• On 25 May Africa celebrates. And it has good reason to do so. While today is officially Africa Day, a day noting the formation in 1963 of the Organisation African Unity, now the African Union, it is worthwhile using this day to reflect on our perceptions of the continent. Africa has, through recent history, been…

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  • On importance of storytelling

    Quote from Terry Pratchett’s book A Hatful of Sky

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  • There are so many feels on this wonderfully crazy journey Samantha and Holly, once best friends, have barely spoken in two decades. Now they’re trapped together with a stranger, two dogs, and a cat, driving from California to Wisconsin. You know that in any good road trip story, where people are forced together, they have…

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  • Revenge, redemption and romance, this magical tale has it all As with all good fairy tales, The Vine Witch starts with a curse, with Elena Boureanu, a toad wallowing in a murky pond. And that’s just the beginning. Luanne G Smith’s book opens up the darkest aspects of humans, with Elena plotting murderous revenge on…

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  • Congratulations to all the writers and publishers whose works are on this year’s Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards lists for fiction and non-fiction. The abundance of talent in this country is something to celebrate. Fiction selections Barbara Adair: Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight … (Modjaji Books) Terry-Ann Adams: Those Who Live in Cages (Jacana Media) Mia…

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