“Beautifully written … extremely powerful and important book.”
John Maytham reviews Elton Baatjies by Lester Walbrugh:
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Joy Watson speaks to CapeTalk’s John Maytham about THE OTHER ME
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Karen Jennings on Afternoon Drive with John Maytham
Listen to Karen Jennings’s moving interview with CapeTalk’s John Maytham:
‘Earlier this week, we heard that two South Africans, both of them University of Cape Town graduates, have been long-listed for the prestigious Booker Prize – Karen Jennings and Damon Galgut. Well today, we speak to Karen, who made it onto the prestigious list for her book, “An Island”, which follows the tale of an old lighthouse keeper who finds the unconscious body of a refugee on his beach.’
Dawn Garisch interviewed by CapeTalk’s Pippa Hudson
Earlier today on CapeTalk’s “On the Yellow Couch”: Dawn Garsich spoke to Pippa Hudson about her novel, Breaking Milk. Listen to the interview here: CapeTalk.
John Maytham reviews Breaking Milk by Dawn Garisch
Take a listen to the three book picks for the week by CapeTalk’s John Maytham, among them a wonderful review of Breaking Milk by Dawn Garisch: Books with John Maytham
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So many women down the ages have lain awake in the earth’s great shadow, insomniac over their progeny, their sons and daughters intent on escaping their mothers’ intractable worry.
Don’t come, Kate is told by her only child. Jess is keeping her mother at a distance on the day that her own children, conjoined twins, are to be separated during high-risk surgery in London.
Kate wakes on her farm in the Eastern Cape, torn between respecting Jess’s wishes and a longing to rush to her estranged daughter’s side.
A former geneticist disillusioned by the pressing ethical questions posed by her job, Kate is now an award-winning maker of organic cheese. She relies on the farm’s routine and the people and animals in her life to hold steady as her day teeters on a knife’s edge.
Meanwhile, her employee Nosisi’s son is undergoing initiation. Forbidden to have contact with him during this traditional passage into the world of manhood, his mother anxiously awaits his return.
Breaking Milk, Dawn Garisch’s seventh novel, is an evocative exploration of the divisions and connections between humans, animals and the environment.
ISBN: 978-0-6399942-2-2
Interview: CapeTalk’s John Maytham interviews Melissa A. Volker
Listen to Melissa A. Volker talking to John Maytham about romance, renewable energy and the happy ever after: CapeTalk interview with Melissa A. Volker.
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