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Purveyor of fiction x funk | Co-Founder at @TheBookBunk | Co-Director at @nbolitfest| Publisher at @BunkBooks #NRBLibraries
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined April 2012
This year's @NBOLitfest lineup is incredible! The 2024 #NBOLitfest will feature a star-studded cast of African authors including @BernardineEvari, @TaiyeSelasi, @AminattaForna, and more! 🗓️ Attend the festival June 27-30, 2024 in Nairobi! Details here: https://t.co/JTxeVLjcwL
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My cofounder @ShiroKoinange will be in convo with @TroyOnyango tomorrow night. Londoners, do your thing! 💫💫💫
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 https://t.co/WdArVli6iw
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#bocas2024 was EVERYTHING!!! Thank you @bocaslitfest! 🙌🏾 (All hail Litfests!) Ps: #NBOLitfest soon come (27th-30th June). Follow @nbolitfest for updates
Met @SisterKilljoy in Nigeria 🇳🇬 for @akefestival , we didn't cross paths while I was in Kenya 🇰🇪 now look at us... both in Trinidad 🇹🇹. Love that is out here @akefestival connecting us ❤️
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Library patronage at the #NBOLibraries being restored by @TheBookBunk is on the rise, with 60,199 users at Kaloleni, Eastlands & McMillan Memorial Libraries last year (a 32% increase from the previous year). Tune in to @Monocle_Radio w/@georginagodwin for more library gospel 🙌🏾
Meet The Writers: Founders @SisterKilljoy and @ShiroKoinange of the Nairobi-based nonprofit @TheBookBunk talk to @georginagodwin about how the regeneration of public libraries can heal divides and “map a new way to explore” the city. #MeetTheWriters
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A new chapter begins! Hay Festival Global has partnered @TheBookBunk as co-hosts of NBO Litfest in Nairobi, Kenya. The next edition takes place 27–30 June. More at https://t.co/ZBgSlVG8Ez and watch this space for more news soon.
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Great profile of the wonderful work of @TheBookBunk restoring and transforming some of Nairobi's oldest public libraries – as part of the @AJafricadirect series @BigWorldCinema. Film by @RayyWambu, featuring @SisterKilljoy and @ShiroKoinange: https://t.co/6Ds7rw9OMz
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24th-27th August: This year’s #NBOLitfest at McMillan Memorial Library x Kaloleni Library x Eastlands Library! ✨ Sign up here for updates >
Attention all literature enthusiasts- SAVE THE DATES!🗓️ The much-awaited #NBOLitfest 2023 edition is coming in hot! We're thrilled to curate an unforgettable experience centred around this year's theme, "Mtaa Narratives." #Literature #Festivals #LiteraryFestival
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Ama Ata Aidoo forever 🖤🕊️🖤
100 (yaaaas!) of #100DaysofAfricanReads:Our Sister Killjoy, by @AmaAtaAidoo| Published in 1977 http://t.co/AMbVE5pUkm
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Hey Bunkers, we are 4 episodes into season 2 of #APalaceForThePeople podcast. The season deep dives into what Kenya's past can tell us about the present, informed by archival finds at McMillan Memorial Library, and their connection to key moments in Kenya’s history.
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Relatedly, we're seeking people who interacted w/McMillan Memorial Library bet. 1930s-1990s. Images, documents, memories, experiences, and any other kind of mementos welcome! Sign up here https://t.co/HsT1MUXGrw
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Fab to share @TheBookBunk's work crowdsourcing archives at a session on the politics of preservation + access. Thank you @WitsWiSER x @UofMAfrica x @MellonFdn! 42,297 items were added to the #NBOLibraries archives platform in 2022. Access is free
@WitsWiSER @UofMAfrica @MellonFdn @Monument_Lab @nbeesee 2/ Session 2 was about archives, digitization & access. Featuring talks from @ModArchivesUCLA, @SisterKilljoy about @TheBookBunk, my colleague David Wallace and others.
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✨✨✨ #NBOLibraries
Amazing day in Nairobi visiting 3 public libraries being lovingly restored by @TheBookBunk with Nairobi County Gov @047County. Thank you Angela @SisterKilljoy. Pride, a sense of place, somewhere quiet to study, beauty.
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Thank you my sweet sisters @SisterKilljoy and @ShiroKoinange who sent me this gorgeous care package to welcome me to Nairobi. See you later on. Very excuted about the @TheBookBunk Gala tonight. Much love ❤️
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#NBOLibraries Aye!
Wrote for the @FT about the McMillan library in Nairobi, which @ShiroKoinange and @TheBookBunk are trying to revamp.
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New programme stream at #NBOLibraries: Free tutoring from 11th October 2022 under @TheBookBunk’s Hepa Jam umbrella! We now have extended hours (5-8pm on week days and 1-4pm on Saturdays) at Kaloleni Library, Eastlands Library x McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Str. Karibuni!
1/2 On #WorldTeachersDay2022, we've got some fantastic news! Starting 11th Oct, we'll have extended library hours and academic support at the 3 libraries as part of our #HepaJam programming. Library users can receive tutoring from certified #teachers at the library! #NBOLibraries
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Many thanks @MacondoLitFest for the good vibes this afternoon! Signed copies of work by festival authors incl. Nobel Prize in Literature laureate #AbdulrazakGurnah x @thesailorsgirl x @AdhiamboKE x @PatriceNganang now resident at #NBOLibraries 🙌🏾
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A weekend of fantastic literary programming at #MacondoLitfest! 🙌🏾 From 10-11am, I’ll be speaking with @thesailorsgirl about writing, histories and memories. Tickets available via @MacondoLitFest. Karibuni!
On Saturday, Oct. 1st, our co-founder, @SisterKilljoy will be in conversation with Nadifa Mohamed (@thesailorsgirl) on Literary Histories and Memory Making at the @MacondoLitFest 2022 from 10am. We will also have a digitisation booth so come digitise your memories! #NBOLibraries
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We’ve been mapping #NBOLibraries and now extending our research to Kiambu, Laikipia, Nyandarua, Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Siaya, Kisumu, Kericho, Machakos, Makueni x Kitui. #IkoKaziKE: Research gigs for these locations available at @TheBookBunk here https://t.co/h5jOf93ZIt
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My inimitable Co-Founder @ShiroKoinange’s debut novel, The Havoc of Choice, has been shortlisted for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. Congrats Shiro! 🎉🎉🎉 The winner will be announced at the Nairobi Book Fair on 1st Oct.
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