Author: Prestige Bookshop
Kenya’s 51 Best Sellers in 2019 2019 has been a good year for Kenyan writers.With books like Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne Owour , Sulwe by Lupita Nyang’o ,Pursuit of Peace in Africa by Gen Daniel Opande being among the most sort after books.The list below shares Kenyan’s favorites; both new and old in the
The Future of Publishing is African IPA Conference June 14th-15th. The ambiance is thrilling. A sense of the diversity of cultures of the world in the room. Publishers from everywhere are represented. The theme is, “Africa Rising”, and rightfully so. The International Publishing Association, which happens to be the world’s largest league of publishers, has
The first time I met Binyavanga Wainaina was in 2018. I was working on a piece about Kwani, and so I had a list of things I wanted to ask him about. I had been talking to Yvonne Owuor before this, and she warned me that Binyavanga was not in the best of states, and
Last week, Jennifer Makumbi, the internationally acclaimed writer of Kintu, launched her second book Manchester Happened in Nairobi, Kenya. This began her long awaited East African tour that was set for May. She started with Nairobi on the 9th and 10th of May, immediately traveled to Kigali, Rwanda on the 11th of May and is
Last Friday, on the first of March, 2019, Yvonne Adhiambo Owour launched her second book, The Dragonfly Sea, for the first time ever in the entire world. She honoured us by launching it at Prestige bookshop with an open audience and a mini panel discussion. Nairobi was not prepared for the explosive event that took