Book lovers recently gathered together at Text Book Centre, Sarit on the evening of Friday May 12th, 2023 to not only buy the book ‘Lucky Girl‘ authored by Irene Muchemi – Ndiritu, but to also…
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See Inside 11 of the World’s Most Fascinating Libraries
Admont Abbey Library, Austria The Admont Abbey library is known to be the largest and oldest remaining monastery library in the world. Founded over 1000 years ago in the Austrian region of Styria, the library…
10 Fun Reads You Should Get Your Hands on Before The Year Ends
If Barrack Obama can find time to read more than 30 books a year with his busy schedule, then you truly have no excuse not to read at least 12 books a year. Books allow…
The Lifestyle Library: Kenyan Women in Literature
CHAPTER 1 Grace Ogot (1930-2015) Grace Ogot wasn’t only a writer, she was also a pioneer of female empowerment. A nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat by profession. Together with Charity Waciuma, they became the first…
Here are 5 books you must have read by now
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “if you encounter a man of rare intellect, ask him what books he reads.” Quite powerful right? You will agree with me that reading books contribute immensely to the overall…
Lupita Nyongo’s new book coming to a bookshelf near you
She is currently best known for her work on the silver screen, but the Oscar award winner is gearing up for a different kind of release, a children’s book. Lupita Nyong’o took to Instagram to…
Oprah and Apple are Creating the “Biggest Book Club on the Planet”
Oprah does things in a big way and that is what we have come to know her for, so when she stepped onto the stage at the Apple event, for sure, we expected nothing less…
Record breaking. 18000 people turn up for Michelle Obama’s book tour in Tacoma
She may have left the White House in 2017 but her star keeps shinning and we are here for it. More than 18,000 people are reported to have filled the Tacoma Dome on Sunday night…
SA shop closes as books gather dust
South Africa may have produced two Nobel laureates in literature but a famous bookshop in Johannesburg is nevertheless about to close, a victim of the country’s poor reading culture. The Boekehuis, whose Afrikaans name means…
Author Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize
British author Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prize, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt for his novel “The Sense of an Ending”. Barnes picked up the £50,000…