patrick ochieng
@ptrckochieng.bsky.social
Lawyer. Author. Avid Reader.
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Author of- Playing A Dangerous Game in 2021(Norton Young Readers) , Displaced 2025 (Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishers) Translated into Portuguese FTD educacao Brazil.
https://www.accordliterary.co.uk/
Author of- Playing A Dangerous Game in 2021(Norton Young Readers) , Displaced 2025 (Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishers) Translated into Portuguese FTD educacao Brazil.
Displaced is a Earphones Award Winner.
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Displaced is a Earphones Award Winner.
No greater artist than nature.
September 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No greater artist than nature.
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Time for another Things That Happened Thursday, my occasional roundup of stuff I meant to post about sooner!
First up: DISPLACED by Patrick Ochieng is out in the US! Kirkus's starred review called this MG novel about hope in impossible circumstances "outstanding."
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First up: DISPLACED by Patrick Ochieng is out in the US! Kirkus's starred review called this MG novel about hope in impossible circumstances "outstanding."
lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...
August 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Time for another Things That Happened Thursday, my occasional roundup of stuff I meant to post about sooner!
First up: DISPLACED by Patrick Ochieng is out in the US! Kirkus's starred review called this MG novel about hope in impossible circumstances "outstanding."
lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...
First up: DISPLACED by Patrick Ochieng is out in the US! Kirkus's starred review called this MG novel about hope in impossible circumstances "outstanding."
lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...
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Book Digest: Alain Mabanckou, Jackson P. Brown, Markus Redmond, Patrick Ochieng
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Book Digest: Alain Mabanckou, Jackson P. Brown, Markus Redmond, Patrick Ochieng
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Alain Mabanckou, Jackson P. Brown, Markus Redmond, and Patrick Ochieng.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Book Digest: Alain Mabanckou, Jackson P. Brown, Markus Redmond, Patrick Ochieng
#NewBooks #Fiction
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#NewBooks #Fiction
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Happy Book Birthday: August New Releases
The school year is about to begin! Welcome students back to the classroom with these fiction and nonfiction August releases.
The school year is about to begin! Welcome students back to the classroom with these fiction and nonfiction August releases.
Happy Book Birthday: August New Releases
The school year is about to begin! Welcome students back to the classroom with these fiction and nonfiction August releases.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy Book Birthday: August New Releases
The school year is about to begin! Welcome students back to the classroom with these fiction and nonfiction August releases.
The school year is about to begin! Welcome students back to the classroom with these fiction and nonfiction August releases.
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In Feb, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. (BCALA) and SLJ have revealed the winners of the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.
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BCALA, SLJ Announce 2025 Winners of the Children & Youth Literary Awards
The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. and School Library Journal announce the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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"Bluesky is dead."
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
June 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Bluesky is dead."
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
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A starred review for, Displaced. Out on 5th August 2025. Available for preorder in most major outlets In the USA
A starred review for, Displaced. Out on 5th August 2025. Available for preorder in most major outlets In the USA
DISPLACED | Kirkus Reviews
In a suburb of the Kenyan city of Eldoret, 14-year-old Kimathi escapes the men with machetes who killed his father during the post-election violence of 2007-2008.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A starred review for, Displaced. Out on 5th August 2025. Available for preorder in most major outlets In the USA
A starred review for, Displaced. Out on 5th August 2025. Available for preorder in most major outlets In the USA
Re-engaging Emezi and loving it!
May 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Re-engaging Emezi and loving it!
Great image by literatuftd
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Great image by literatuftd
Displaced, also available on netgalley.
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Displaced
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March 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Displaced, also available on netgalley.
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Congo's Foreign Min gave this intvw to Sky in London last night. Rwanda's sponsorship of European football clubs was one of the issues she tackled. "Is this what you stand for?" she asked Arsenal/Bayern M/Paris SG, pointing out that 3,000 have now died.1/2
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A conversation with Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DRC
YouTube video by Sans Frontieres Associates
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February 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congo's Foreign Min gave this intvw to Sky in London last night. Rwanda's sponsorship of European football clubs was one of the issues she tackled. "Is this what you stand for?" she asked Arsenal/Bayern M/Paris SG, pointing out that 3,000 have now died.1/2
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Displaced book by Patrick Ochieng
Buy a cheap copy of Displaced book by Patrick Ochieng. Fourteen-year-old Kimathi has a comfortable life in the suburbs of western Kenya--until a contentious election explodes into violence. His father...
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February 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Available at:https://quatrocincoum.com.br/livro/deslocados/
February 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I will miss Rasna Warah, Kenyan journalist, author, polemicist and whistleblower, dead too soon, of cancer. Here remembered with inimitable style by Kwamchetsi Makokha, himself one of Kenya's most under rated writers: eastleighvoice.co.ke/opinion/1040...
Rasna Warah: Losing my big sister, who was not mad
"Rasna loved Kenya and bled from each cut the country received. She convened the grief support group after Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto entered the presidenc...
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January 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I will miss Rasna Warah, Kenyan journalist, author, polemicist and whistleblower, dead too soon, of cancer. Here remembered with inimitable style by Kwamchetsi Makokha, himself one of Kenya's most under rated writers: eastleighvoice.co.ke/opinion/1040...
My latest novel.
December 7, 2024 at 4:49 AM
My latest novel.
Brazilian portuguese translation of Displaced now out.
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Brazilian portuguese translation of Displaced now out.
Now available on amazon and other sellers.
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November 19, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Now available on amazon and other sellers.
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