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A South African crime writer on the resurgence of authoritarianism, fanaticism, and hate in the US and South Africa.
Book News & Interviews

A South African crime writer on the resurgence of authoritarianism, fanaticism, and hate in the US and South Africa.

These days the world is seen increasingly—by white right-wingers—as split between ‘those who belong’ and ‘those who don’t belong’. This…

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January 22, 2021
Conyer Returns to Roots for Debut
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Conyer Returns to Roots for Debut

In Natalie Conyer’s novel debut, PRESENT TENSE—the first book in the Schalk Lourens Mystery series—veteran cop Schalk Lourens wants a…

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January 3, 2021
Random lockdown thoughts
From Cape Town With Love

Random lockdown thoughts

I forget sometimes that we’re still in a state of National Disaster, here in South Africa. At other times the…

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October 1, 2020
On hope, hardship and the ‘Jerusalema’ phenomenon
From Cape Town With Love

On hope, hardship and the ‘Jerusalema’ phenomenon

“Mom,” said my teenage son, Al, on Saturday morning, “it sounds like a pre-teen party happening in the kitchen.” Listening…

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September 24, 2020
<strong>Gains and losses… lockdown level 2</strong>
From Cape Town With Love

Gains and losses… lockdown level 2

As for losses, where do I start? My tendency is to drag along the losses like my own road-kill roped…

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August 24, 2020
On Hugs and Touch
From Cape Town With Love

On Hugs and Touch

I stepped over the threshold. She was ready. Smiling. Her arms stretched out. I stopped, stood, petrified as a Pompei…

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August 7, 2020
A Day of (Rony) Rest
From Cape Town With Love

A Day of (Rony) Rest

My head has been particularly ADD… flipping from one idea to the next… hardly finished typing a sentence before another…

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July 26, 2020
Today is Panic Day, or is it?
From Cape Town With Love

Today is Panic Day, or is it?

I heard on the radio that today is Panic Day, a day to acknowledge the stress in our bodies, the…

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July 11, 2020
For Zoom lovers, and crime fiction fans
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For Zoom lovers, and crime fiction fans

I’ve done quite a bit of Zooming, over the past few months, enjoyed and learned from every meeting and webinar,…

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July 5, 2020
My Coronavirus melt-down
From Cape Town With Love

My Coronavirus melt-down

Some people (including my late mother) would not be seen dead in their pyjamas. I, on the other hand, these…

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June 25, 2020
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