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Writers! Poets! Playrights! Scribes of all sorts! This is your chance to have your manuscripts critiqued by experts! WHERE:     STORYMOJA HAY FESTIVAL RAILWAYS CLUB GROUNDS WHEN:        SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND 11:30am – 1:30pm You all practice the written word, but how do you perfect it? By showing your writing to experts and getting feedback. Now is [...]

Storymoja and Maria’s Libraries have come together to make it possible for you to be part of this reading revolution. How can you help?

… 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.

Fahamu Books publishes a growing list of book titles on human rights, social justice, politics and advocacy in Africa

Muthoni Garland is the author of the new release from Storymoja titled Halfway between Nairobi and Dundori. It comes in the wake of the Caine Nominated story,  Tracking the Scent of my Mother. Her other works have been published locally, and in literary journals and anthologies in the US, UK and South Africa. Muthoni has [...]

Martin Njaga is the author of the new release from Storymoja titled Brethren of Ngondu.  Brethren of Ngondu is set in rural Kenya, telling the story of a group of young people trapped in the mire of religious hypocrisy, tripped by questions of morality and confounded by love. Martin says, “I am a writer that [...]

Boniface Gachugu is the author of the new children’s title from Storymoja under the Storyhippo Imprint, titled Peanut and the Burning Tank. The story is about Boniface himself who was nicknamed Peanut when he was young partly because his last name means ‘peanut’ and partly because he was tiny as a kid. Peanut’s writing is [...]

Oluoch Madiang is the author of the new title In the Land of the Kitchen from Storymoja under the Storyhippo Imprint. The story is an extraordinary narration using kitchen utensils to explain how conflict begins, how it affects all of us and how we can possibly deal with it. The book has been designed with [...]

Actually just three more days until the old year falls off and the new year jumps on. 2008 has indeed been a year to remember for all of us. This year we watched our country fall apart. This year we watched ourselves survive against war, hatred, political spite, food shortage, spiked food prices, fuel shortage. [...]

On Sunday the 2nd December 2007, IN THE LAND OF THE KITCHEN, a hilarious analogy of peace and conflict based on kitchen utensils won the Storymoja Storytelling Competition at Impala grounds, Nairobi. A few days later, we went to the ballots and the rest as they say is now history. Premonition?? Fast forward, 20th December [...]