Last Performance at The Bookworm - Live With Myself & Yang Wenliang
The bookworm was a trending bookstore and restaurant in Beijing, known to host a number of book launches, concerts, talks and open mics; as well as offer a range of Chinese and international translated literature. The Store has since shut down, but the space the bookstore provided remains sacrosanct in the hearts of Beijing’s artists, expatriates, and literary voices.
Interview: The Gargoyle By Andrew Davidson
I sat down to interview Andrew Davidson five years after consuming his New York times best seller. The humility of it all put me in a position where I was able to inquire of his work sincerely, and upon reexamination of The Gargoyle a few subtle details stood out to me.
Review: Always Another Country - By Sisonke Msimang
A deeply personal and introspective memoir on life lived across boarders. Sisonke Msimang’s, Always Another Country speaks of a new generation of black South Africans…addressing the sudden emergence of blacks who are unapologetic and sum-what accustomed to privilege
Review: Max Porter -Grief is The Thing With Feathers
Max Porter explores the state of grief through fragmented prose, famously described by its publisher Faber & Faber as "part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief." "Grief," Porter writes, "… is everything. It is the fabric of selfhood, and beautifully chaotic. It shares mathematical characteristics with many natural forms.”
Review: Peter Crane - Ginkgo - The Tree That Time Forgot
Inspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London’s Kew Gardens since the 1760s, renowned botanist Peter Crane has explored the history of the ginkgo from its origin, proliferation and spread across the planet, to its decline, near extinction and ultimate resurgence
Review: Red Cotton Vangile Gantsho
Chronicling a jaw dropping performance at this Years South African Book Fair, where activist and co-founder of impepho press, Vangile Gantsho read from her poetry collection Red Cotton (Published 2018) , delivering a timely performance in line with the recent uproar on the issue of violence against women.
Review: 1947 -
When Now Begins,
by Elisabeth Åsbrink
On the eve of September 9th, 2019, Swedish Ambassador Ms Cecilia Julin in collaboration with the team of the poetry collective Hear My Voice, hosted a reception at the Swedish residency in honor of the Sweden_South Africa Literary Exchange. The evening featured a short reading, Q&A, and discussion with Swedish journalist and author Elisabeth Åsbrink who read from her historical novel 1947: When Now Begins