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TITLE: Old Money AUTHOR: Charles Chanchori PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press REVIEWER: Scholastica Moraa Old Money by Charles Chanchori slowly brings you in, wraps its hands on your throat, grips you and does not let you go until the end where it lets you down slowly, heaving and coughing as you try to crawl back into […]
TITLE: A Surreal Journey of Discovery AUTHOR: Eric Rugara REVIWER: Simiyu Barasa AVAILABILITY: Nuria Bookstore Loss. Not your usual ways of the way stories of loss are written, but the deeper thoughts that assail us when we are alone and we go through losses of loved ones, of loved things, of loved times, of great […]
TITLE: A Surreal Journey of Discovery AUTHOR: Eric Rugara PUBLISHER: Self REVIEWER: Godfrey Kogie Life is beautiful when its non-linear. No one wants to leave when living is a surreal journey of discovery. A collections of stories coming from the author who is a widely published contributor of short stories, the book is dedicated to […]
TITLE: Tentacles of Crime AUTHOR: Dennis Odhiambo PUBLISHER: African Ink Publishers REVIEWER: Peter S. Okumu It has taken me weeks to write this review, after finishing reading this book. I had to look for convenient time, and draft the review that the book deserves. When we first spoke, Dennis mentioned to me that the book […]
Are you an emerging writer? This is your opportunity to participate in the prestigious International Literary Seminars (ILS), where you will get to improve your writing skills. ILS, a joint venture by ILS and Jahazi Press, is looking for three writers to fill the slots. You have until August 7 to submit your application. The […]
Title: Kwenzi Gizani Author: Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia Genre: Play (Tamthilia) Publisher: Marimba Publications Limited Reviewer: Kelvin J. Shachile Kwenzi Gizani is a Kiswahili play that follows the proceedings of the pursuit of justice by Chagi, whose daughter Kanevu has been sexually assaulted by her father Mkando. Chagi stands her ground to seek for clarity […]
The Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) has made a call for submissions for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. Winners of the award will be unveiled in September, during the 24th edition of the Nairobi International Book Fair. Titles to be submitted must have been published between 2020 and May 2022. There are two levels of […]
Title: The People of Ostrich Mountain Author: Ndirangu Githaiga Reviewer: Scholastica Moraa Some stories leave after you read them, but some stay long after the last page. This was one such book. It lingers on like a fond memory. ‘The People of Ostrich Mountain’ tells the story of Wambui during the colonial period and as […]
Title: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Reviewer: Kelvin J. Shachile Unlike Half of a Yellow Sun that made her cry, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes her third novel Americanah as a book that made her laugh. Published in 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf, the voluminous text is a book that made me […]
Title: Eye of the Storm Author: Yusuf Dawood Publisher: East African Educational Publishers Reviewer: Otieno Opondo Eye of the Storm is a captivating medical thriller novel authored by Yusuf K. Dawood, a renowned surgeon and columnist, who died in January, 2023. Set in the post-colonial era, the book delves into the themes of revenge and […]