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The Chair by Nixon Mateulah
you’ve sat long
on that chair
so long that it’s rickety
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Petina Gappah’s An Elegy for Easterly wins Guardian First Book Award 2009
“Petina Gappah’s humane and disarmingly funny mosaic of life in Zimbabwe is undoubtedly one of the very best.”
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Writers of the Month – October 2009
Nixon Mateulah, Sandra Mushi and Dominic Otianga had their short stories voted Story of the Week in October. Tears of a Mother by Nixon Mateulah, Plate of Ugali by Sandra Mushi and Driving Licence by Dominic Otianga.
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Our Sexuality, Our Stories with Valentine Njoroge
Do Kenyans kiss? This was the question posed to a group of about thirty ladies, young and old, from all walks of life on a pretty Saturday afternoon. As you can imagine, the women laughed and threw out various answers:
News
How to Apply Criticism
So you’ve sent your story out to impartial and honest readers for feedback. The results come flooding in, and suddenly you are overwhelmed with pages of conflicting advice, comments, praise and condemnation, often all in the same critique. How do you deal with this?
The Man and His Goat Contest Winner is…
I am very pleased to announce the results of The Man and His Goat Writing Contest:
The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award.
The Sunday Times is pleased to announce a prestigious new annual literary prize: The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award.
Books
A COCKTAIL OF IDEAS
… one has to focus on what the book will be about, who your reader is and then write and revise as much as you can. When you are done, find yourself a good editor. She dispels this notion of “a poor reading culture’ by saying many people are going back to do MBAs and they need books to buy.
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Events
Come and Discuss Cut off my Tongue at Dass Tonight!
Cut-off-my-tongue rants, sweats and breaks into song and dancee as it explores the truth that shape us Africans; our beliefs, the way we behave and why.Woven with music and dance, Sitawa Namwalie’s…
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Opportunities
Young Artists and Graphic Designers – Win a Rethink Scholarship!
Rethink Scholarship at Langara is now calling for 2010 entries. We’ll be judging the winner based on…
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Reading
How to Apply Criticism
So you’ve sent your story out to impartial and honest readers for feedback. The results come flooding in, and suddenly you are overwhelmed with pages of conflicting advice, comments, praise and condemnation, often all in the same critique. How do you deal with this?
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Free Stories
The Man and His Goat Contest Winner is…
I am very pleased to announce the results of The Man and His Goat Writing Contest:
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