Tag: Muthoni Garland
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Storymoja kick off the year with a bang
Storymoja Publishers is known worldwide for their festival the Storymoja Festival which happens in September every year. The thing about them is that as the name of the organisation states, it is a publishing outfit not just an organiser of festivals. The outfit started 2016 with a bang as they do a variety of initiatives.…
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Morland Writing Scholarship Awards 2015 winners announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has just announced the winners of Morland Writing Scholarships for 2015. The winners each receive a grant of ₤18,000 to allow them to take a year to write a book. This year for the first time there are two non-fiction awards of £27,000 to be paid over a year and a…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2015 shortlist announced
The Miles Morland Foundation has just announced the shortlist for the 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. These applicants will be whittled down to four on December 14th by the judges Ellah Allfrey who is chair, Olufemi Terry, and Muthoni Garland and announced shortly after. The list features a healthy list of twenty-one applicants with seven from…
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Storymoja Festival 2015: Blog numero deux
The last day of the Storymoja Festival 2015 was on Sunday. The Arboretum, like the name tells you, is a place dedicated to trees so on a typical weekend you will find a specific demographic there. It’s a special mix of lovers courting, joggers err… jogging and people doing picnics with religious organisations making it…
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A snapshot of the Storymoja Careerpedia 2015
When the people at Storymoja Publishing started their first festival in 2008 they were trying something new. They wanted to do a festival for book lovers but they didn’t believe that enough of us would leave our local bars to go somewhere to talk about books. The organisation opted to have the “Nyama Choma Festival”…
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The Storymoja Hay Festival cancelled… will be back better.
I am not a huge fan of terrorists. It’s just not my scene. I report on the social aspect of the human story. Birthday parties. Weddings. Literature. National Days of countries in Kenya, launches of products. You will never see me at the front line of a major news story unless you see me covering…