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Book Extract: Women Out Of Water – Horse, Or Of Pain And Paddocks

This extract is taken from the beginning of Horse, story one in the short story collection Women Out Of Water by Sally Cranswick (published by Modjaji Books). Published by permission. The man put the rug on its back. The young...

Author Interview: Sally Cranswick – Women Out Of Water, Or Depths Worth Exploring

By BRUCE DENNILL In the ten short stories in Women Out Of Water, published by Modjaji Books, Sally Cranswick pulls aside the covers to let readers into the lives of women thrown out of their comfort zones. With chilling clarity...

Author Interview: Lynn Joffe – The Gospel According To Wanda B Lazarus, Or It’s All About Who Jew Know

The Gospel According To Wanda B Lazarus by Lynn Joffe is a funny, feminist take on the myth of the Wandering Jew. Wanda freewheels through the ages, relating musically-charged, irreverent tales in her quest to become the tenth muse....

Writing: Colleen Higgs – My Mother, My Madness, Or Processed Via Publishing

By COLLEEN HIGGS My new book, my mother, my madness arose from a secret blog I started in the early days of taking care of my mother. Reflecting on it now, writing in a notebook or journal is different from...

Book Extract: Will by Barbara Adair – Airport Observations, Or Flight Of Fancy

Will: The Passenger Delaying Flight by Barbara Adair, published by Modjaji Books, is available now. This excerpt is published by permission. Volker walks slowly, and sometimes he walks fast, across the airport concourse, his speed, and the way he...

Book Extract: There Goes English Teacher, Or Interesting Korea Change

This is an extract from There Goes English Teacher by Karin Cronje (below), published by Modjaji Books. “Victoria, I’m going to Korea!” “Where’s that?” “Above us somewhere.” Victoria and I are crouched on the loo in my son’s bathroom,...

Author Interview: The Beautement Of Minutia, Or One Day Is One Day

Tiah Beautement’s This Day has been described as “exquisitely written” and has met with critical acclaim for its honest, nuanced portrayal of depression. A subtle, lyrical, and deeply emotional chronicle of an ordinary couple trying to survive in the wake…

Books: Extract From This Day By Tiah Beautement

Turning to go into the house, I spot the remaining chard, still waiting to be planted. I rush over, kneeling down beside their wee leaves with red and yellow stems. Footsteps come up behind me. ‘Ma’am, I would be happy…

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