Melancholic May — the threads have started to unravel
This morning, Facebook reminded me of a post I shared last year when my friend Kutloano came to visit me when I came home from hospital. It’s quite fitting then, that she also went back to the Pretoria Urology Centre with me last week for my check-ups. But the...
Teacher Appreciation Week: Shout out to the teachers who made me (Video)
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, where we remember all the amazing teachers that helped make us who we are. In this phenomenal TED Talk (below), Rita Pierson says the following: Teaching and learning should bring joy. How powerful would our world be if we had...
New Zealand road trip 2017: The vantastic life of Sean and Annetjie (part 1)
That time we went on a road trip around New Zealand … in a campervan “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off...
“We learn from stories”: report from Saffron book launch in Johannesburg
Saffron book launch enjoys a massive turnout Last Sunday, I attended the launch of Saffron: a collection of personal narratives by Muslim women. I was invited by a friend who is also a contributor to the collection, Khaleeda Moosa. Scroll down for tweets...
Bibliotheraphy Thursday: Only Child by Rhiannon Navin (Video)
Welcome to Bibliotherapy Thursday, where I will recommend books to suit your moods. Before I go on, I must make a disclaimer. I am not a medical doctor or a registered therapist. I cannot give advice on mental health, nor will I even attempt to do so. If...
Human Rights Day 2018: 5 books to commemorate Sharpeville
Human Rights Day 2018 comes at a time when apathy threatens to destroy and divide us. Here are 5 books that will help us understand what the day really means. Human Rights Day: Remembering the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 As I’m writing...
South Africa Library Week 2018: What the library means to me
I remember the first time I went to the library. Yes, I see you calling bullshit, but it’s the truth. It was before I went to school. My mom took me with her to the public library, where she used to take out Afrikaans novels. I can’t remember what she...
Hello limbo, my old friend
The purpose of this story on limbo is not to make you feel sorry for me. If sympathy is your default setting, stop. I don’t want it. I just want to write through this. I don’t remember a time that I didn’t want to run away from home. My skin...
How books saved a young man from drugs: Book review of The Pavement Bookworm by Philani Dladla
Featured in Expound: my review of The Pavement Bookworm by Philani Dladla: Meet the Pavement Bookworm Philani Dladla’s story first started to make waves in 2014/15 when the world took an interest in a young man standing at a robot on Empire Road,...Daily Words
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My grandmother sends her regards and apologises will make you laugh, cry, scream, curl up in a ball, cry again and eventually, smile.
Full review: https://reviewsonatrain.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/book-review-my-grandmother-sends-her-reg...
Grey Magic by JT Lawrence: An enchanting read about a modern-day witch
For the record, Raven Kane is a goddess. More accurately, she’s a witch from Joburg with a Twitter account; a modern-day sorceress with a herb garden, a menagerie of...
