Young Writers Movement

A platform for young writers across Africa

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

@CassavaRepublic @MukomaWaNgugi Happy birthday sir

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

Happy new year 2022 @ChimamandaReal @MukomaWaNgugi @hillarywaka @Onjerika @TeeNgugi @WanjikuwaNgugi @NducuWaNgugi @NgugiWaThiongo_ and many more literary giants

[Mukoma Wa Ngugi @MukomaWaNgugi]

To my fellow writers and scholars struggling through a draft, here are the Wailers rehearsing Rebel Music, Exodus etc. I love listening to this when in choppy waters. It's a reminder that nothing is created polished, and the shine is the sweat of struggle. https://t.co/Ai3jWSBcDk

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

@Onjerika @covid_kenya The Kenya we would like in all sectors

[Makena Onjerika @Onjerika]

Many thanks to the editors @IseleMagazine for including my little, weird story in this issue.
https://t.co/YeGoz6yCrk

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

Digital Bedbugs. Mmmh? Sounds interesting right? Grab a copy of @Onjerika's book today. Reading sharpens the mind.

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

Nairobi Heat by @MukomaWaNgugi is a thriller. Everyone must read this. It should actually be turned into a movie

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

Today we present to you a thrilling collection of short stories of love, deception and victory written by one of Kenya's young authors Hillary Waka. Congratulations Hillary. Readers can link up with his Twitter handle @hillarywaka to get copies at 380/= @MukomaWaNgugi @Onjerika

[Young Writers Movement @YoungWritersMo1]

We propose to also have our own literary calendar. Literary days to be incorporated in the calendar just like Christian and Muslim Days @MukomaWaNgugi @NducuWaNgugi @NgugiWaThiongo_ @Onjerika

[SA Booksellers Association @SABooksellers]

And the winner is...@avatar_reso 👏👏👏 #DinaaneDebutFiction Awards @ExclusiveBooks Rosebank @RosebankMall with @JacanaMedia and @Porcupine_Wines

[Bookamoso Book Club📚 @Bookamoso]

Currently @JIAS_UJ for the launch of Dr. @SiphiwoMahala’s #RedAppleDreams & Other Stories - A short story collection which features stories by Zukiswa Wanner, Can Themba, James Matthews & Njabulo S. Ndebele.

@BTC_BC18 will be facilitating the discussion.

#BookLaunch

[The Indigo Press @PressIndigoThe]

Advance copies of Ogadinma, the UK debut novel by @MsOlisakwe, have arrived!💥

A modern feminist classic in the making, Ogadinma is the stirring tale of trusting teenager Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria’s societal expectations in the 1980s. DM for a review copy. 💄

[Jayne Bauling @JayneBauling]

Arrived today from Jacana Literary Foundation, my contibutor copy of this anthology in which I have two poems. #poetry

[Sebilo Books @Sebilo_Books]

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss

[Khaloza Books @KhalozaBooks]

Dear African reading & writing community, 21 Feb is World Mother Tongue Day. We want to dedicate all of 2020 getting book titles & excerpts, quotes, audio, stories etc. from YOU in your mother tongue. All ages & genres welcome. Please help support us to #ReadWriteSpeakAfrican.

[The Nigeria Prizes @NGRLitPrize]

We celebrate our Laureate, Mabel Segun, as she becomes a nonagenarian today. Mabel Segun was one of the joint winners of the prestigious The Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2007. Her footprints are forever etched in the history of Literature in Nigeria. Happy Birthday Mama.

[Dr. Yvonne Maphosa @Yvonne_Maphosa]

New additions to thy collection 💃

I already went through @SueNyathi's part. I'm such a fan of her writing I can't even hide it 😍😅

#BlackTax

[BookishMamzo @PulengHopper]

#Booklaunch #RedAppleDreamsAndOtherStories
#JohannesburgInstituteForAdvancedStudy Thur 20 Feb 2020. 5pm. 1 Tolip Street Westdene Jhb. Please rsvp at [email protected]. @SiphiwoMahala will be in conversation with @BTC_BC18. See you there. 💖📖

[Mukoma Wa Ngugi @MukomaWaNgugi]

Happy to say that the book launch will be in Nairobi on April 3rd - details coming soon @jamesmurua.

[Mukoma Wa Ngugi @MukomaWaNgugi]

The West African edition of The Rise of the African Novel coming in April. One of the joys of being a writer-scholar is I get to study my fellow writers e.g. NoViolet, @VascoDaGappah, @aminattaforna, Adichie, Binj etc. Thanks @CassavaRepublic. Cover inspired by Achebe's beret &👓