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10/09/2026

A new reading month and a new book that we are so excited about!

Are you reading with us this September?

07/09/2026

Sometimes the bookstore sounds like this....

But we will still recommend some great reads!

01/09/2026

A kind reminder, it’s not hoarding if its books!😇

09/08/2026

It's day 5 of the African Book Fair and we have special discount coupons hidden in books, scattered throughout the fair. Find one and get and extra 10% off the book!!

The gift that keeps on gifting!

See you at the African Book Fair at KNLS!

25/07/2026

Every movement begins with a story.

Ours began with a belief that African stories deserve to be seen, shared and celebrated.

In a few days, we write the next chapter.

African Book Fair 2026.

11/07/2026

Bookies know one book is never enough plus it’s not hoarding if it’s books! Happy readings!

06/06/2026

We journey to Augustown, Jamaica🌴.

Book of the Month: Augustown by Kei Miller.

A powerful story of memory, resilience, and the search for belonging. Through Ma Taffy’s wisdom and Kaia’s journey, this novel weaves together Jamaican history, Rastafari, and the extraordinary lives hidden in an ordinary community.

05/06/2026

📚✨ Next stop on the Road to 54: Egypt!

When most people think of Egypt, they picture pyramids, pharaohs, and the Nile. But Egypt’s literature tells another story ,one of ordinary people, crowded Cairo streets, quiet acts of resistance, family, faith, love, and survival.
This collection takes us into the heart of Egyptian life through stories that are bold, moving, and deeply human. Join us as we explore Egypt one book at a time. 🇪🇬📖

04/06/2026

Book of the Month: Augustown by Kei Miller
Journey with us to Jamaica and experience a powerful story of memory, resilience and search for belonging 🌴
Come grab a copy and see you at the end of the month for book club😊

In store 📚 – Three Strong Women by Marie NDiayeFrom the acclaimed literary celebrity—the first black woman ever to win t...
29/04/2026

In store 📚 – Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye

From the acclaimed literary celebrity—the first black woman ever to win the Prix Goncourt—a harrowing and beautiful novel of the travails of West African immigrants in France, giving voice as never before to Europe’s most unwanted.
This is the story of three women who say no: Norah, a French-born lawyer who finds herself in Senegal, summoned by her estranged tyrannical father to save another victim of his paternity; Fanta, who leaves a contented life as a teacher in Dakar to follow her white French boyfriend back to France, where his depression and dislocation poison everything; and Khady, a penniless widow put out by her husband’s family with nothing but the name of a distant cousin (the aforementioned Fanta) in France (a place she can scarcely conceive). As these three lives intertwine, each woman manages an astonishing feat of self-preservation against the incomprehensibly methodical and relentless humiliation that is the unacknowledged life of those who have made themselves the fastest-growing, and most-reviled, people in Europe. In Marie NDiaye’s luminous narration we see with stunning emotional exactitude the progress by which ordinary women discover unimagined reserves of strength.

Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye
KES 2290/-

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