Tag: Hannah Pool
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 5 winding it down
The Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015 is winding down to the sadness of delegates, both local and international, who are interacting, learning and have become friends with one another. There were several highlights from this day. One of these was the luncheon that the Mansour Hotel, which is where all international guests stayed, gave. At…
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 4 images and videos
Here are some images and videos from the fourth day of the Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015 taken with my trusty camera phone. Maimouna Jallow, Prof Niyi Osundare, and Okey Ndibe Chuma Nwokolo and Jonny Steinberg live tweeting the event Nimo Jirdeh moderates Ciku Kimeria Mary Harper moderates Maimouna Jallow Prof Mpalive Msiska, Nadifa Mohamed,…
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 3 images and videos
Here are some images and videos from the third day of the Haregysa International Book Fair 2015 taken with my trusty camera phone.
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 3 thrills and spills
The action in the hottest literary festival happening right now continued in the biggest city in Somaliland on Monday. We had been enjoying the rich literary offering and world-class friendliness of the people of Hargeisa and it didn’t look like it was changing any time in the near future. There were many panels that we…
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 5 winding it down
The Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015 is winding down to the sadness of delegates, both local and international, who are interacting, learning, and have become friends with one another. There were several highlights from this day. One of these was the luncheon that the Mansour Hotel, which is where all international guests stayed, gave. At…
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 4 images and videos
Here are some images and videos from the fourth day of the Haregysa International Book Fair 2015 taken by my trusty camera phone.
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 3 images and videos
Here are some images and videos from the third day of the Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015 taken with my trusty camera phone.
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015: Day 3 thrills and spills
The action in the hottest literary festival happening right now continued in the biggest city in Somaliland on Monday. We had been enjoying the rich literary offering and world-class friendliness of the people of Hargeisa and it didn’t look like it was changing any time in the near future. There were many panels that we…
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Hargeysa International Book Fair: Day 2 images
Here are some images from the second day of the Haregysa International Book Fair 2015 taken with my trusty camera phone.
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The 8th Hargeysa International Book Fair is coming
The eighth running of Somaliland’s premier literary shindig, the Hargeysa International Book Fair, will be happening from 1st – 6th August at the Gualid Hotel. It promises to be very cool. The number of people flying in from all over the world to visit what some have described as the safest city in the region…
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A review of Hannah Pool’s My Fathers Daughter
Book: My Father’s Daughter Author: Hannah Pool Publisher: Penguin Year of publication: 2005 Number of pages: 244 Genre: Non-fiction, memoir So how do you do that big thirty-year-old transition? It’s a pretty big year for any individual and usually, people want to celebrate this period of their lives with something new or unique. British-raised Hannah…
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Hargeysa International Book Fair 2015 in August
The Hargeysa International Book Fair will be happening this year in Hargeysa, Somaliland from 1-6 August and the theme is “Spaces.” The guest country will be Nigeria. The fair looks at all the spaces that are around us. These are all the spaces be they physical, spiritual, cultural, political, social, personal, space within the community, space…