Poetry
Watervlerk (Tafelberg, 2003)
Afrikaans poetry
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Fluisterklip (Lapa, 2008)
Afrikaans poetry
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Die dood is 'n mooi blou blom
(Pandora Boeke, 2009) Available as ebook on Amazon. lovely blue flower this morning trembling prayers: summers irretrievably past uninterrupted blue like thundery weather above roof ridges, trees of similar feather no denial of flight death is a high C clamorous woodpecker’s fearless aria in the empty air a spot of sun splintered by mirrors crumbling evanescence death is a lovely blue flower of immediate wordlessness the tongue dies instantly and silence settles like a butterfly on blue calyxes death is a word gone astray that mocks in a calyx of colours in mirrors indefinably distorted and you suspect release is as far as loss can be outside a flower lies near the door birds frightened from trees have lost their way. (translated by Charl J.F. Cilliers) |
in a burning sea (Protea, 2014)
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in a burning sea
(Protea, 2014) Anthology of contemporary Afrikaans poems in translation, edited by Marlise Joubert Available online here |
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Waar die oog van stil word
(Protea Boekhuis, 2016) Resensies hier en op die Nederlandse webwerf Meander. Digstringe (vrae oor die digproses) op Versindaba. Reading / voorlesing en bespreking op Vers en Klank. |
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'n Uitdaging om in die veertig dae tussen wintersonnewending en my verjaarsdag, elke dag 'n gedig of rympie te skryf - hier is die resultaat.
A challenge to write a poem or rhyme each of the forty days between winter solstice and my birthday A challenge to write a poem or rhyme each of the forty days between winter solstice and my birthday - here is the result | ||
Prose
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Simon Says (Colour and Quill, 2015)
English novel As prelude to a piece of short fiction in A Blink of the Screen Terry Pratchett writes: "This was one of those letting-off-steam things: you underwent what the late Patrick Campbell used to call rigours of life, and instead of taking it out on somebody, you wrote it down..." When Simon's attempts at finishing his next novel are constantly interrupted by inappropriate deliveries and unsolicited phone calls, he takes revenge. His motto? Don't mess with me, I'm a writer. As he keeps on fictionalising people who have angered him, he realises that his stories are more powerful than he thought - they are influencing reality. A neighbour dies; a woman loses her job; a car crashes. Will he stop before someone he loves is hurt or is it already too late? Can he unwrite reality? And where does his ex-neighbour's ugly dog fit into the story? Available on Kobo and on Amazon |
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Skrik op die lyf - Deborah Steinmair & Gerda Taljaard (ed.)
(NB Uitgewers 2016) "A collection of horror stories about ghosts, hauntings, conjuring, poltergeists, wandering spirits, fortune tellers, stigmata, miracles, seers, séances, sangomas, tokoloshes, djinns, ghostly lights and all that's unexplained. Noted yarn spinners like Kerneels Breytenbach, Henning Pieterse, Jaco Jacobs, Marion Holm and Marié Heese will scare you out of your wits." Kortverhaal ingesluit: "Stoor" - Ilse van Staden |
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Hartlam - Deborah Steinmair & Gerda Taljaard (ed.)
(NB Uitgewers 2017)
"In hierdie bundel sal jy vergeefs soek na voorspelbaarheid. Want die liefde het vele gesigte, en nie almal is mooi nie.
Kerneels Breytenbach, Christine Barkhuizen Le-Roux, Erika Murray-Theron, Martin Botha, Helene de Kock, Keina Swart, Jaco Jacobs en vele meer skryf oor die liefde in al sy vele gedaantes: moederliefde, onvoorwaardelike liefde, gewelddadige liefde, verbode liefde, erotiese liefde, obsessiewe liefde, kalwerliefde, besitlike liefde, naasteliefde, onbeantwoorde liefde, waansinnige liefde, liefde tot die dood toe ...
Want die liefde verdra alles, maar die liefde het dikwels tande."
Kortverhaal ingesluit: "Koms van die blou fiets" - Ilse van Staden
(NB Uitgewers 2017)
"In hierdie bundel sal jy vergeefs soek na voorspelbaarheid. Want die liefde het vele gesigte, en nie almal is mooi nie.
Kerneels Breytenbach, Christine Barkhuizen Le-Roux, Erika Murray-Theron, Martin Botha, Helene de Kock, Keina Swart, Jaco Jacobs en vele meer skryf oor die liefde in al sy vele gedaantes: moederliefde, onvoorwaardelike liefde, gewelddadige liefde, verbode liefde, erotiese liefde, obsessiewe liefde, kalwerliefde, besitlike liefde, naasteliefde, onbeantwoorde liefde, waansinnige liefde, liefde tot die dood toe ...
Want die liefde verdra alles, maar die liefde het dikwels tande."
Kortverhaal ingesluit: "Koms van die blou fiets" - Ilse van Staden
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More Than One Way to Kill a Cat (Colour and Quill, 2019)
Cosy mystery novel “Well, thought Harry, did you want to hear my list? A snail plague, an unsolicited pet, a missing client, a missing spade, noises in the dark, a whole nest of dead cat and kittens, and – did I mention it? – another missing client! Talk about being over it.” Harry is a gardener, who occasionally has to kill things for a living – weeds, insects, snails. This makes him a murderer, according to his five-year old daughter Martha. She wants a snail for a pet, before he “petticides” it. But a cat will also do. On the same day that Martha’s pet arrives, Harry discovers something buried in a client’s garden. But then the client disappears. While Harry is confronted with deaths and disappearances, his wife Nancy goes on a wild goose chase searching for the meaning behind the find. Harry learns there is no easy answer to the question: when is killing murder? |
