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Mystery Publishers

Mystery Publishers is a Pan-African Indie, author-focused publishing company with a strong bias to African speculative and pop fiction.

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Upcoming Book | Heart Strings, a Collection of Poetry, by Caro Baaro

News & UpdatesDecember 15, 2021936Views 0Likes 0Comments

… even though darkness will cloud your vision, The stars will be the light when you dream, Guiding you to better paths, Reminding you of the success in new chances … Heart Strings is a collection of poems of hope, rebirth, and reawakening. It is a source of hope to those who have given up,…

Event | Gallery Book Night – Art Meets Literature @Usanii Mashariki Gallery

Book EventsDecember 13, 2021950Views 0Likes 0Comments

Art meets literature on 19 December 2021 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Usanii Mashariki (U.M.) Gallery at The Waterfront Mall, Karen, Nairobi. The December Gallery Book Night will feature Bachelorette Diaries by Elove Poetry.

Mystery Publishers wins Corporate LiveWire Global Award 2021/2022 for ‘Digital Publishing Company of the Year’

Awards/Prizes, News & UpdatesDecember 9, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Mystery Publishers has won the Corporate LiveWire Global Award in the Digital Publishing Company of the Year 2021/2022. 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.

Published | Our Stories Redefined (2021) Edition by Mystery Publishers

News & UpdatesNovember 10, 2021794Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are pleased to announce the publication of ‘Our Stories Redefined’ 2021 (Poetry) Anthology. The anthology celebrates new age African writing; a vehicle for new-age African writers to tell their stories to a generation that understands them.

Upcoming Release | The Ogre of Sebet by Kathryn Langat

News & UpdatesOctober 21, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Parents and guardians need to know that this book will draw in emergent readers. It includes positive messages on caring for and building trust with each other in the community.

Upcoming Book Release | The Merchants of Terror by Baithili Lai JM Linguya

News & UpdatesSeptember 30, 20211KViews 1Like 0Comments

One book, nine stories—terrorism and the terror it causes the counter-terrorism operatives combating the menace; impacts of unbridled hedonism and anger; and how obsession with traditions kills societies.

Publication Cancelled | Sketches of Urban Strife Poetry Anthology

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesSeptember 14, 2021943Views 0Likes 0Comments

Mystery Books, an imprint Mystery Publishers, has cancelled the publication of Sketches of Urban Strife: An Anthology of New Age African Poetry due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, the editor in-charge of the project got engaged somewhere else and won’t be able to proceed with the project in the foreseeable future.

MEA Markets Magazine Announces the Winners of the 2021 African Business Excellence Awards

Awards/Prizes, News & UpdatesAugust 10, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Complete list of winners was to be published by the end of July 2021, and at last the list is out. Check out the press release.

Upcoming Book Release | Our Stories Redefined’ Anthology – Poetry Edition

News & UpdatesAugust 1, 2021903Views 0Likes 0Comments

No more stories of hunger, starvation, colonialism, endless tribal wars and clashes, or West-driven themes; we are redefining African stories, telling stories of hope, the future, new generation.

Final List for the Mystery Publishers’ 5th Anniversary ‘Our Stories Redefined’ Poetry Anthology

Call for Submission, News & UpdatesJuly 18, 2021989Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are delighted to announce the finalists for the Mystery Publishers’ 5th Anniversary ‘Our Stories Redefined’ poetry edition, 2021.

Kenyan Indie Authors Gift Readers with a Gift to Open Again and Again

Book Fairs/Events, News & UpdatesJuly 12, 2021805Views 0Likes 0Comments

Independently published authors treated readers in Nairobi treated to a fun and fair book fest on 25 and 26 June, 2021 at the Alliance Française de Nairobi. As the writer Garrison Keillor says, “A book is a gift you can open again and again”, the NYrobi Book Fest did gift readers.

Job Opportunity | Freelance Book Marketer/Publicist

News & UpdatesJune 20, 2021897Views 0Likes 0Comments

We are seeking to recruit a dedicated, professional, and highly skilled freelance book marketers/publicists. The following are the genres that we publish: fiction (novels – romance, crime, fantasy, etc), flash fiction, short stories, erotica, poetry, and non-fiction (all sub-genres except spiritual and educational books).