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Friends,

🥳 We are thrilled to have Book Bunk featured in the news! Read our recent feature on CNN with our founders; Angela Wachuka x
Wanjiru Koinange, sharing on the restoration of #NRBLibraries and future plans for these spaces.

Link in bio: https://cnn.it/2ZDIPNz

If you haven’t already, book a tour on Airbnb and come see these palaces for the people.

Link: http://bit.ly/bunkbnb

Co-founded by publisher Angela Wachuka and author Wanjiru Koinange, Book Bunk is working to renovate libraries across Nairobi.

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It’s art o’clock! 🎨

Back in May 2021, we invited visual artists to come add some sauce 🔥 to the Eastlands Library located in Makadara with visuals reflecting Nairobi. Here’s a sneak peek at the new look for some of these spaces!

In case you haven’t already, do come by and take a look-see at some of the artwork featured at the Eastlands Library! With your mask on, of course!

Artists: Installation by Joseph Chege (https://thanabster.com/)
Mural by Andre Be Crae

📸Credits: Quaint Photography
📍 Eastlands Library

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Bunkers,

We are thrilled to have #NBOLitfest featured on gal-dem.com.
Back in October 2021, we hosted our inaugural edition anchored on public libraries and celebrating McMillan at 90! The festival featured African writers and artists with many of you tuning in across the world for this magic. ✨

Head on here and read all about it: https://gal-dem.com/kenya-literature-nairobi-mcmillan-library/

P.S: In case you missed out on #NBOLitfest, you can watch the sessions on Youtube:

Link: https://bit.ly/nbolitfestwatch

How a group of Nairobi citizens are working to bring the city’s oldest library back to life, and back to those who need it most.

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🥳Bunkers, we are thrilled to announce the second phase of digitisation work at #NRBLibraries, as part of the #CulturalProtectionFund,has began! In June 2021, we completed digitisation of 31,549 items housed at the McMillan Memorial Library at risk of damage due to climate change. This follow-on grant will support digitisation of an additional 40,000 of these items at the McMillan Memorial Library and added to #NRBLibraries' publicly online archive. If you haven’t already, please visit the archive here: http://bit.ly/NRBLibrariesArchive.

We are ever so grateful for support from Arts – British Council and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in supporting this restoration work at #NRBLibraries.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates on this digitisation work. 🙌

Read more about the grant here: https://bit.ly/BBCPFShout

The Cultural Protection Fund will award more than £2.4M in follow-on grants to international partnership projects supporting vital heritage protection.

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Bunkers,

It’s digitisation o’clock! Gather the young ones and join us online for a fun-filled activity as they learn how to protect their precious archives at home.

🎬Credits:by Amitations Studio
Voiced by: Stycie Waweru

📍 McMillan Memorial Library

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In February 2021, we completed digitisation of approx. 31,549 items housed at the McMillan Memorial Library. These items had been identified as some of the rarest and most endangered items in the library due to the impact of climate change. These items are now publicly available online here: http://bit.ly/NRBLibrariesArchive. In October 2021, we began our second phase of digitisation work with the aim of digitising an additional 40,000 items. We are ever so grateful for support from the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund. #NRBLibraries

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Friends,

We are back to digitising and have something special for the little ones. We recently created animated tutorial videos to show them how to digitise their precious archives at home. This tutorial was voiced by Stycie Waweru , best known for her role in Supa Modo! Gather the young ones and join us online for a fun-filled activity as they digitise their photographs, school reports and so much more.

🎬Credits:by @amitations

📍 McMillan Memorial Library

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In February 2021, we completed digitisation of approx. 31,549 items housed at the McMillan Memorial Library. These items had been identified as some of the rarest and most endangered items in the library due to the impact of climate change. These items are now publicly available online here: http://bit.ly/NRBLibrariesArchive. In October 2021, we began our second phase of digitisation work with the aim of digitising an additional 40,000 items. We are ever so grateful for support from the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund. #NRBLibraries

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