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| Day I Friday August 1st, 2008 |
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| 10am - 4pm | Spoken Word Workshop | Various | Storymoja Office | Ksh. 4,000 for all days or Ksh. 1,000 per day | |||||||||
| 10am - 5pm | Blogging 101. How to set up your blog, chose your subjects, deal with comments, make posts interesting and get your blog to stand out among the millions added daily to the internet. Successful bloggers tell all. |
Dipesh Pabari, Daudi Were | Braeburn School, Gitanga Road | 1900/= | |||||||||
| 8.30pm | Litfest Opening Party Performers, readings and launch followed electro genius’s JustaBand. DJ Ugo’s Electropulco will take us into the early hours. |
n/a | Acapulco | Ksh. 200 | |||||||||
| DAY II Saturday August 2nd, 2008 |
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| 10am - 4pm | Spoken Word Workshop | Various | Storymoja Office | Ksh. 1,000 | |||||||||
| All day | Magfest | Various | Karen Blixen Coffee Garden | TBC | |||||||||
| 10am - 2pm | MAGFEST WORKSHOP -Writing for Magazines A study of movement, creativity and crafting pieces for lifestyle magazines. Focusing on travel, profiles, releasing creativity to deadline and the essentials of crafting a magazine piece, this insightful workshop will provide you with the necessary tools to produce strong readable copy. |
Binyavanga Wainaina, Yvonne Owour | Karen Blixen Coffee Garden | 1900/= | |||||||||
| 3pm | MAGFEST - Talk Talks on the state of publishing, getting your work published. |
Zahid Rajan of Awaaz Prof. Wanjohi of Wajibu David Makali of Expression Today and East Africa Magazines |
Karen Blixen Coffee Garden | FREE | |||||||||
| 5.30pm | Dayo Forster Presents: Finding your Voice The writing process and how you achieve your authentic voice on the page. Using examples of many writers work, Dayo Forster explores how to sound your best in your writing. |
Dayo Forster | Karen Blixen Coffee Garden | Ksh. 300 | |||||||||
| All day | Manuscript Doctors Get your work assessed by a published author in a one to one session. |
Various | By appointment only | Ksh. 10,000 per hour | |||||||||
| DAY III Sunday August 3rd, 2008 |
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| 10am - 4pm | Spoken Word Workshop | Various | Storymoja Office | Ksh. 1,000 | |||||||||
| From 12 noon | Crafting Stories for Kids Stanley Gazemba launches and reads from Swahili translation of Unlikely Burden. Mediae Trust Talk How to turn a kid’s story into film. John Sibi Okumu Book Launch of Tom Mboya Book. |
Stanley Gazemba, John Sibi Okumu + others | Kabete Junior Academy; Click HERE for map | 500/= adults, 250/= children Prices include lunch Bouncy castle and games in kids play area First 50 people will get a free book. |
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| 7.00 pm | Litfest Sunday Salon |
Stanley Gazemba, David Kaiza, Billy Kahora, Kalundi Serumaga, Rasna Warah | Kengele’s Lavington | Ksh. 300.00 | |||||||||
| DAY IV Monday August 4th, 2008 |
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| 9.30 am - 1.30 pm | 5 Day Workshops including Starting to Write, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Journalism, Crime Writing |
Various | Acapulco | Ksh. 900 per day incl lunch and tea Concessions available |
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| 6.00pm | Book club with Storymoja | Doreen Baingana | Book First - Nakumatt Lifestyle | Ksh. 200 for non members | |||||||||
| DAY V Tuesday August 5th, 2008 |
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| 9.30 am - 1.30 pm | 5 Day Workshops including Starting to Write, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Journalism, Crime Writing |
Various | Braeburn School, Gitanga Rd | Ksh. 900 per day incl lunch and tea Concessions available |
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| 10am - 4pm | Spoken Word Workshop | Various | Storymoja Office | Ksh. 1,000 | |||||||||
| Afternoon | Excursion – Maasai Market | n/a | Maasai Market | n/a | |||||||||
| 6.30 pm | Getting Publishedwith Ellah Allfrey, a Senior Editor with the Random House imprint Jonathan Cape | Ellah Allfrey | Braeburn Club House, Gitanga Rd | Ksh. 400/= | |||||||||
| 7.00 pm | Kwani Litfest Spoken WordPoetry slam, poetry anthology launch, book signing, party | n/a | Club Soundd | Ksh. 100 | |||||||||
| DAY VI Wednesday August 6th, 2008 |
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| 9.30 am - 1.30 pm | 5 Day Workshops including Starting to Write, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Journalism, Crime Writing |
Various | Braeburn Schools, Gitanga Rd. | Ksh. 900 per day incl lunch and tea Concessions available |
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| 3pm | Reading in Kangemi and Total tree planting | Stanley Gazemba | Kangemi, WESCO Centre (next to St.Joseph’s) | TBC | |||||||||
| DAY VII Thursday August 7th, 2008 |
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| 9.30 am - 1.30 pm | 5 Day Workshops including Starting to Write, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Journalism, Crime Writing |
Various | Braeburn Schools, Gitanga Rd | Ksh. 900 per day incl lunch and tea Concessions available |
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| 2.30pm | University of Nairobi debate | Chimamanda Adichie, Ismael Beah, Kalundi Serumaga, Simlyu Barasa | ED II, University of Nbi | Free | |||||||||
| 7.00pm | Opening of Kibera Film Night Screenings: Mohinder Dhillon, Knifegrinder’s Tale, Kibera Kid |
Ismael Beah and Rannenberger | Kamakunji Grounds, Kibera | Free | |||||||||
| 7.00pm | Cut off My Tongue A gala evening of Poetry at the National Theatre |
Various | National Theatre | 500/= | |||||||||
| DAY VIII Friday August 8th, 2008 |
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| 9.30 am - 1.30 pm | 5 Day Workshops including Starting to Write, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Journalism, Crime Writing |
Various | Braeburn Schools, Gitanga Rd | Ksh. 900 per day incl lunch and tea Concessions available |
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| 2.00pm - 6.00pm | Revisioning Kenya Visionaries and innovators speak out on ways to uplift Kenya |
Revisioning Kenya Faculty | Ramoma | Ksh. 1900/= or Ksh. 3,500/= incl. dinner (see below), and book Concessions Available |
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| Evening | Revisioning Kenya and Authors in Conversation | Doreen Baingana, Ishmael Beah, Chimamanda Adichie Aminatta Forna et al | Kifaru Garden, Kanjata Road | Ksh 1,900 includes food, welcome drink and a book |
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| DAY IX Saturday August 9th, 2008 |
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| 11:30am - 1:30pm | All things Theater | John Sibi-Okumu, Alakie Mboya, Keith Pearson, Eliud Abuto and Cajetan Boy | Kenya National Theatre | Free | |||||||||
| 2:30pm | Eric Wainaina’s musical “Lwanda” | n/a | Kenya National Theatre | Free | |||||||||
| DAY X Sunday August 10th, 2008 |
Litfest Leaves for Lamu | ||||||||||||
