EP 87 - Kirsten & Aiyven Mbawa - Using Technology the “Right Way”

This is a podcast first for me : chatting with two inspiring young ladies!   Many parents, when trying to monitor their child’s tech usage, do so from a place of fear. It’s not their fault, it’s just that they have not grown up in the digital age, so they are not really parenting from experience.   In this episode I am chatting to Kirsten & Aiyven Mbawa who have become published authors and also they run their own subscription box business; and they say that all of this would have been made much harder without technology.   We talk about technology, what it takes to juggle school work and all their other responsibilities & past times, and how they manage to achieve a healthy - but necessary reliance on technology.   Want to know more? Then Grab a cuppa - and keep listening! ~~~ More about Kirsten and Aiyven Mbawa : Welcome! We are Kirsten and Aiyven of Mbawa Books. We live in Northampton with our parents, youngest sister Kaitlyn, pet cat Zaki and pet pigeon Gus. It’s fair to say we are voracious readers or book addicts if you like with a bit of a thing for getting others to catch the reading bug☺.  Sagas of Anya by Kirsten & Land Of The Nurogons by Aiyven are our debut middle-grade novels. Our books started life as entries to the 2019 BBC 500 Words writing contest. Even though we weren't successful, we turned our entries into middle-grade novels which are now on sale on Amazon & our website. You may have watched our reviews of children, middle-grade or young adult books on YouTube, Facebook or Instagram. Or you may have seen us on Channel 4, Steph's Packed Lunch, BBC Look East, Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Daily Express, Daily Mirror or even in The WeekJnr magazine. Whichever way, we're sure by now, you get the idea that we are mad about books. And that is why after having published our books, we decided to launch a book subscription box for kids 8-14 years old. The mission? The vision? To promote literacy and diversity in middle-grade literature. Happier Every Chapter, is the ideal book subscription box for tween or young teen bookworms! ~~~~
 How to Contact Kirsten & Aiyven : 📍 50% OFF & BONUS Book with 1st BOX on 6/12 month plans : CODE : FIRSTBOX50 Tel: +44 (0) 7949 820 944 W : www.mbawabooks.co.uk E: [email protected] Shop : https://www.mbawabooks.co.uk/collections Facebook | Instagram | Twitter: @mbawabooks Books mentioned during this episode : 📍Sagas of Anya : by Kirsten Mbawa 📍Land Of The Nurogons: Zest for Quest : by Aiyven Mbawa ~~~~
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