Therefore, the Alliance Française de Nairobi, as a sponsor, is a lifelong strategic partner for the Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize because of its rich potential to encourage dialogue in contemporary society. The partnership seeks to give voice to a new generation of budding writers for whom traditional publishing has confined to the sidelines. This…
We are pleased to announce the 2023 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize judging panel. The panel is drawn from academicians, editors, publishers, writers, and readers.
We’re honoured to have the wonderful and committed team at this year’s Prize and work together in recognising self-published in Kenya.
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.
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’,…
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 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize is an annual prize managed by Mystery Publishers, a Kenyan premier pan-African independent publisher with a bias to African speculative fiction and genre/pop literature stories. The winner is awarded Ksh.20,000.
Featuring different themes/topics every year, Perspective Matters is a writing competition by Qazini, a Kenyan media organisation that aims to we use the power of stories to uplift, inspire, and challenge existing narratives and champion the spectrum of voices and perspectives from the African continent.
Mystery Publishers’ ‘Our Stories Redefined’ Anthology is now open for 2022 submissions. Click Here for the callout and submission guidelines.