There is something immediately arresting about the title Mad Women. It provokes, unsettles, and invites questions before a single page is turned. In our conversation leading up to the book’s release today, Joan Thatiah makes it clear that this discomfort is entirely intentional.“In this book, madness is not

There are authors whose work you admire, and then there are authors whose work quietly reorganizes how you see your country. Peter Kimani belongs firmly in the latter category.

We are seated in Leonard Mambo Mbotela’s living room, tea steaming gently between us, the table dotted with mahamri. The atmosphere is warm, familiar and unmistakably coastal. Hospitality, after all, tells its own story.

Abigail Arunga is one of those people whose name you’ve encountered long before you realise just how many corners of Kenyan storytelling she occupies. She is a journalist, poet, author, scriptwriter, podcaster, director- and a reminder that in Nairobi (and Kenya more broadly), no one really has just one

In Nairobi today, it is nearly impossible to talk about African literature without invoking one name: Muthoni Muiruri. Bookseller, curator, literary activist, and founder of Soma Nami Books and the African Book Fair, she has become one of the continent’s most influential champions for African storytelling.

When we talk about the future of Kenyan writing, plenty of names that are placing us on the global literary map will crop up, and Dennis will certainly be leading that pack.

When Zukiswa Wanner joins a room, she brings with her a kind of kinetic warmth—an energy that gathers in corners and makes the air feel charged. That presence was palpable when she sat down with Nairobi Book Love’s host, Kui Kabala, for a conversation about writing.

“You have to be a little bit crazy to make a difference sometimes.”That’s how Dr. Iris Mwanza, Zambian author of The Lions' Den, describes her protagonist Grace Zulu — and, perhaps, herself too.

It’s the 1800s in Oxford, England, the height of the British Empire, and the brightest linguistic minds from around the world are gathered at the prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, known simply as Babel. These young scholars are handpicked, educated, and nurtured by the Crown, not out of benevolence,

Between Two Kingdoms is a Suleika Jaouad memoir on her life after being diagnosed with Leukimia

Unapologetic, bold, and a voice for her generation: Adelle Onyango has been a mainstay on the Kenyan entertainment scene for over a decade. She is a media entrepreneur, poet, published author, and women’s rights activist, internationally recognized for her work empowering African women and youth.