Blogs

From performer to writer: How Grace Wangari discovered her talent
By Mbugua Ngunjiri
June 12, 2024
While Grace Wangari’s transition from a performing artiste to a writer was by chance, she all along had everything it took to be a writer. The only thing missing, she says, was the opportunity...
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How poet’s dream of being published abroad came true
By Mbugua Ngunjiri
June 3, 2024
Scholastica Moraa was connected to a European publisher by an agent she stumbled upon at the eKitabu Rights Café, at Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF) last September...
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Mercy Kirui’s experience at the London Book Fair
By Mbugua Ngunjiri
April 22, 2024
Following the successful implementation of the first-ever Rights Café at last year’s Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF), eKitabu, which was at the centre of it all, sent a representative to the London Book Fair ...
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Twenty years on, Vera’s love story has not lost its freshness
By Mbugua Ngunjiri
April 19, 2024
On the cover of Whispers from Vera, it says that this is the 20th anniversary edition. Reading the book, I had trouble accepting that it had been in existence for twenty years. There’s no way, a book so captivating, is coming to our attention, this year...
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Why more Kenyan authors opt to self-publish their work
By Mbugua Ngunjiri
April 4, 2024
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How a chance encounter at the Nairobi Book Fair 2023 won Kenyan poet Scolastica Moraa coveted publishing deal
By Mbugua Ngunjiri
February 28, 2024
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