STORYMOJA

It’s all happening at the Railways Club. Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd October.

The British Council will facilitate the attendance of 2,000 children from across Kenya to attend the Festival free of charge.

• 20% of all tickets will be made available free to students to attend the events at the Festival.

• A reading marathon will be launched at the Festival.

• Education links will be developed with Room to Read, KOEE, Book Aid International and Oxfam.

• A series of workshops will be made available to students for masterclasses with leading writers, storytellers, journalists and performers. There will also be further post-festival mentoring and manuscript development workshops.

• In 2009 the first internship from Kenya to Hay was initiated with a three-month placement for an existing Storymoja employee to join the Hay Festival team. The second employee participated in the placement in 2010, and the 15-year-old winner of the storytelling competition also attended the 2010 Hay Festival.

• Storytelling Competition winners from 40 schools/universities will work with leading mentors to hone their performances. The 2010 competition is sponsored by the US Embassy.

• The 2010 Storymoja Hay Festival poetry competition winners will be announced, and will have a chance to showcase their work at the Festival.

• The 2010 Storymoja/Generation Kenya photo stories project will exhibit and showcase winning entries at the Festival.

• A careers workshop based on the Storymoja Careers Encyclopaedia (in development) will be offered as a key event for high school students.

• Marine awareness and the need for conservation will be taught through a daily ‘under sea’ party, featuring skits from Matatu from Watamu, sing-alongs, etc. The set will be created by children themselves through facilitated art and craft activities.

• Parenting talks will be delivered by child psychologists and education experts, covering topics such as getting help for your children with learning difficulties, or supporting gifted children.

Tickets for the 72 plus events in the main festival are Ksh 500/ per day or 1000/ for season pass (3 days). Day events run from 11am to 6pm daily.

Mingle and dine with the stars at Carnivore on launch night Thursday 30th September for Ksh 8000/ which includes special package tickets (launch dinner, one premium event worth Ksh 3000/, season pass, access to private tea/coffee lounge at the festival).

See Festival Schedules Below.

Storymoja Hay Festival 2010 Main Festival Programme

Storymoja Hay Festival 2010 Children’s Village Programme

And you can now buy your tickets online and pay by card, Mpesa or Zap at Rachel’s Bargain Corner.

For more information about the festival, please visit storymojahayfestival.wordpress.com

See Map for directions to festival Grounds.