Month: February 2016
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ABOUT: Melissa Van Hal
Melissa has faced many adversities in life. Her ambition to write started at a young age but the courage to publish her writing took several years. She enjoys writing both short stories and poems but has yet to embark upon a book. Although, her peers encouraged and enjoyed reading her work she fought hard at…
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ABOUT: Nohlee Cloete
It never goes away. We just become strong enough to carry it, to let it change us for better or worse. The funeral was like any other; I cried a bit and laughed a bit, but more than anything, I grew. – My Sister Nohlee (pronounced: No-lee) Cloete was born on the 15 February 1993…
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ABOUT: Raphael d’Abdon
Dr Raphael d’Abdon is a writer, scholar, editor and translator. He holds an MA in Arts from the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and a PhD in Linguistics and Literary Studies from the University of Udine (Italy), and is currently a lecturer at the English Studies Department of UNISA. He has read his poetry in Italy,…
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ABOUT: Robyn-Jade Hosking
Robyn-Jade Hosking was born in 1991 in Fish Hoek, a sleepy seaside suburb nestled in the Cape Peninsula, but spent most of her childhood and teenage years surrounded by the lush forests of Knysna after relocating to the Garden Route. She has since moved back to Cape Town and currently manages an art gallery in…
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ABOUT: Dominic Pretorius
Dominic’s What Our Father Did is an extract from a novel-in-progress. The piece, being the opening of the novel, is an introduction to the character of Michael, a student living in contemporary Cape Town. His father left when he was a child and nobody ever explained to him why. The novel traces his learning this…
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Chat with Thabie
Short background about yourself. I was born on the 15th of January 1994 in Mafikeng (North West), spent my first two years of life in Pretoria. In 1997, we moved to the City of Roses, Bloemfontein, and I have been living there ever since. I went to Eunice Primary and High…
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ABOUT: Wanda Verster
Wanda Verster is an architect, an academic and a writer (in training). She lives in Bloemfontein and is deeply connected to this strange central town that tries to be a city. She developed a love for stories through the influence of her Grandparents, who loved history, her mother who read to her from an early…
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ABOUT: Khalida Moosa
Khalida is a stay-at-home mom who has little inclination for cooking, sewing or baking. She is a wordsmith and loves the musicality and rhythm of the written word. She is also an avid reader and enjoys sharing good reads. Khalida currently hosts a community book club in the South of Johannesburg. Her poem was inspired…