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TENDER TO PUBLISH THE BURT AWARD WINNING MANUSCRIPTS, 2012

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The National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK) invites tenders from Kenyan-based and duly registered publishers to submit tenders to publish the following three (3) manuscript titles that have won the Burt Award for African Literature: The Delegates, Never Say Die and The Devil’s Hill.

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NOMINEES FOR THE 2012 BURT AWARD FOR AFRICAN LITERATURE COMPETITION E-mail

The National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK) in collaboration with the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE) is pleased to announce the following as the nominees for the 2012 Burt Award for African Literature following the manuscripts submitted in 2011:

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Calling for Manuscripts from Publishers Print E-mail

Calling for publishers

The National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK) in partnership with the Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE) and with the generous support of a Canadian patron, Mr. Bill Burt, have the pleasure to invite Kenyan-based and duly registered publishers to submit engaging and educational story-based manuscripts for the youth (12 – 15 years old) to be considered for the 2013 Burt Award for African Literature

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NBDCK-CODE video

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This video talk about NBDCK and CODE's partnership in the joint project 'Reading Kenya'. A must see!!

 
NBDCK Partners with CODE

Reading KenyaThe National Book Development Council of Kenya (NBDCK) is a non-governmental, non-profit Organization made up of a national and international membership network of book- and education-sector stakeholders whose financial, material and technical support has been vital in ensuring that literacy and reading promotion for poverty alleviation programs are continuously responsive to the needs of the targeted communities.  The NBDCK brings all its partners/stakeholders together for consultations, thereby creating the much needed synergies amongst themselves for the promotion of literacy and a reading culture.

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Our Vision

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To realize an informed, literate society in a developed nation.