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Kinyanjui Kombani’s ‘Of Pawns and Players’ now available for pre-order.

James Murua January 10, 2019 9 Comments Kinyanjui Kombani Of Pawns and Players Oxford University Press

Kinyanjui Kombani’s newest novel Of Pawns and Players is now available for pre-order. This is the third novel from the Nairobi, Kenya based author popularly…

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Kinyanjui Kombani launches Finding Colombia

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Kinyanjui Kombani’s “Finding Colombia” launches in Nairobi. #NIBF2018

James Murua October 4, 2018 No Comments Burt Award Burt Award 2018 Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 Finding Colombia Florence Waeni John Mwazemba Kinyanjui Kombani Nairobi International Book Fair 2018 Oxford University Press

Kinyanjui Kombani’s Burt Award winning novel Finding Colombia launched on the side lines of the Nairobi International Book Fair 2018 at the Sarit Centre, Nairobi…

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Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 shortlist.

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CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 shortlist announced.

James Murua August 3, 2018 No Comments Ama Ata Aidoo Burt Award Burt Award 2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 Digibooks East Africa Ltd Ebony Girl Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Finding Columbia Hiwot Walelign Kinyanjui Kombani Kwadwoan Publishers Mega Publishing Oxford University Press Ruby Yayra Goka Somebody’s Daughter The Lion’s Whisper To Kiss a Girl Vera Akumiah

The CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature 2018 shortlist was announced on August 2, 2018. The five in the running for the prize…

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Machakos Regional Fair

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A lackluster Machakos regional bookfair 2016

James Murua June 14, 2016 2 Comments Kenya Literature Bureau Kenya Publishers Association Machakos regional bookfair 2016 Moran Publishers Mountain Top Publishers Oxford University Press Spear Sharp Storymoja Publishers

The Machakos regional bookfair 2016 was hosted at the basketball court of the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on 8-11th June 2016. While it was a…

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Awards Kenya

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor wins Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015

James Murua September 28, 2015 5 Comments A scare in the Village Clara Momanyi Dust Edward Mwangi Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 Ken Walibora Kwani Trust Longhorn Publishers Moran Publishers (EA)Nasikia Sauti ya Mama Oxford University Press Pendo la karaha by John Habwe Stanley Gazemba The Tissue Boy Ushindi wa nakate Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is the winner of the adult English category of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature 2015 for her book Dust. The writer…

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