TNSH Signing at the CTBF
I’m scheduled to sign copies of The New Suffolk Hymnbook at the Jacana stand during the Cape Town Book Fair, on Sunday 17 June at 1pm. Here is the poster Jacana has designed to promote the stint:
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Boswestblog Goes on (Brief) Sabbatical
Boswestblog will be on sabbatical for the rest of the month, while urgent literary and other matters are attended to.
In the interim, we present this special compilation of the “Boswestblog Top Ten” - as chosen by YT (no, not Air Togo, the Yukon Territory, or yellowTab) - for your perusal.
Peruse, peruse!
- The New Suffolk Hymnbook My novel, of course.
- The Laddy Jones Story Part One Short fiction involving Arsenal FC.
- Mandela’s Ego Reviewed by YT.
- Gasping Fish The B-blog logo.
- Notes from the Cape Town Book Fair Haiku by Gus Ferguson.
- Here Comes the Coda: Green Man & Silver Jews Prose paen by YT.
- Eid-ul-Fitr 1427, Rylands, Cape Town As reported by YT.
- Memories of the Ford Administration (Discontinued) Pertaining to YT’s youth.
- My Near West A photo-mosaic of sorts.
- Against Poets & Writers A rant of sorts.
Tags: Air Togo, Arsenal, Ben Oswest, Cape Town, Cape Town Book Fair, Eid, Eid ul Fitr, Gasping Fish, Gerald Ford, Green Man, Gus Ferguson, Haiku, Mandelas Ego, Poetry, Poets & Writers, Rylands, Silver Jews, South Africa, South African Literature, The Green Man Festival, The Laddy Jones Story Part One, The Margin, The New Suffolk Hymnbook, yellowTab, Yukon Territory
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Pulpit, Slave Church, Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa. Single exposure (Nikon 990), “raw� jpeg - no editing, cropping, “developing�, etc.
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Book Launched: Anatomy of South Africa
Political commentator Richard Calland’s new book, Anatomy of South Africa - Who Holds the Power? was launched last night at Relish, a restauraunt-cum-bar which afforded decent wine, tepid hors d’oeuvres, a great view of the sunset over Lion’s Head, and rather cramped quarters for the 100+ crowd that turned out.
Tags: Alison Tilley, Anatomy of South Africa, Cape Town, Collette Hersenberg, Craig Tyson, David Schalkwyk, Gaye Davis, Jean Meeran, Jeremy Boraine, Jeremy Seekings, Judge Siraj Desai, Lala Camerer, Lance Greyling, Mike Wills, Nicoli Nattrass, Nodi Murphy, Non Fiction, Patricia de Lille, Relish, Rheina Epstein, Richard Calland, Shaun Johnson, South Africa, South African Literature, Steve Connolly, Struik, Thabani Maseku, The Margin, Tony Weaver, Zebra, Zunaid Meeran
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“Haiku For Ben”
by Gus Ferguson
Just like New Zealand -
it’s so nice to see the odd
black face now and then
— Editor’s note: This haiku was composed apropos the Neighbour Goods Market at the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, run by the what if the world artists’ collective. The market re-creates Shangri-La as a movie set every Saturday. Photo:
