Writers Guild Kenya

By Juliet Mwangi. Failing does not necessarily mean you are a failure and it’s never too late to start over. The first Writers Ekklesia meeting held on Friday the 11th of January proved this. Members of the Writers Guild Kenya reviewed their past year while sharing cookies at the Kenya National Museum Library. This year, […]

By Vera Dinda “Vera, I need your help. There’s this book I want to submit for publication. Please help me edit it.” So I did, though after 2 months. “I wait for so long and this is what I get?” She was furious because I said, “so much needs to be worked on; the story

By Rehema Zuberi Aspire 2018 Conference themed Make Your Mark surpassed all the expectations it set. The event running for two days, 6-7th September was fruitful, enlightening, engaging and significantly worth the time. As promised by the organizers, it was almost purely youngin’! From the delegates in attendance to the speakers, panelists; not forgetting the

By Verah Omwocha Reading a write – up about an event, it occurred to me how writing about events can be such an easy way to collect words and make them valueless, and boring. But hey, do you know you can write interesting and yet informative pieces out of events? I sampled the following tips.

By Dismas Okombo On this Friday afternoon of February, Kano’s over-head sun was mercilessly hot. Lost in the plains, the load was heavy on the lad’s tired tender shoulders but he did not want to put it down because it prevented the sun’s rays from hitting most parts of his body directly. The dark clay

On this land Far away from home I have found a home In the charm and fertile heart Of a tender soul A native here….   On this land I am at cross-roads- I look left I look right I look left again The native charm Spreads her love All these directions Inviting me to

Redbull and persistence, the perfect cocktail!   Memoires by William Dekker Seated at the left end of the last row of Matunda Bus, I’m woken by cold water and a brush scrub around my nose. The time is 3.47am and most of the buses at Machakos bus stop are undergoing cleaning in readiness for the