Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Joan Thatiah, Jackson Biko among winners at TBC Penmanship Awards 2026
The TBC Penmanship Awards 2026 winners were revealed at the Jain Bhavan Auditorium in Nairobi.
Under the theme Across Ages, Across Pages, the awards celebrate books by Kenyan authors, with nominations drawn from bestselling titles.
The Text Book Centre (TBC), the host of the awards, selected winners across six categories spanning fiction and non-fiction for different age groups: adults, teens and children.
The awards also recognise lifetime achievement, outstanding school libraries, and junior writers.
