Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Ogutu Muraya feted at Kenya Theatre Awards 2023.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Ogutu Muraya were among the winners at the Kenya Theatre Awards 2023 hosted in Nairobi on […]
Afritondo Short Story Prize 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist of fifteen writers in the running for the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2023 was announced on Saturday, February […]
Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2022 winners announced
The winners of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature were announced in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania […]
Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2023 longlist announced
Warsan Shire, Okwiri Oduor, Arinze Ifeakandu, and Derek Owusu are on the longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize […]
Nuria Books announces its Top 100 Kenyan books of 2022.
Kenyan bookstore Nuria Books announced its Top 100 Kenyan Books of 2022 on Monday, January 9, 2023. In 2015, Abdullahi […]
Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2022 shortlist announced
The shortlisted manuscripts of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced today, Tuesday, January 10, 2022. The […]
Micere Mugo feted at Human Rights Defenders Awards 2022.
Micere Mugo received her Human Rights Defenders Award 2022 at a ceremony at the Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi on Friday, […]
Moses Abukutsa wins Kikwetu Flash Fiction Contest 2022.
Moses Abukutsa’s Nalongo was declared the winner of the Kikwetu Flash Fiction Contest 2022 on December 1, 2022. Kikwetu is […]
Nairobi Book Festival to kick off on November 30.
The Nairobi Book Festival, powered by Nuria Books, will be hosted at the MacMillan Library, Nairobi from November 30 – […]
Katama Mkangi’s Walenisi among PEN/Heim grant recipients 2023
Katama Mkangi’s Walenisi, to be translated by Richard Prins’, is among the PEN America literary grant recipients 2023 announced on […]
A snapshot of the Kistrech International Poetry Festival 2022.
The Kistrech International Poetry Festival 2022 was hosted in several venues around Kenya from October 8 – 14, 2022. The […]
Gloria Mwaniga for Global Story of the Month on October 29.
Gloria Mwaniga is this month’s featured guest at the Global Story of the Month at the Alliance Française Nairobi on […]
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber wins Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s The House of Rust was declared the winner of the inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for […]
Episode 27: Kenya Writes with Goethe Institut Khadija Abdalla Bajaber.
The Kenya Writes guest for today is Mombasa-born and bred Khadija Abdalla Bajaber. She won the Graywolf Africa Prize in […]
Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 winners announced.
The winners of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2021 were announced at a ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday, […]
