Kakoma, Alexander Ikawah, Anne Moraa,…
View More A review of the first Jalada CollectiveNgugi Wa Thiong’o daughter Wanjiku Wa Ngugi’s new book
Legendary Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is famous for his many many books having written his first in the 1960s starting with Weep Not, Child,…
View More Ngugi Wa Thiong’o daughter Wanjiku Wa Ngugi’s new bookExcerpt for new old Teju Cole book Everyday is for the Thief
So Teju Cole came to Nairobi in a blaze of glory last year in the Storymoja Hay Festival. He came to these shores on the…
View More Excerpt for new old Teju Cole book Everyday is for the ThiefJalada Africa’s first short story anthology out
Jalada Africa is a pan-African writers’ collective aimed at publishing literature by African authors regularly. The idea is to make it as easy as possible…
View More Jalada Africa’s first short story anthology outEtisalat Writers Prize 2014 shortlist out
They announced the shortlist for the Etisalat Prize for African literature yesterday. Those in the running for Africa’s first major Pan-African literature prize are the…
View More Etisalat Writers Prize 2014 shortlist outWritivism goes continental in 2014
Writivism is an initiative of the Kampala Uganda based Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and aims at promoting emerging African writers. This is by…
View More Writivism goes continental in 2014South African wins PEN International’s inaugural New Voices Award
Pen International is an association of writers, founded in London to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The organisation has chapters in over…
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Okwiri Oduor wins Short Story Day Africa Prize 2013
You know we love the short story in Kenya, right? I have a feeling that vibe was started when Binyavanga Wainaina won that prize all…
View More Okwiri Oduor wins Short Story Day Africa Prize 2013Fancy yourself a science fiction writer? Here’s one for you.
Do you fancy that you can write science fiction that would amaze the world and don’t want to worry about competing with Hollywood types? The…
View More Fancy yourself a science fiction writer? Here’s one for you.Niq 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…
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