AMANDA Prowse grew up in a working class British family and never expected to become a writer.
Books
Seven SA writers on the shortlist for a prestigious writing scholarship
SEVEN South African writers – Kurt Ellis, Amy Heydenrych, Mishka Hoosen, Karen Jennings, Kopano Mabaso, Megan Ross and Kagiso Lesego Molope – have made the shortlist for the Miles Morland Foundation’s 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. Continue reading
Author Russell Eldridge’s own family and history inspired his novel, Harry Mac
Harry Mac by Russell Eldridge.
AWARD-winning journalist and former newspaper editor, Russell Eldridge, has penned the book, Harry Mac, inspired by his father, Stan, who edited The Witness newspaper in Pietermaritzburg from 1961 until his death in 1974. Continue reading
Sad news: author, essayist, teacher and political activist, Lauretta Ngcobo, has died
Lauretta Ngcobo. Photo: ethekwinilivinglegends.com
AUTHOR, essayist, teacher and political activist, Lauretta Ngcobo, has died.
Adele Branch, of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, which published her books Prodigal Daughters and And They Didn’t Die, said in a statement: “We learnt this morning [yesterday] of Lauretta Ngcobo’s death. Although she has struggled with her health ever since suffering a stroke, the news still came as a shock.” Continue reading
Crimson Roses: A poignant and personal look at the horrors of World War I
Crimson Roses
PRIVATE letters written between a volunteer nurse and her best friend in World War I provide a personal perspective on a conflict which left some 17 million people dead and a further 20 million wounded.
Beatrice Keir’s letters, along with private photographs and poignant drawings and autographs by men wounded in the four-year conflict, have been compiled into the book Crimson Roses: Beatrice Fraser’s First World War Letters and Memorabilia by her grand-daughter, Fiona Polak, who lives in Howick. Continue reading
Coming-of-age stories to make you laugh and cry
Trevor Romain
TREVOR Romain’s latest literary offering, Blind Date at a Funeral (Penguin Random House), will make you laugh, remember similar events in your own life, and may even make you shed a tear or two. Continue reading
Helen Macdonald: healed by a hawk
Helen MacDonald, author of H is for Hawk.
AS a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the terminology and read all the classic books, including T. H. White’s classic, The Goshawk, which describes his struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest.
But until the death of her father, Alisdair Macdonald, a respected photojournalist, who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2007, she never imagined that she would train a Goshawk of her own. Continue reading
Celebrating Alice in Wonderland
EXCLUSIVE Books at the Liberty Midlands Mall in Pietermaritzburg is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland with a special Mad Hatter’s book party from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm on Saturday, October 31. The party is being held in conjunction with and Pan Macmillan. For more information and to book phone 033 342 2074 or email midlands@exclusivebooks.co.za
Afrikaans crime writer’s terrifying thriller adapted for the big screen
In Die Ontwakening, the role of Abel Lotz is played by Gys de Villiers.
Die Ontwaking (The Awakening), a grisly, action-packed thriller that investigates the mind and motivations of an acutely intelligent serial killer, will open in selected cinemas around the country on February 26, 2016. Continue reading
Ramsgate Literary Festival: History of KZN South Coast explored in Duncan du Bois’ Sugar and Settlers
Duncan du Bois
GOOGLE does not make someone an instant historian. That’s the view of Duncan du Bois, who has just released the book Sugar and Settlers: A History of the Natal South Coast 1850-1910. Continue reading
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