October 5, 2010 – This year’s Nobel Literature Prize will on Thursday go to a woman, a poet, an African… or not: as every year, observers are pulling out all the stops to try to…
Browsing Category Bookworm Corner
Kwani receives Dutch literary award
September 13, 2010 – Kwani Trust is the beneficiary of an award worth EUR25,000 in recognition for revolutionising creative literary production in Kenya and across Anglophone Africa. The Prince Claus Award 2010 was awarded by…
Book review: I want me back
August 26, 2010 – Are you a Goldfish? Goldfish, one of the world’s favourite pets, thrives very well in an aquarium. The most amazing thing is that if you remove a goldfish from this home…
Book review: Made for Greatness
August 11, 2010 – There are a few books that are necessary to have on your shelf for personal development. These are the books that appeal to your personal responsibility for creating a life that…
African book industry vibrant amid challenges
August 9, 2010 – Getting parents to buy children books instead of toy guns and cars — and enticing readers in outlets like hair salons — are just two of the challenges facing Africa’s publishers….
South African wins Australian literary prize
June 24, 2010 – A South African-born crime writer has won one of Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Miles Franklin, for a novel set during the devastating 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Peter Temple’s complex…
Who Moved My Cheese?
May 25, 2010 – This short but cleverly executed story by Ken Blanchard and Mark V Hansen is a rich insight into the various ways in which people deal with change. There are four characters…
Remembering Bantu Mwaura – one year later
May 3, 2010 – Members of the theatre and literature fraternity will be meeting at the Wasanii Restaurant (Kenya National Theatre) on Saturday 8th May to commemorate the first anniversary celebration for renowned thespian Bantu…
Book Review:The Veteran by Frederick Forsyth
Five heart-stopping stories Year: 2001 Genres: Collection Fiction Suspense Thriller April 19, 2010 – Forsyth, The Master Storyteller, presents five brilliantly ingenious tales of murder, justice, intrigue and revenge. A miracle in war-torn Siena that…
Book review: Breaking the silence…
April 8,2010 – Are matters of human trafficking and Sexual abuse dear to your heart? Have you experienced it first hand or do you know of anyone who has and there’s nothing you could do…