September 23 – (Relaxnews) The Frankfurt Book Fair hopes to maintain its status as the premier international book event in the world when it opens on October 14. Frankfurt may almost buck the global recession…
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UK author nabs O'Connor Prize, the world's richest short story award
September 21 – (Relaxnews) British author Simon Van Booy won the world’s richest short story award, the Frank O’Connor International Story Prize, for his collection Love Begins in Winter. Van Booy was awarded the €35,000…
Storymoja at The Nairobi International Bookfair @ Sarit, 24th – 25th September
The News is.. Budding Authors Session 2006 Caine Prize Nominee Muthoni Garland leads a session for all who wants to get tips about writing and how to gat published at a minimum fee of Ksh.500….
Queen Camilla: a book review
Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend Available at Silver Bird BooksPrice: Kshs 1,190 “What if being royal was a crime? The UK has come over all republican. The royal family is exiled to an exclusion zone…
Oprah's Book Club reconvenes September 18
16 September – (Relaxnews) On September 18 Oprah’s Book Club will resume with a highly anticipated selection from American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. On August 25, Oprah teased her Book Club fans with the…
The Lost Symbol' greets an adoring public
15 September – (Relaxnews) The Lost Symbol, the long-awaited sequel to the 2003 international bestseller The Da Vinci Code, went on sale at midnight in bookstores around the world on September 15. The book has…
Mrs Zhivago of Queen's Park: a book review
Mrs Zhivago of Queen’s Park by Olivia Lichtenstein Available at Silverbird Bookstores in Nairobi “Chloe Zhivago is 43 and definitely not counting. Married for what feels like an eternity to Greg. She has two children,…
Pathway to Purpose: A book review
When I picked a copy of Pathway to Purpose, I first thought to myself: “Please -not another one of those canned motivational formulas.” Instinct however urged me to open the pages of the book, and,…
@ the Whispers Book Den
September 14, For decades, humourist, playwright, actor, columnist and activist Wahome Mutahi ruled the humour columns and theatre halls. His witty satire in the Sunday Nation introduced us to memorable characters like Thatcher, the Investment,…
National short story competition
September 14, Kwani Trust has announced a national short story competition titled, ‘The Kenya I live In’. At stake is the Winner’s prize of Kes. 100,000. The first and second runner up get Kes. 75,000/-…