{"id":27112,"date":"2016-06-30T11:46:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=27112"},"modified":"2016-06-30T11:46:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:46:33","slug":"story-club-in-more-literary-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2016\/06\/30\/story-club-in-more-literary-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Club in more literary sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chikoti1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chikoti1-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"chikoti\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chikoti1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chikoti1.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Story Club continues to engage different international players in its different projects and this weekend it will host literary sessions in Lilongwe to feature among others Stephanie Bosch Santana from USA.<\/p>\n<p>Founder of Story Club, Shadreck Chikoti, confirmed the development yesterday saying they would want to help uplift writing in the country hence hosting more international sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Chikoti, who with the Story Club recently launched an anthology titled <em>Imagine Africa 500 <\/em>featuring writers from Africa including some from Malawi, said Santana arrived in the country on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chikoti, Santana is a professor of African literature at Michigan University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to have her for our literary sessions. As Story Club all we want is for our writers to grow and we want Malawi to be on the same page with the international platform,\u201d said Chikoti.<\/p>\n<p>He said Santana is a huge promoter of African literature and is well connected with the African literary scene.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that apart from hosting Santana, they also have another literary session on July 7 featuring international literary session with Zukiswa Wanner and James Murua.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZukiswa is a well known African writer. She was last year\u2019s judge of Etisalat Literary Prize and she was shortlisted for the Commonwealth short story prize,\u201d said Chikoti.<\/p>\n<p>He also said Zukiswa is part of the African 38 writer and that she is of South Africa and Zimbabwean roots while Murua is from Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Chikoti, who is the Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) vice president, has also revealed that he will not contest for any position during the annual general meeting(AGM) scheduled for July 8 in Liwonde.<\/p>\n<p>Top on the agenda of the AGM are the elections of the national executive to serve the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not stand for any position in Mawu. You may wish to know that there will be elections during the AGM. I want to give a chance to others. I don\u2019t want to be associated with the notion of clinging to power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chikoti said he wants to have more time to write but also at the same time drive the Story Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have the Story Club to run and many have asked me to stand but my hands are full. I just wish those contesting all the best,\u201d said the Peer Gynt Award recipient.<\/p>\n<p>Current President Sambalikagwa Mvona has since said he will stand again.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the position of president, the other positions up for grabs during the elections are vice, secretary, treasurer and publicity secretary.<\/p>\n<p>The AGM will also elect chairpersons for the Budding, Women and Religious Writers\u2019 Desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story Club continues to engage different international players in its different projects and this weekend it will host literary sessions in Lilongwe to feature among others Stephanie Bosch Santana from USA. 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