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Melancholic May — the threads have started to unravel

Melancholic May — the threads have started to unravel

by Anna Stroud | May 17, 2018 | Memoir, Non-fiction, Ramblings, Random

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...
“We learn from stories”: report from Saffron book launch in Johannesburg

“We learn from stories”: report from Saffron book launch in Johannesburg

by Anna Stroud | Apr 14, 2018 | Books, Creative Writing, Food, Memoir, Non-fiction, Short Stories, South Africa

  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...
Hello limbo, my old friend

Hello limbo, my old friend

by Anna Stroud | Feb 2, 2018 | Creative Writing, Memoir, South Africa, writing

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

How books saved a young man from drugs: Book review of The Pavement Bookworm by Philani Dladla

by Anna Stroud | Jan 24, 2018 | Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, Non-fiction, South Africa

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,...
Book review of Through a Black Iris: Alick Chingapi writes about his travels from Cairo to Cape Town

Book review of Through a Black Iris: Alick Chingapi writes about his travels from Cairo to Cape Town

by Anna Stroud | Jun 1, 2017 | Book Reviews, Books, Creative Writing, Culture, Memoir, Travel

  Alick Chingapi has a writing voice that will take him places.   Meet travel writer, Alick Chingapi   Alick Chingapi’s debut book Through a Black Iris — part memoir, part travelogue — is an absorbing account of the author’s trek from Cairo...
This year has not been a complete waste of time so far

This year has not been a complete waste of time so far

by Anna Stroud | May 25, 2017 | Creative Writing, Memoir

  A health scare had me frozen on the spot for months but now, I finally feel like I can start 2017 afresh.   A health scare in China   In March this year, Sean and I moved to China where he started a new job at an international school in Changzhou....

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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
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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.

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