Billy Kahora

Dr. Billy Kahora is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading's Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing. His academic research focuses on the Kenyan political novel, creative writing pedagogies in sub-Saharan Africa, African Literature realisms, and creative non-fiction. He is currently investigating the role of non-fiction political writing in the early development of the Kenyan political novel, utilizing the Heinneman Educational Books Archive and the African Writers Series held at the University of Reading’s Special Collections.

His creative work includes the non-fiction novella The True Story Of David Munyakei (2010), the short story collection The Cape Cod Bicycle War (2019), and the recently completed novel Babilon Falling. He has contributed to publications such as Chimurenga, McSweeney’s, and Granta Online, and co-edited an issue of Wasafiri exploring Human Rights Cultures.