Screenwriting Workshop
September 25, 2008
Maisha will be holding an 8 day screenwriting workshop during the annual Kenya International Film Festival from Oct. 20th to 28th, 2008.To partcipate a 5-7 pages script must be submitted by email to maishafilmlab@infocom.co.ug. Please visit the maisha website for more information.
The Nairobi International Bookfair-Writers Activities
September 25, 2008
The Nairobi international book fair is here with us once a gain, Storymoja and the National Book Development Council of Kenya cordially invites you to the following exciting activities within the fair:
25th September 2008
DISCUSSION ON HOW AID HINDERS DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
TIME :12-2PM
Special Guest :RASNAH WARAH
26th September 2008
A READING NATION PRESENTATION ON ADAPTING WRITING TO FILM
Time: 2-5PM
Special Guests: CAJETAN BOY,GITURA KAMAU AND SIMIYU BARASA
27th September 2008
BOOK DISCUSSION –DEADLY MONEY MAKER
Time: 2-5PM
Special Guest: SAGA MAC ODONGO
27th September 2008
POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIC
Time: 2-5PM
Special Guests: IMANI WOOMERA and BETTY WAMALWA
Seeking Talented Young Journalists
September 22, 2008
SPIN Magazine is seeking talented young journalists in Nairobi to join a new global network of regionally-based music and event web sites.Correspondents should have an intimate knowledge of local music or be otherwise interested in writing or blogging about music, but must be strong writers eager to begin a reporting career. Primarily the goal is to serve the regional music communities, not to take African music to the West.
SPIN is an American magazine renowned for its coverage of rock and roll, popular music and culture. The infrastructure for the new global project is still being prepared but we do know we will pay our
correspondents a reasonable sum, and will begin publication by the beginning of 2009. Mainly right now we would like to get an idea of who is willing to regularly submit fun stories, photographs and video about music scenes and artists in Nairobi, and get to attend concerts and festivals around Kenya.
If you are interested please email a digital photo of yourself and a few short biographical paragraphs including age and how familiar you are with the local music scene to the address below. East Africans in the writing community but located in other cities like Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam,
Lusaka, Harare can also apply.
Please email your applications/ enquiries to the below:
Lars Russell
International Correspondent Coordinator
SPIN Magazine
59 Grant Avenue
San Francisco, CA, 94108
lrussell@spin.com
608 217 3636
Storymoja Calling Inspirational Material Writers
September 16, 2008
Storymoja is organizing a workshop for writers of inspirational material, however broadly this can be defined. We know there are many of you with powerful, life-changing experiences to share, but may need the structure and know-how we can provide to get the story down. These stories must be presented in an attractive, informative, clear and well-edited manner so that even those with a bias against books, but are hungry for the content, can read them.
Storymoja is inviting you to participate in a writing workshop led by Betty Wamalwa, a development consultant and poet (among many other things), and Doreen Baingana, author and managing editor of Storymoja. We have tentative dates and a structure, and would like to know if you can attend. The goal is to have a completed, ready-to-publish manuscript of 20,000 – 30,000 words that Storymoja will publish if it meets our standards.
PROPOSED DATES: Mondays and Thursdays, 6pm to 9pm
22/09/08, 25/09/08, 29/09/08, 2/10/08
A weekend retreat on the 17th, 18th and 19th October (or one weekend earlier) for the final editing of the manuscript.
The cost is only Kshs 300 for photocopied materials.
If interested, please send a sample of your writing and/or your book idea to Doreen AND Betty at bettymuragori@yahoo.com and dbaing@yahoo.com
More details will be sent to those who interested. Please do not hesitate to ask questions and give suggestions.
