Nairobi-based imprint publishing stories in digital and print editions for children and adults | Mothership: @thebookbunk
Joined October 2019
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In London? Catch @ShiroKoinange in conversation with @Lolwe_ founder @TroyOnyango tomorrow night! 🙌🏾
Happening Tomorrow!
Wanjiru Koinange (@TheBookBunk) in conversation with @TroyOnyango to discuss the seminal, political novel, The Havoc of Choice.
Tickets: £4
📍Carmelite House, Blackfriars
⏲️ 6:30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/wanjiru-k…
Going to the @hayfestival?
Catch @ShiroKoinange x @lolashoneyin x @VeliaVidal in conversation with @GeorginaGoodwin on 1st June!
Tickets available here: bit.ly/44JNQRI
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Massive congratulations to @ShiroKoinange, whose debut novel The Havoc of Choice has been shortlisted for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature 🎉🎉🎉
Published in 2020, it was @TextBookCentre’s bestselling novel of the year by an African author. It is a story about family, politics + journeying through a fractured country in the aftermath of the 2007 general election.Winner will be announced at the Nairobi Book Fair on 1st Oct
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Bunk Books retweeted
If you’ve read The Havoc of Choice by @ShiroKoinange, you know who says this! As citizens this is the attitude we should take when it comes to selecting our leaders. Join us on Friday June 3rd as we discuss this at our #AmnestyBookClubKE discussion!
amnesty.or.ke/book_club
Bunk Books retweeted
“Unajua kuna deep state”
“Ata nikipiga kura haita matter”
“Politicians only run for office to make money”
This you? Let’s discuss how leadership affects human rights with our May #AmnestyBookClubKE read, The Havoc of Choice, on June 3rd. #ChambuaUongozi
amnesty.or.ke/book_club
Bunk Books retweeted
There are 92 days to the 2022 general elections. As we #ChambuaUongozi we thought it would be best to revisit an old #AmnestyBookClubKE favourite for May and read The Havoc of Choice by @ShiroKoinange. Join the coolest human rights book club today👇🏿
amnesty.or.ke/book_club
AYO! Join our bestselling author @ShiroKoinange this Saturday at @ProvisionsKenya for an intimate book talk from 3pm-5pm covering her creative process + writing journey so far! Signed copies available.
Tickets (1500 bob) available here:bit.ly/THOCPROV #TheHavocOfChoice
Update! NEW DATE: Friday 29th April, from 6pm -9pm. It’s a book party! Tix still available via @ProvisionsKenya here bit.ly/THOCPROV
Tune in!!!
.@KuiKabala speaks to @ShiroKoinange; the author of The Havoc of Choice & co-founder of @TheBookBunk on the Nairobi Book Love podcast. Spoiler Alert! Make sure you read the book because a lot of juicy details and what inspired the narrative are revealed.
🎧bit.ly/3lxdww4
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Register here for this conversation about the intellectual legacies of Binyavanga Wainaina at #NBOLitfest with @ShiroKoinange x @NgalaChome x Kiprop Kimutai x @chris_mungai: bit.ly/NBOL14
The intellectual legacies of Binyavanga Wainaina: A panel discussion on Wainaina’s contributions to the creative, cultural and intellectual life w/@NgalaChome x Kiprop Kimutai x @ShiroKoinange, moderated by @chris_mungai!
Register here: bit.ly/NBOL14
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Catch @ShiroKoinange at #NBOLitfest this Friday from 6pm! Shiro will be in conversation with @womenslibrary’s @WendyKirkGWL about her bestselling debut - The Havoc of Choice - and reflecting on the power of literature in these times! Sign up here bit.ly/NBOL08
3 days of #NBOLitfest coming up from Thursday 7th - Saturday 9th October! This is our 1st edition, and is a free *virtual* one, anchored in #NRBLibraries & marking the 90th anniversary of McMillan Memorial Library- Nairobi's oldest library.
Details: bookbunk.org/nbolitfest
Thank you @ikigai_ke for the magic of your spaces and what they incubate! 🙌🏾 May much more be birthed there by @ShiroKoinange and others ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #writingspaces #CreativeKE
#TheHavocOfChoice as an audio drama experience? 🎧
Yes please! 🤗
Link to listen to the full episode via our mothership, @TheBookBunk - available on all podcast platforms!
This audio experience features an all-star cast!!!
Narrator: @JuneGachui
Kavata: Mkamzee Mwatela
Ngugi, Thuo & Pastor Simon: @Yafesi_Musoke
Grace & Wanja: @Misskihoro
Amani: Elliot Mwamunga
A Palace For The People, lovingly crafted in Nairobi, is an 8-part podcast series unearthing pieces of Nairobi’s history that support and feed the restoration process of the McMillan Memorial Library and its branches in Makadara and Kaloleni. #NRBLibraries
Link via @TheBookBunk
Last video from our #THoCRoundtable discussion is now up! *Heads up: Spoiler Alert 😬
Watch via YouTube here: youtu.be/CrLA-Lw2PcE
#TheHavocofChoice is now available on Amazon Kindle! Click the link in our bio to purchase!
📸 @kenyan_library
🎥 @Shemology
📍 @ikigai_ke
Have you read this best seller by @ShiroKoinange yet?
#TheHavocOfChoice now available on Amazon Kindle! Click the link in our bio to purchase!
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You can still purchase your physical copy from @textbookcentre x @prestigenbi x @rafubooks and other bookshops.
📸 @marcusolang
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In our latest #THoCRoundtable video, @NgalaChome talks about how the suppression of memory filters into the school curriculum.
Watch via YouTube:
youtu.be/gmZPZfUMUqA
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🎥 @shemology
📍 @ikigai_ke
