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My Day Just Got Better … 20 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
…. a friend sent me this sighting of Balthasars Vermaechtnis in the wild: Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that if a novel with your novel name on it is spotted in a bookshop, you can safel...
Have No Words 5 Jul 2013 | 07:46 pm
I used them up writing this: For fun, here’s the back too: I love the tagline: Das Verbrechen ist ein Virus.
Recent Beautiful Things 28 Jun 2013 | 07:53 pm
The Taksim Square book club Unions against Page 3 Songs for Madiba Wendy Davis This
South Africa – Time for a New Freedom 23 Jun 2013 | 12:08 pm
Yesterday, Dr Ramphele launched Agang, a new political party that will contest the 2014 election. She said: I am inspired by a burning ambition to aim higher.To expect excellence in education, in hea...
From There to Here 22 Jun 2013 | 11:14 am
Anyone remember The Cool White Room of Peace? I was there this week. Lying there, with someone drilling inside my head, specks of spit hitting me in the face, the numb slug of my tongue in my mouth, I...
Breaking News 9 Apr 2013 | 08:20 pm
Breaking my long-term blog silence (motto: don’t apologise, don’t explain) with this amazing breaking news of a traditional wedding that took place recently in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The happy c...
7 Things That Make me Happy on International Women’s Day 8 Mar 2013 | 03:54 pm
It is easy to feel depressed on International Women’s Day – the scale of women’s oppression never seems to lessen, brutal rapes and murders continue to happen daily, girls are refused education or for...
News in Brief 20 Jan 2013 | 12:22 pm
On The Wire My obsession with The Wire has reached its peak, as we enter Season Five. I have lost many hours of sleep to this series. It may even be better than sleep. So far, I can’t decide if I love...
My Word for 2013 is … 3 Jan 2013 | 01:50 pm
… clarity. 2012 was a good year in many ways – I signed a publishing contract, started working full time again, read lots of great books, attended my first writers’ conference, had a fabulous three-we...
Chased by a Rhino 6 Dec 2012 | 07:12 pm
I hitch-hiked from Narbonne to Perpignan in the back of a fish-truck. I sold dolls that wee in a supermarket in Bloubergstrand. I was chased by a rhino. I met a naval officer who was dancing in a foun...
