The theme of this year’s poetry collection will be centred around Strange Water. The submitted works should appreciate a futuristic Africa, our myths and beliefs, magical realms, and fantastical creatures. The pieces could be utopian or dystopian. This theme is rooted firmly in the subgenre of African futurism in line with Africa Union’s (AU) ‘Agenda…
The Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize is an annual prize managed by Mystery Publishers, a Kenyan premier pan-African independent publisher with a bias toward African speculative fiction and genre/pop literature stories.
Mystery Publishers bestselling books of 2022, combined paperbacks and ebooks, are compiled from sales reports from all distribution channels.
When Lydia Mkunde falls in love, it is hard, fast, and at first sight. She doesn’t listen to the ‘small voice’ telling her that Jabez Kimoni is not the one. Her happily-ever-after is a nightmare, and she wishes to end the pain when the man she marries becomes someone she can’t recognise.
A military poetry book of its kind, Echoes of Military Souls by Kenyan writer and theatre expert Jerusha Kananu Marete, has been voted the best book for the 2022 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize, with over 800 votes, which translates to 81.84% of the votes cast.
The Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize is awarded annually for the best independently published book (fiction, poetry, and non-fiction).
Mystery Publishers, a premier Kenyan pan-African publisher of choice, won Kenya 2022 DIGITALLY FIT AWARDS. This award seeks to reward and recognise organisations creating an impact online, organisations that are #DigitallyFit.
We are pleased to announce the production and publication of 5 Years Next Sunday by Idza Luhumyo, narrated by Catherine Kabuuka, our first-ever Ugandan voiceover artist. Kenyan writer, Idza Luhumyo, won the 2022 Ako Caine Prize for African Writing.
The title, 5 Years Next Sunday, is an alternate to ‘Five Years Next Sunday’,…
We are pleased to announce the production and publication of our first-ever audiobook, 5 Years Next Sunday, by Idza Luhumyo. It’s a story you don’t want to miss listening.
Mystery Publishers has won the 2022/2023 Corporate LiveWire Global Award as the Digital Publishing Company of the Year – Kenya for the second year in a row. In July 2021, Mystery Publishers was awarded the Middle East and African (MEA) Markets African Business Excellence Award for the Best Independent Digital Publishing Company – Kenya.
This Award seeks to reward and recognise organisations creating an impact online, organisations that are #DigitallyFit.
At Mystery Publishers, we have been offering digital, print-on-demand, and audiobook publishing since 2014. This nomination confirms that we have left a commendable footprint for our efforts to offer digital publishing.
The 2022 edition was held at Alliance Française de Nairobi on Saturday, September 10, 2022, from 2:00pm to 7:00pm. The event is majorly an online event, but this year Lexa felt the need to bring the writers and readers together for a discussion on “Literary Methods and The Future of Kenyan Writing”.