The Commonwealth Short Story Prize short-list has been announced.1 I had a particular interest in the announcement of this short-list because I submitted a stor...
Don’t bother deciphering the title of a poem. The best poems are inspired by the concrete, by the tangible, by the touchable.
Good titles to good poems arise...
Anyone who has interest in literature may have had a chance to attend a poetry event or a forum where poets freely express their ideas or share their pieces...
Different people are known to react differently during their moments of weakness. For some, crying is the utmost sign of falling apart while for others, locking...
While everyone got excited about the completion of Thika Highway because of its aesthetic appeal or that it would take less time to move about, I was busy getti...
The pen is mightier than the sword. That is all well and good in philosophy and we can rant about the social revolutions brought on by the mighty pen. However, ...
Hi Wamathai,
Just finished reading Given the right books at the right price, Kenyans actually read.
I feel that the most important question should be; are ENO...
Because of the internet I know many things about the graphic artist DJ Ndebele. I know he’s not a DJ, nor is he from the Ndebele tribe. I know that despite ...
Street bookstore
“If you want to hide something from a Kenyan, put it in a book,” has been a favourite when it comes to lines used to mock Kenyans’ reading ...
I often say that I live in my head but in essence, it is the writer in me who does. She finds the tools for her writing in my mind and she creates scenarios and...