Sunday Salon- September 21

A Prose Reading Series
NEW YORK - NAIROBI - CHICAGO
http://www.sundaysalon.com

Margaret Ogola
Onduko bw’ Atebe
Philo Ikonya

Four readers, four unique voices, in a tranquil outdoor setting.

An evening of entertainment for discerning lovers of the written word.

7-9pm, Sunday 21st September
Kengeles, Lavington Green
Entry Only KSh300
Free entry before 6.30pm
Free entry for all Sunday Salon Alumni

ABOUT THE WRITERS

Onduko bw’ Atebe
Onduko bw’ Atebe emerged on the literary scene late 2005 with the publication of his book: The Verdict of Death. In 2006, the book was nominated and went on to win the biggest prize in the country – The Whome Mutahi Literary Award.
A fervent believer in the writing and reading faith, Atebe has since then gone on to join and work with other writers and writers’ organizations that profess, promote and spread the gospel. He is the Secretary General of the Kenya Organization of Writers’ Association (KOWA) He is also the secretary to the Literary Awards committee, run by the National Book Development council of Kenya (NBDC-K). Last but not least, he was recently elected the Vice President of International Pen – Kenya Chapter.

Philo Ikonya
Philo Ikonya is a journalist and media consultant. She is a linguist and understands Latin, Kiswahili, Gikuyu, Spanish, and Italian. She has had various stories and poetry in both English and Spanish. Her short story, “ Let the Dove Coo her Song” was published in Periplo, a literary magazine. She was also recently elected as the President of the International Pen - Kenya Chapter.

Margaret Ogola
Margaret Ogola has won the Commonwealth Best First Book in Africa and the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature in 1995 for her first novel The River and the Source. She has since published two other novels, I Swear by Apollo and Place of Destiny. Margaret Ogola is a paediatrician and the medical director for The Cottolengo Centre for orphaned children.

Calling Playwrights

The American Embassy’s Cultural attaché will be hosting Lynn Nottage ,a playwright from Brooklyn in Nairobi from 21st-26th September.Kwani Trust will be the venue of two of the workshops as indicated below:

September 22nd : Workshop I: ( 0930-1130) Generative writing workshop: Lynne leads a series of writing exercises designed to stimulate creativity and expand a writers’ arsenal of tools.

At the end of the session, she will give a writing assignment based on the exercises explored in the session. She will ask the writers during the intervening days to generate writing to present at the second workshop.

September 24th : Workshop II: (0930-1130 ) You all read and explore the take home exercises, as well as any short work that the participants might want to share with Lynne and the group for feedback. She will ask the participants to bring writing tools ( preferably a spiral notebook), a list of questions about the craft of writing that they might want to address in the workshop and creative positive energy!

Submissions can be made by enthusiasts, particularly un-published ones, and
should be no more than 2 pages long.Please send them to Angela (a.wachuka@kwani.org) by 15th September.

(Kwani is located In Westlands on the dirt road ( Mogotio Road) opposite the Holiday Inn. Savla Plaza, 2nd Floor.)

Litfest Testimonials

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“I learnt about the Kwani? Litfest through a friend who is at the University of Nairobi.I registered for the creative non fiction writing course.By enrolling I sought to know whether what I write fits non fiction since I felt displaced as a writer. I did enjoy the whole week because I learnt the types of creative non fiction, unknown to many. Read more

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