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Who’s who of SA crime fiction
Who’s who of SA crime fiction (Photo by Jan Antonin Kolar on Unsplash) This list includes writers who are published by conventional publishing houses and those who have self-published. Wilna ADRIAANSE A well-known Afrikaans writer, Adriaanse has published both romantic and crime fiction novels, some of which have been translated…
Windgat – an interview with Dugald Macdonald
Windgat – Dugald Macdonald with his bestseller In a wonderfully frank interview that’s not at all windgat, Dugald talks about getting the idea for his book, researching it, writing it, and watching it become a bestseller. Most importantly, he’s got interesting things to say about the writing process. So Dugald,…
The word knob
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard someone use the word knob – as in ‘you knob’, ‘you idiot’ – let alone write it. So when it popped up recently in a student’s assignment, I was intrigued. Was the word making a come-back? Decades ago, in the early 1960s,…
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