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Bookshop tours

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Explore your artistic side with Text Book Centre

Back in campus, while I was slaving away learning my foreign language literature, one of my best friends, Krysse, was having the time of her life pursuing an incredibly fun course in the arts. Between my classes, I would find […]

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24/03/2021
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Get all your electronic needs sorted at Text Book Centre!

If you have grown up in Nairobi, Kenya, then you must be familiar with tales of our ever-clever conmen. Many are the times a trusting Kenyan has shoved up large amounts of money to an electronics supplier only for them […]

by Jules

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19/03/2021
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Books First Africa

This bookshop tour was quite literally a tour. This is due to the fact that Books First Africa is not really a bookshop but rather, a books distributor. They import and distribute books to several retail stores in the country […]

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03/02/2021
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Prestige Bookshop

It is impossible to talk about bookshops in Kenya and not mention Prestige Bookshop. This is one of the household bookshops in Nairobi. I grew up with my mom buying me a number of books from this bookshop and here […]

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24/11/2020
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Bookstop Ltd Store

In Swahili, there is a saying: “Chema chajiuza, kibaya chajitembeza.” Translated, this means that good things sell themselves while bad things have to make themselves known, or something along those lines. When I got to Bookstop Ltd store, this is […]

by Jules

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10/11/2020
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Nuria The Honest Store

Nuria The Honest Store is one of those bookshops that deserves more recognition. I found out about the store earlier this year through the amazing Bookstagram community.  Founded in 2015, this was the first online bookshop in Kenya to be […]

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21/10/2020
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Between The Lines Bookshop

If I could use one word to describe Between The Lines bookshop, it would be ‘beautiful’. Honestly this is one of the most beautiful spaces a book lover could ever experience. The aesthetic of this bookshop is like no other […]

by Jules

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06/10/2020
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Rafu Books

Did you know that the Swahili word for shelf is rafu? I am ashamed to say that at my big age, I had no idea! My Swahili teacher would be disappointed to hear this, given that it was one of […]

by Jules

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22/09/2020
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Half Priced Books

Back when I was in campus, buying brand new books was a luxury that I could not afford. My only reprieve was walking in the streets of the city and if I was lucky, I would score one or two […]

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09/09/2020
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Educate Yourself Bookshop

As an avid reader, I am ashamed to say that I only discovered Educate Yourself Bookshop this year. I was scrolling through some bookish accounts on Instagram a few weeks ago when I saw a book I had been looking […]

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01/09/2020
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