Arabic translations of novels by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Peter Kimani, Lola Shoneyin, and Petina Gappah were presented at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2021 which ran from November 3-13, 2021. Sharjah International Book Fair is an international book fair held annually in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates since it was launched in 1982. It is today […]
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the headline guest at this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair set to run from November 3-13, 2021. Sharjah International Book Fair is an international book fair held annually in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates since 1982. Recognized as one of the world’s top publishing events, it is the largest in the Arab world […]
The Peter Kimani edited Nairobi Noir anthology launched at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on January 30, 2020. The “Noir” series, comprising stories set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within a city, was launched by US publisher Akashic Books with Brooklyn Noir in 2004. Since then, there have been over one hundred anthologies in the […]
Nairobi Noir, the new anthology edited by Peter Kimani, is set to launch at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on Thursday, January 30, 2020. The “Noir” series, comprising stories set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within a city, was launched by US publisher Akashic Books with Brooklyn Noir in 2004. Since then, there have been […]
Writers who write in English and Portuguese are set to converge on Nairobi for the first Macondo Literary Festival to take place from September 27-29, 2019. “Macondo” is a fictional place where magical things happen in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Márquez. This magical place was adopted […]
The nine nominees for the Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires 2018 were announced on March 27, 2019. The Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) were launched in Cameroon in 2013. The awards were then defined as bilingual English-and-French literary prizes awarded on the proposals of literary associations, especially in the Research […]
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Petina Gappah are two of the many delegates set to attend the International Publishers Association Africa Seminar in Nairobi from June 14-15, 2019. At the Nairobi International Book Fair 2018 opening ceremony, the Kenya Publishers Association chairman Lawrence Njagi announced that the International Publishers Association (IPA) would be holding a seminar […]
Peter Kimani will chair the panel of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2019 judges in an announcement made on December 19, 2018. He will be joined by Sefi Atta, Margie Orford, Olufemi Terry, and Scott Taylor. The Caine Prize for African Writing is one of the most influential awards in African writing. The Prize […]
Peter Kimani’s Dance of the Jakaranda is up for the Frederick Forsyth chaired People’s Book Prize. Let’s vote for the man. The People’s Book Prize was founded in 2010 by UK resident Tatiana Wilson to ensure that new authors are given equal opportunity in the marketplace, based purely on their talent and ability. The prize […]
Peter Kimani launched his novel Dance of the Jakaranda at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi on September 28, 2018. The Kenyan author had Wamuyu Maina as discussant and James Murua as the Moderator. Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani is a novel that follows characters in the 1890s during the building of the Lunatic Express that […]
Kenyan writer and poet Peter Kimani is set to make a Nairobi splash with his novel Dance of the Jakaranda. He will be having a launch on September 27 at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi followed on September 28 with a book signing at Prestige Bookshop. Peter Kimani is an award-winning Kenyan author and journalist who works […]
The Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Awards 2018 nominees have been announced and feature writers and poets with African roots. They include Lesley Nneka Arimah, Peter Kimani, Alain Mabanckou, Zinzi Clemmons, Yewande Omotoso, and Kwame Dawes. The Hurston/Wright Foundation is named for US African American literary geniuses Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award […]
Kenyan author Peter Kimani was the guest of the Bookish People at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on the morning of Saturday June 16, 2018. Bookish People is a small community of book lovers from Kenya with a bias toward African Literature. They read, review, recommend and promote African Literature and host literary events. […]
Peter Kimani who has written Dance of The Jakaranda will be the featured author at the Kenya National Theatre on Saturday June 16, 2018. The event kicks off at 11am and ends at 1pm. Peter Kimani is one of Kenya’s leading writers and poets with a long history as a journalist and editor. His first […]
Peter Kimani, Ayobami Adebayo, Nnedi Okorafor, and Trevor Noah have made the New York Times Notable Books of 2017. The New York Times, a US newspaper based in New York City, is one of the most important books in the literary world. Apart from being a publication that covers the literary scene in the US […]
