A while back, some friends and I went on an out of the city weekend road trip to visit the legendary Lord Egerton Castle in Nakuru. While on our way, I discove...
The StoryMoja Hay Festival was founded in 2008 in collaboration with the Hay Festival UK. It is a four day celebration of our stories and culture through stor...
Contemporary literature in Kenya from Kenyan writers is hard to come by. It’s a sad reality. The truth is that it’s difficult to get published especially loca...
The writing space in Kenya has seen a bit of growth in recent years with the introduction of new writers . There has also been renewed interest by Kenyan re...
When I returned to Lagos, Kafiyah, who knew how stressed I was over the wedding, insisted that we needed a movie night. On our way to Silverbird Cinemas, sh...
This is part 2 of a list of great Kenyan fictional books that lovers of literature would definitely enjoy. Read part 1 here.
11. The Promised Land by Grace O...
In my experience, music and film have the ability to alleviate or crystallize unhappiness. While literature, among other wonderful things, has always shown me t...
A review of the best reads of 2012 from selected readers. Read part 1 of this series here.
Michael Onsando: 1Q84 - by Haruki Murakami
The first thing ...
A review of the best reads of 2012 from selected readers.
Maximilus: The City of Dreaming Books - by Walter Moers
By a wonderful serendipitous occurre...
Laila, Ndinda and I are working on setting up a book sharing initiative where people can come and pick a book they like in exchange for a book they own.
Th...