Tag: Prestige Books
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African Literary Podcast Episode 15: Joe Khamisi (with Prestige Books).
The African Literary Podcast, sponsored by Nairobi-based Prestige Books, interviews Kenyan writer Joe Khamisi. Joe Khamisi has had a long history of public service in Kenya. For many years he worked as a journalist before transitioning into civil service and then parliament. When his legislative career ended, he wrote the nonfiction titles The Politics of…
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African Literary Podcast 13: Lauren Beukes from Sharjah International Book Fair (with Prestige Books).
The African Literary Podcast episode 13, sponsored by Prestige Books, interviews South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter Lauren Beukes from the Sharjah International Book Fair 2018. Lauren Beukes is the author of the books Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa’s Past (2004), Moxyland (2008), Zoo City (2010), The Shining Girls (2013),…
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African Literary Podcast returns with Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor interview, Prestige Books as sponsor
The African Literary Podcast has returned with an Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor interview. The return of the series is sponsored by Nairobi-based Prestige Books. The new season of the African Literary Podcast has returned with an exclusive interview with Kenyan novelist Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor conducted in a little café by Lavington Mall, Nairobi. She talks about…
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An evening with Panashe Chigumadzi in Nairobi.
Nairobi residents engaged Zimbabwean-South African novelist and essayist Panashe Chigumadzi at the Columbia Global Centre on Monday, August 19, 2019. The evening was conducted by Nanjala Nyabola. Panashe Chigumadzi is the writer of Sweet Medicine about Tsitsi who has to survive in the harsh world of mid-noughties Harare, Zimbabwe. The novel, that we really rated,…
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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi charms Nairobi, Kigali in “Manchester Happened” tour.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi charmed residents of Nairobi and Kigali on her Manchester Happened East African tour. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi won the Kwani Manuscript prize in 2013 giving her name recognition across the continent. The manuscript published as Kintu in the following year earned the writer many accolades like being longlisted for the Etisalat Prize. The…
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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s “Manchester Happened” East Africa tour.
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s East African tour for her new short story collection Manchester Happened runs from May 9 – 17, 2019. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi came to the attention of many African bibliophiles when she won the Kwani Manuscript prize in 2013. That manuscript would end up being Kintu, one of the most beloved books to…
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor launches “The Dragonfly Sea” in Nairobi.
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor launched The Dragonfly Sea at Prestige Books in Nairobi on Friday, March 1, 2019. It was the first launch of the book in the world. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is arguably the most important writer to come out of Kenya in this generation. She emerged in 2003 when her short story Weight of…