Tag: Kenya Publishers Association
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Eldoret Regional Bookfair kicks off on May 31
The Eldoret Regional Bookfair is scheduled to be hosted in the Rift Valley-based town from May 31 – June 3, 2023. The fair theme is “Nurturing Talent through Publishing.” The Kenya Publishers Association, the umbrella body for book publishers in Kenya, encourages the widest possible spread of printed and digital books throughout Kenya and beyond.…
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Kenya Publishers’ Nakuru Regional Book Fair kicks off on June 1.
The Kenya Publishers Association’s Nakuru Regional Book Fair runs in the newly minted city from June 1-4, 2022. The Kenya Publishers Association is the association of publishers in Kenya founded in 1972. They host one major activity every year bringing together the publishing fraternity called the Nairobi International Book Fair. For a few days every…
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Kiarie Kamau is new Kenya Publishers Association chairman.
The new council of the Kenya Publishers Association, led by new chairman Kiarie Kamau, was announced at their Annual General Meeting on April 26, 2022. The Kenya Publishers’ Association is the umbrella body for book publishers in Kenya with many of the leading firms as members. Apart from being a lobby group for its members…
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Kisumu Bookfair 2019 hosted by the Kenya Publishers Association.
The Kisumu Bookfair 2019 was hosted in the Jomo Kenyatta Grounds, Kisumu from May 22-25, 2019. The theme for the fair was “Read. Apply. Freedom.” The Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) is the body that brings together the publishers of Kenya. The organisation does a series of activities to ensure that the interest of its membership…
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Nairobi International Book Fair 2018 opening ceremony
The Nairobi International Book Fair 2018 opening ceremony was hosted at the Sarit Centre on September 27, 2018. The ceremony was attended by everyone who was everyone in the Kenyan publishing industry led by the Kenya Publishing Association chairperson Lawrence Njagi and Nairobi International Book Fair Chair Mary Maina. The guest of honour at the…
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Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe win Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016
Ng’ang’a Mbugua and John Habwe are the winners of the Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize 2016. The two writers who won in the English and Swahili categories respectively each go home with Kshs100,000. The Wahome Mutahi Literary Prize was the showcase presentation at the dinner hosted at the Pride Inn Hotel in Nairobi on September 24,…
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A lackluster Machakos regional bookfair 2016
The Machakos regional bookfair 2016 was hosted at the basketball court of the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on 8-11th June 2016. While it was a great opportunity for publishers to get some sales in, the crowds from Machakos County didn’t seem convinced. Every year for the last nineteen years, the Kenya Publishers Association has hosted…
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A snapshot of the Nairobi International Book Fair 2015
The Sarit Centre in Nairobi was a bustle of activity last week as Nairobi International Book Fair 2015 the biggest literary show around rolled into town from 23rd to 27th September. Unlike the Storymoja Festival which happened earlier in the month that focused on writers and their ilk, this one was a showcase the Kenyan…
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Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 2015 shortlists announced
The Kenya Publishers Association has announced its shortlists for this year’s edition of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. The prize, which is handed out once every two years, is in the following categories; English adult, Kiswahili adult, English Youth, Kiswahili Youth, English children’s, and Kiswahili children’s. One author who always features at this award…