Guest 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…
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Sihle Khumalo’s Heart of Africa (How Zack could have made it to South Africa)
One of the loudest noises in the last few months is a campaign by a dude called Zachary Muturi Kimotho who was on a quest…
View More Sihle Khumalo’s Heart of Africa (How Zack could have made it to South Africa)Alexander Nderitu’s guide for Kenyan writers.
A look at “Changing Kenya’s Literary Landscape” a paper by Alexander Nderitu who I met when I went to visit ailing author Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye. When…
View More Alexander Nderitu’s guide for Kenyan writers.Talking books at Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye’s Ngara home
Where authors meet at Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoyes home in Ngara and talk books. One of the best movies I have watched in my life was Finding…
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Five things I learnt from “Happiness is a four letter word”
After the terrifying experience I had to go through in Seychelles I had to be sure about these South African writers. Can they all…
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How Angela Makholwa nearly derailed my Seychelles Carnival plans
Book: The Thirtieth Candle Author: Angela Makholwa Publisher: Pan Macmillan Genre: Fiction Buy your own copy of The 30th Candle I recently got an opportunity…
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