Lillian Tindyebwa

Lillian Tindyebwa is a Ugandan writer living in Kampala. She is the author of numerous books, notably the novel '' Recipe for Disaster'',Emmanuel Anyole
"Recipe for Disaster (by Lillian Tindyebwa)"
africabookclub.com, 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2014. published in 1994 as part of the Fountain youth series. She is a founding member of FEMRITE,Lillian Tindyebwa
femriteug.org. Retrieved 22 April 2014. and the founder of Uganda Faith Writers Association.Meaghan Zang
"Purpose Driven Publishing in Uganda, an Interview with Author Lillian Tindyebwa"
MAI (Media Associates International), 6 May 2013.

Early life and education

Lillian Tindyebwa has said: "I was influenced through reading, and I grew up reading many books at home. My late father was a teacher of English and, although he never wrote, he read a lot. When I was in primary school, I particularly remember coming across an old copy of Bunyan's ''Pilgrims Progress'' among his things and reading it. I had often thought that I could be a writer, especially during my secondary school. For some unknown reason, possibly due to lack of role models, I did not get around to putting pen on paper until much later in my life."

She holds an MA in literature from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda."Tindyebwa Lillian , Assistant Lecturer (Lit& Ling)"
Kabale University.

Writing career

Tindyebwa's novel ''Recipe for Disaster'' (1994), published by Fountain Publishers, is used as a reader in secondary schools in Uganda. It is part of the Fountain youth series. She has written three children stories: ''A Day to Remember'' (2008), ''A Will to Win'' (2008) and ''Maggie’s Friends'' (2008). They are all published by Macmillan Publishers. Her short story "Looking for my Mother" is published in a FEMRITE anthology, ''A Woman’s Voice''. Other short stories in FEMRITE anthologies are: "Hard Truth" in ''Words from a Granary'', "Endless Distance" in ''World of their Own'', "Just a Note" and "Gift of a Letter", included in ''Talking Tales. True life stories of women'', also published in FEMRITE anthologies are "Betrayed by Fate", "Beyond the Dance and the Music", which are about FGM in Kapchorwa, Eastern Uganda, and "Dance with a Wolf" in ''I Dare to Say''.FEMRITE's Lillian Tindyebwa February 17, 2009
afrolit.com. Retrieved 22 April 2014. She facilitated a writing workshop at Littworld 2012, in Nairobi."The smiles are warm"
littworldonline.org, 29 November 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

Other activities

From 2009 she was a member of the jury committee of the Burt Award for African Literature for Children's Book Project for Tanzania, sponsored by CODE Canada.Jury
, codecan.org. Retrieved 22 April 2014. She also assisted in training the participating writers in creative writing skills. She is the Director of Uganda Faith Writers Association,Lillian Tindyebwa
, ugandafaithwritersassociation.blogspot.com. Retrieved 22 April 2014. an organisation that trains and develops Christian writing and publishing.Lillian Tindyebwa
transculturalwriting.com. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

She works as a lecturer in Literature and Linguistics at Kabale University in South-Western Uganda."Lillian Tindyebwa"
transculturalwriting.com. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

She is married to Stephen and they have five children. She lives in Kampala, Uganda.

Published works

Novels

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Children's books

*''A Time to Remember'', Macmillan Publishers, 2008.
*''Maggie's Friends'', Macmillan Publishers, 2008.
*''A Will to Win'', Macmillan Publishers, 2008.

Short stories

*"Endless Distance", in
* "Beyond the Music and the Dance", in
*"Life Goes On", and "The Second family", in
* "The Hard Truth", in
*"One Day in the Classroom", in
*"Mocked by Fate", in
*"Just a Note", in
* "Hard Truth", in
* "Looking for My Mother", in
"Wind under my sails"

Poems

* Peace, in
"God is here"

References

External links

*John Musinguzi
"Women writers want their own publishing house"
''The Observer'' (Uganda), 5 July 2010.
"Ugandan authors coming up but questions on quality remain"
''The Independent'' (Uganda), 29 September 2009.
*Dennis D. Muhumuza
"At 'sweet 16', Femrite waves Uganda’s literature flag high"
''Sunday Monitor'', 20 May 2012.
* Sophie Alal
"A short history of women’s writing in Uganda"
''The Stray Bullet'', 27 November 2009.
"Redeeming the Night: War-traumatized youth find healing at writing camp""Purpose Driven Publishing in Uganda, an Interview with Author Lillian Tindyebwa"

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Living people
Ugandan women writers
Makerere University alumni
Ugandan novelists
Ugandan women novelists
Ugandan women short story writers
Ugandan short story writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Ugandan women writers