Category: Launches
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Nii Ayikwei Parkes launches new poetry collection “The Geez.”
Nii Ayikwei Parkes launched his newest poetry collection The Geez, published by Peepal Press, on October 15, 2020. His discussant on the day was Toni Stuart. Nii Ayikwei Parkes is the author of the hybrid novel, Tail of the Blue Bird (2009) and the poetry collection The Makings of You (2010). He also writes for…
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Niq Mhlongo’s “Paradise In Gaza” launches at Goethe Namibia’s Virtually Yours.
Niq Mhlongo’s newest novel Paradise In Gaza launched at the new Goethe Namibia series Virtually Yours on October 10, 2020. He was moderated by author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner. Virtually Yours is a new series that brings you to the centre of contemporary African literature with discussions between leading African authors curated by Zukiswa Wanner…
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Scholastique Mukasonga launches “Igifu” at Transnational Series Presents.
Scholastique Mukasonga launched Igifu at Transnational Series Presents on September 30, 2020. She was in conversation with Maaza Mengiste with translation by Omar Berrada. Scholastique Mukasonga is a Rwanda-born France-based writer who came to international fame with the publication of her 2006 memoir Inyenzi ou les Cafards. It was followed by her other memoirs La femme…
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A star is born as Makena Maganjo’s “South B’s Finest” launches in Nairobi.
Kenya’s newest writing star Makena Maganjo launched her debut novel South B’s Finest at the Goethe-Institut, Nairobi on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Goethe-Institut has hosted some of the biggest names in writing from Kenya and across the continent. It was here that the newest name in Kenyan writing Makena Maganjo and her new novel…
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The “Down River Road” literary journal launches in Nairobi.
Down River Road, the newest literary journal in Kenya, launched at the Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi on Friday, February 7, 2020. In June 2019, Kenyan poet and writer Clifton Gachagua and journalist and writer Franklin Sunday set up Down River Road, a new journal that would publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry and ideas at https://downriverroad.org/. Later…
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The Peter Kimani edited “Nairobi Noir” anthology launches in Nairobi.
The Peter Kimani edited Nairobi Noir anthology launched at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on January 30, 2020. The “Noir” series, comprising stories set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within a city, was launched by US publisher Akashic Books with Brooklyn Noir in 2004. Since then, there have been over one hundred anthologies in the…
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Vincent De Paul’s novel ‘Inevitable Desires: First Love’ launches in Nairobi.
Vincent De Paul launched his novel Inevitable Desires: First Love at the Mbogi ya Mawriters series at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on January 25, 2020. Mbogi Ya Mawriters is a series hosted by the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi in partnership with the Writers Guild of Kenya. In the past, the series has hosted the launch…
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“Nairobi Noir,” edited by Peter Kimani, to launch in Nairobi on Thursday, January 30.
Nairobi Noir, the new anthology edited by Peter Kimani, is set to launch at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on Thursday, January 30, 2020. The “Noir” series, comprising stories set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within a city, was launched by US publisher Akashic Books with Brooklyn Noir in 2004. Since then, there have been…
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Jalada Africa’s “Bodies Anthology” launches in Nairobi.
The Bodies Anthology, the tenth from the Nairobi-based Pan African collective Jalada Africa, launched at the Kioko Mwitiki Gallery, Nairobi on Friday, December 13, 2019. Pan African writers’ collective and publisher Jalada was born in 2014 when writers from across the continent converged for a literary do in Nairobi. Since then the collective has gone…
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Gabriel Dinda, Verah Omwocha Dinda launch books at Mbogi Ya Mawriters in Nairobi.
Married couple Gabriel Dinda and Verah Omwocha Dinda launched Questions of My Youth and Diary of the Mahia at the Mbogi Ya Mawriters series at the Alliance Francaise Nairobi on December 7, 2019. Mbogi Ya Mawriters is a new series for writers hosted at the Alliance Francaise Nairobi. Mbogi is a Kiswahili word meaning railway…
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Jennie Marima’s children’s book “Trio Troubles” launches in Nairobi.
Jennie Marima’s award-winning children’s book Trio Troubles launched at the Mbogi Ya Mawriters series at the Alliance Francaise, Nairobi on December 5, 2019. The event, moderated by Mwangi Kiara, also had Maryan Noor as a panellist. On September 28, the best in Kenyan writing for adults, young adults, and children were announced at the Text…
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Elizabeth Mairura Wichenje launches two books for children in Nairobi.
Elizabeth Mairura Wichenje launched the trilingual books for children Mes Amis and Meine Freunde at the Kenya National Library, Nairobi on November 2, 2019. Elizabeth Mairura Wichenje is well known in Kenyan literary circles as the Head of Library and Information at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi. The administrator opted to leave the side of organising and…
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Goethe-Institut’s AfroYoungAdult anthology to launch at Ake Book Festival 2019.
The AfroYoungAdult anthology from the Goethe-Institut will launch at the Ake Book Festival 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria which happens on October 24-27, 2019. In September 2018, the Goethe-Institut announced a new project for writers of young adult fiction on the continent. The project called AfroYoungAdult aimed at shining a light on fiction for young adults,…
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Andrew Maina launches three books in Thika, Kenya.
Andrew Maina launched three new books at the Cascade Premier Restaurant in Thika, Kenya on Saturday, September 14, 2019. Andrew Maina launched three books starting with Grace Onyango: The Butterfly That Touched The Clouds which tells the story of Grace Onyango the pioneer politician who was Kenya’s first female mayor, first female Member of Parliament,…
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Joshua Mmali launches poetry collection “The Women Are Here” in Nairobi.
Joshua Mmali launched his debut poetry collection The Women Are Here at Pawa254 in Nairobi on August 30, 2019. Joshua Mmali first came to the attention of the African literary community with his children’s book, The Bad Friends (2003), which is part of a series of books aimed at creating HIV/Aids awareness. He has also…