Coconut is a book I have often picked up in the shops, and like many books I'll review in this project, just never got around to buying. When I found it in my favourite second hand book shop in Salt River, Blank Books, I couldn't resist. It has been about a month since I finished the… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15: Book 13: Kopano Matlwa: Coconut →

Growing up, my sister and I often spent weekends at my paternal grandmother's house. Granny Moira, loved to read and do crosswords. She had an amazing flat in Umhlanga Rocks with a massive balcony and swimming pool. Whilst we didn't always see eye to eye, I have so many happy memories of lying on the… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15: Book 12: Helena S. Paige: A Girl Walks Into a Bar →

It has been a while since I've done any reviews. I normally read at least one book a week, and it has taken me nearly six to read the last one. This has a lot to do with trying to do #NaNoWriMo (and failing), and the fact that I've had a rough time in my… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15 Book 11: Lava Lamp Poems: Colleen Higgs →

My mom is a voracious reader. My first memories of learning to read are sitting in bed with her as she read to me, and then slowly learning to read back to her. She is always reading at least one book (normally more than one) and since she's got her kindle I'm too scared to… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15: Book 10: Redi Tlhabi: Endings and Beginnings →

This year I went to Rocking the Daisies, a music festival on a wine farm in the Western Cape of South Africa. I take a book everywhere with me, and I duly took this one along, but I never believed that I'd get a chance to read it that weekend. But, it was COOKING hot.… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15: Book 9: Rachel Zadok: Gem Squash Tokoloshe →

After reading Petina Gappah's collection of short stories, I went straight onto another one - this time one that was a little more awkward to read on the train. The Short Sharp Stories collection was drawn from submissions to the competition (which you can still enter until the end of November) in 2014. This was… Continue reading Read Women Write 2014/15: Book 8: The Short Sharp Stories Collection →