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Today marks International Day of Sign Languages.

We’ve been actively working towards ensuring #NBOLibraries are inclusive spaces for everyone. We are currently working towards adding to the libraries inventory, resources specifically for people living with disabilities. Here’s a throwback to our first consultative session we held with Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) within our library community.

Have you visited #NBOLibraries, yet? We’d love to hear what you think about how we could make our libraries a better place for all.

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This Saturday 24th September, 2022 we are excited to announce the film screening of The Forbidden Reel by director Ariel Nasr courtesy of Docubox - The East African Documentary Film Fund as part of our #HepaJam film screenings.

This film is the story of Afghanistan’s fearless and visionary moviemakers—and the films we almost never got to see. The filmmakers created amidst war and chaos, an extraordinary national cinema. Driven to destroy, Taliban extremists set out to torch this legacy. Marveling in the beauty and fragile power of movies, Afghan-Canadian director Ariel Nasr crafts a thrilling and utterly original story of modern Afghanistan.

Join us for simultaneous screening of the film at Kaloleni and Eastlands libraries from 12pm! Entry is free

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Congratulations to our Co-Founder, Wanjiru Koinange, who has been shortlisted for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature for her debut novel, The Havoc of Choice!

Published by Bunk Books in 2020, The Havoc of Choice was @textbookcentre’s #1 bestselling novel of the year! It is a story about family, politics and journeying through a fractured country in the aftermath of the 2007 general election in Kenya.

You can purchase a copy of The Havoc of Choice via Text Book Centre, Nuria-Your Store, Soma Nami and other leading stores, or on Amazon. To watch a series of roundtable conversations about this novel with @shirokoinange and John-Allan Namu, Muthoni Ndonga, Ngala Chome and Angela Wachuka, please visit the Bunk Books page here: https://bit.ly/YT-BunkBooks
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Over the past few months, our inventory team has been taking stock of all the items held at McMillan Memorial Library on Banda Street, ahead of its physical restoration work. Did you know there’s an actual head of a lion at the library, as well as some of Kenya’s oldest newspaper collection?

Spend your Saturday morning perusing through these collections and learning about the history of this building and its archives by booking a tour via @airbnb: http://bit.ly/bunkbnb

P.S: If you have experience with refurbishing antique furniture, please send us a DM or email:hello@bookbunk.org.

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Episode 8 – Live Episode

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Episode 7 – Bunk Books

How to actually build a library! In this episode, Wachuka begins by telling us about the process of creating the first-ever digital catalogue of McMillan Memorial Library. It took 23 people, 8,332 hours…

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Episode 6 – A Palace full of Memories (KAR)

How to actually build a library! In this episode, Wachuka begins by telling us about the process of creating the first-ever digital catalogue of McMillan Memorial Library. It took 23 people, 8,332 hours…

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Episode 5: A Palace Needs a Roof

How to actually build a library! In this episode, Wachuka begins by telling us about the process of creating the first-ever digital catalogue of McMillan Memorial Library. It took 23 people, 8,332 hours…

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Episode 4: Books! Books! Books!

How to actually build a library! In this episode, Wachuka begins by telling us about the process of creating the first-ever digital catalogue of McMillan Memorial Library. It took 23 people, 8,332 hours…

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Episode 3: The People Need Public Space

In this episode, we listen to Dr. Wangui Kimari and Dr. Alfred Omenya converse with Wanjiru and Wachuka about the colonial history of Nairobi’s urban planning and how these segregated divisions endure in…

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Episode 2: Little Palaces

Wachuka and Wanjiru introduce us to Jacob Ananda, Head Librarian of McMillan Memorial Library and Orpah Agunda, an Inventory intern at Book Bunk and long-term resident of Kaloleni.

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Episode 1: A Palace for The People

In this episode, we explore the history of McMillan Memorial Library, including some background on Lucy and Northrup McMillan, who it’s named after...

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