by Rian Malan (Jonathan Ball) R145.00 ISBN 978-1-86842-387-3 There are 17 different stories, the theme being Africa and I got the feeling that the author loves South Africa and has high hopes for her future. Not ordinary hopes, but something between a future shaped by a true blending of colour and language. Did “Faith like Potatoes” […]
Press Release Date: 14 November 2011 Issued by: Writers Write Title: If you own a cell phone read this Begins# Watching the cell phone companies scrambling in the wake of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) has been entertaining. These companies have a terrible reputation in South Africa. I ask people I meet which provider
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by Jenny Downham (David Fickling Books) R185, 00 ISBN: 978 0 857 56002 5 When Tom, an uptown boy, assaults and rapes his younger sister, Mikey is so angry he can’t think straight. Egged on by his best friend Mikey plots his revenge. Ellie is Tom’s sister. She leaps to her brother’s defence when he
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We’ve put together a post on 5 ways to stay gender neutral and solve problems with pronouns.
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by James Hendry (Macmillan) ISBN: 978-1-77010-130-2 A Year in the Wild will make you smile, laugh and cry. Beautifully written, the story of two brothers, Angus and Hugh MacNaughton, is set to become a South African bestseller. James Hendry has written a Spud for grown-ups. Angus and Hugh loathe each other. Their parents have somehow managed
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by Lauren Kate (Doubleday) ISBN 978 03856 1808 3 Los Angeles-based author Lauren Kate is the internationally bestselling creator of the wildly popular Fallen series. Passion is the third in the quartet of romantic paranormal novels aimed at young adults. Ethereally dark and exquisitely beautiful Luce travels back through time and history to test her
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In this post, we discuss how to beat writer’s block with help from the 4 elements.
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by Eoin Colfer (Headline) ISBN: 9780755379996 Eoin Colfer writes children’s books and is very good at this. He created Artemis Fowl. Then they employed him to write a new Hitch Hiker’s Guide. And you know, I don’t hate him for it. That’s just how good the man is. But those were in the past and
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by Thomas H. Cook (Quercus) ISBN 978 0 85738 150 7 Luke Paige, a published historian thinks he has forever escaped his toxic childhood in Glenville until he comes across the one woman who made it so – Lola Faye Gilroy. Luke believes his father had an affair with Lola Faye and that she was
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The Language Of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Macmillan) 978-0-230-75258-0 I’ve always had a problem with lavender. In fact, I’m allergic to it. I learnt in The Language of Flowers that lavender means mistrust. This book is beautifully written. I have a new understanding of the Victorian language of flowers: ivy for fidelity, marigold for grief, honeysuckle for
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