KWANI LITERARY FESTIVAL 2006
This month Kenya will be hosting an all new literary festival that will bring together authors, poets, editors, literary agents and publishers from Africa and around the world. The festival will be held in Nairobi and on the historical island of Lamu.
The Kwani Litfest 2006 (11-28 December) brings together a host of international talent, including Kenya’s own Caine Prize winning author Binyavanga Wainaina and M. G. Vassanji, the Canadian based author whose works include several novels based around his youth in East Africa, including the highly acclaimed The In Between World of Vikram Lall.
Other visiting writers include Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Half of A Yellow Sun, Ugandan writer Doreen Baingana and Asian African poet Shailja Patel, among others.
The event will consist of a variety of interactive events and forums, including creative writing workshops, panel discussions, lectures, book signings and readings.
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