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Our first event of the year, in collaboration with @qwanibok , is coming up soon, and we are more than excited for it!🥳 The panel is set with their books, all that remains is for you to attend this thrilling discussion!☺️

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Rereading 'Land without Thunder' and other stories by Grace Ogot, and 'A Grain of Wheat' by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o with the Meja Mwangi Book Club this month. We will meet this Saturday, 25th of April, for the discussion at the McMillan Memorial Library from 3.00 PM, Join us.❤️

Meja Mwangi kept Kenyan and African Literature alive through popular literature when novels and plays by Ngugi and Micere were banned by the Moi dictatorship and the writers exiled. I am excited to be a part of this Thank You Note to Meja. See you on the 8th of Jan!

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THE BOOKS CAFÉ on KBC English Service; A tribute to the departed Kenyan writer, filmmaker & award winning novelist Meja Mwangi; host Khainga O’Okwemba, with guests, Lexa Lubanga & Tony Mochama on Saturday 20th December 2025 at 1.15PM (immediately after the news.)

I feel utterly speechless at this moment, but I must share about the incredible person in my life, not just as an author but as a dear friend. Oh dear Meja, my guiding force, I will dearly miss your laughter and endless joy. Thank you for transforming the literary world,

What are you currently reading?🇰🇪📚

Which Kenyan author would you love to meet?☺️❤️

Please READ Kenyan literature. We have to be better. Read every story and SHARE.

BOOK READING : HOP SKIP & JUMP DATE: 29th March, 2025 TIME: 11.00 AM – 6.00 PM LOCATION: Baraza Media Lab, Keystone Park, 95 Riverside drive, Nairobi. ENTRY: Early bird(limited slots) KSHS. 500 Gate : KSHS. 700 MPESA : Buy Goods - 8581726 ================ Books of Kenya

📚Special Announcement.📚 The annual Kenyan Readathon is scheduled to start early this year. We have organized an easy way to identify and commemorate our published works since the first-ever publication. Our objective is to share titles from various decades to enlighten readers

Edition Four announced. @Lexa_Lubanga

Kenyan Readathon Edition Four Announcement. 🇰🇪THE MAGIC OF KENYAN TALES. We are happy to announce the fourth edition of the Kenyan Readathon set to happen in September this year!!!

KENYA DIALECT EXCHANGE THEME: We share a story of Kenyan Languages ACTIVITY: Storytelling DATE: 29 April, 2023 TIME: 10.00AM – 3.00PM LOCATION: Hadithi Theatre, Maktaba Kuu Upper Hill, NAIROBI ENTRY: Parents KSHS. 100 Kids KSHS.200 MPESA:… instagr.am/p/CrdsHh3oBFx/

MONTHLY CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN WRITERS Tribute to Ken Walibora and Kiswahili Fiction .. Performances: Monaja & Dorphan Speakers: -Hezekiel Gikambi – Walibora in Memoriam -Professor Mohamed Bakari - Kiswahili as a Pan African language and use in fiction

As we remember the life and legacy of Ken Walibora this month, we celebrate his contributions not just to Swahili literature, but also to the rich cultural heritage of the Luhya community. As a fellow Luhya, his work inspires and resonates with me deeply. Rest in Power, Walibora.

*Next Saturday - April 22nd, tribute to Ken Walibora. #SikuNjema 👇🏿👇🏿

About three years since the death of Ken Walibora, his family is still desperately seeking the truth about what happened to the renowned Kenyan author and novelist. They are hoping to finally find closure and bring justice to the case, and that his memory will be honored.

‘The truth will someday come out,’ Ken Walibora’s family says on author’s third death anniversary ow.ly/zBQ050NEUtX