My Bright Abyss: My Top Ten Plus One Reads Of 2020
I am sure most of us spent this year pretending it was not happening. So things, like books and movies, that help us escape to the republic of the mind were popular. But
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
Mphuthumi Ntabeni is trained in built environment, reads literature, history and philosophy. He lives in Cape Town. He has written two historical novels, The Broken River Tent & The Wanderers.
THIS MOURNABLE BODY_Book Review
I often have a problem with 'big issues' novels who derive their themes from the cacophony of the crowd. Not that I'm against novels that tackle pressing issues of
The Flooding: Readings of Toni Morrison and Historical Fiction
If you're looking for something to read this heritage month you probably should pick up The Broken River Tent. It reminds us how we got here from the Cape Colony Frontier
ASHES OF MEMORY
Bronwyn Davids, who used to write for the Cape Times and Cape Argus during what she calls an era of "apartheid's death watch" (from 1988 to 1992) has written
ABUJA LITERARY ARTS FESTIVAL 2020
READING CONTEMPORARY FICTION WRITERS
For the last three years or so I deliberately read more female fiction writers. I've now decided to go back into a more balanced reading, adding more male fictional writers also.