Privilege | Mugabi Byenkya (2015 BNPA Longlist)
The bottle spins as the reams of thoughts flutter by my consciousness As my disjointed synapses fire off things I would not mind saying with confidence The bottle stops. On me. Breath in… PAUSE Settle...
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LHR | Nick Makoha (2015 BNPA Longlist)
Photo By Darlyne Komukama An airport is a room. I keep talking as if my body is elsewhere. In full sight of a crimson God, as children we were burdens, coffins with eyes. A professor steps into the...
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Tremours In Kigali | Richard Otwao (2015 BNPA Shortlist)
Source Had you been there! Had you been there in Kigali When death anchored? When the nation turned into a mortuary? Kagera was the conveyor belt Victoria, the thankless mass grave. For Kigali, the...
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Are You True? | Edith Nakku-Joloba (2015 BNPA Longlist)
Photo by Edward Echwalu Are you? The mother’s daughter; stubborn, not so wise? The father’s girl; eager to please, a distance denied The sister dear; gossiping close Secrets hanging like ripe mangoes...
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Death-fall | Nick Makoha (2015 BNPA Shortlist)
Photo by Edward Echwalu Before Kony, before Museveni, before Obote’s second term, before now, there was me. We were in deep shit! Bridges couldn’t be fixed with gaffer-tape. America stopped lending...
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#TBT: David Tumusiime and Ugandan writers in Kut
When you have a blog, it is so easy, sometimes, to get carried away with page views, Google analytics, Twitter analytics, impressions and the like. All those are important of course, but can sometimes...
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Poetry and Kampala: A Review of Boda Boda Anthem & Other Poems | Richard Oduor
Cover Photograph by Edward Echwalu When we think about the city, most often, we want to diagnose. We think of the city as dark and insurgent, as dysfunctional, as the pan for capitalist consumption....
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7/7: AWT’s Editorial Training workshop and other opportunities
1. In June last year I attended an Editorial Training Workshop that was organised by African Writers Trust and Commonwealth Writers. It is arguably one of the best things that happened to me last...
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Review: Kagayi’s poetry night isn’t just about him
The last time we spoke about Peter Kagayi on this blog was when we were talking about the Lantern Meet’s schools outreach programme. He was still the Lamp/President of the Lantern Meet but he has...
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7/7: Jalada convos and Language anthology
I can’t wait for tomorrow. I can’t wait because the Jalada Language anthology will be live for all of us to read. As a publisher who has so many questions about writing in our local languages, this...
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The Headline That Morning Book Launch
Sooo Many Stories launches Peter Kagayi’s debut poetry collection The Headline That Morning and Other Poems in a stage production entitled The Headline That Morning (script by Moses Serubiri and...
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My writing process | Peter Kagayi
Photo by Onyait Odeke I’ve really never paid attention to how I write a poem. Sometimes I just get a pen and write. Or I just type. Sometimes someone asks me to write a poem on a particular theme. Or...
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7/7: A reading, a retreat, a question and other stories
Dear reader, I hope you had a great weekend and are all set for this new week. Here is what is happening: 1. Ellah Wakatama Allfrey on why publishers and editors need new ways of talking about Africa’s...
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Book Launch: A thank you note
Dear reader, It’s so good to “see” you again in these streets. It has been a while. On Wednesday June 8, we had the launch of Sooo Many Stories’ first publication, The Headline That Morning and Other...
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Poetry on The Mountain: On Mt. Rwenzori, there is healing
The Babishai Niwe inaugural Poetry on The Mountain trip on June 11 2016, was one of the most rewarding experiences ever. Mt. Rwenzori is Eden’s original version, untainted with lust for life and envy,...
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7/7: #SSWC, a litfair, black princesses in children’s lit and other stories
Princess Arabella, and her mother. Illustration: Mylo Freeman via http://www.theguardian.com/ 1.The Gathering’s Short story Writing Competition The Gathering, a group of readers and writers on...
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7/7: Save The Dates
Save The Dates: 1. Femrite (Uganda Women Writers Association) is celebrating 20 years this year! One of the activities to celebrate this milestone will be an international conference. The conference...
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#TBT: The Headline That Morning On the road
As a publisher, sometimes I forget the things I felt the first I saw Peter Kagayi perform or the first time I read his work. Sometimes. It is very easy to get caught up in balancing monies, deliveries,...
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Looking for a book club? Introducing The Fireplace
For a while now (since the blog was started, to be precise), we have received several inquiries on whether Sooo Many Stories is a book club or whether we know of any book clubs that we can recommend to...
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Tot Tales: Why this reading thing is so important…
When we started publishing books and going around to meet teachers, parents and students, we were often asked whether we had any children’s books. Because our answer was no, we were asked if parents...
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