First delivered at Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias, 1 February 2016
Binyavanga Wainaina asks whether emergent digital publishing platforms offer the chance for writers and readers to speak more directly to each other.
Photograph courtesy of Allan Gichigi Photography
Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In 2003, he was the founding editor of Kwani? literary magazine. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual Time 100 as one of the “Most Influential People in the World”.
Commissioned as part of the International Literature Showcase 2015–2021; a partnership between National Centre for Writing, British Council and Arts Council England, supported by Creative Scotland, Arts Council Northern Ireland and Wales Arts International.
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