Quotable – J.G. Ballard
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Book Review – From Locker Room to Boardroom
by Ross van Reenan (Zebra Press)  ISBN: 978-1-77022-331-8 Do you know that Kobus Wiese, Springbok lock and 1995 World Cup winner, started a successful coffee-shop franchise? I am a coffee lover and can testify to the quality of Wiese’s coffee. Bob Skinstad, eighth man and once Springbok captain is a familiar face on television as a
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Book Review – Huberta’s Journey
by Cecily van Straten (Tafelberg) ISBN 978-0-62-4-05502-0 This is a fictionalised account of the story of Huberta the hippopotamus, one of the most famous animals in South African history. Huberta left her waterhole in the St. Lucia Estuary in Natal in 1928. She set off on the 1600 km journey to the Eastern Cape –
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Book Review – The 500
by Matthew Quirk (Headline) ISBN 9780755387410. The 500Â will take you on a rollercoaster ride from page one. Mike Ford was raised streetwise. His father taught him the tricks of the trade of how to con people. Having learnt the hard way, he decides to go straight and manages to qualify as a lawyer from Harvard.
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Literary Birthday – 14 November – P. J. O’Rourke
P. J. O’Rourke was born 14 November 1947 and died 15 February 2022.
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30 Inspiring Tips For National Novel Writing Month
Writing 1667 words a day for 30 days during the month of November – also known as NaNoWriMo – is a good way to add discipline to your writing schedule.  Here are 30 tips to inspire you if you get stuck.
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