Authors & Events
Q&A with Graeme Simsion, Author of The Rosie Project
20 May 2013
The Rosie Project was originally a screenplay. What’s the story there?
I’d always wanted to write a novel, but didn’t think I had the ability. When, at 50, I made a mid-life career change, I decided to enrol in a screenwriting program rather than creative (prose) writing. I had previously written a screenplay for a feature-...
Coffee Morning with Jackie Cameron at Novel Books
20 May 2013
Penguin Books and Novel Books take great pleasure in inviting you to a coffee morning with Jackie Cameron, author of Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home.
Date: Friday, 24 May 2013
Time: 10.00am for 10.30am
Venue: Novel Books, Hobart Grove Shopping Centre, Bryanston
RSVP: novelbooks@vodamail.co.za or 0114639320
An Evening with Jackie Cameron
14 May 2013
Penguin Books, The Service Station and Love Books invite you to an evening with Jackie Cameron to celebrate the release of her first cookbook, Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home. We will be serving a delicious three-course meal cooked from the book.
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm
Venue: The Service Station,...
Q&A with Mary Watson, Author of The Cutting Room
29 April 2013
After winning the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2006 for your short story, ‘Jungfrau’; what made you decide to write the psychological thriller, The Cutting Room?
I wanted to write a book that reflected on the experience of crime in South Africa. I also wanted to explore a relationship that was riddled with contradictions. Most...
10 Tips on How to Stay Sane as a Debut Novelist
23 April 2013
Don’t quit your job before you have a book deal. Very sensible advice that I spectacularly failed to follow. I left my job as a literary agent and stepped into the terrifying world of no salary, no professional support and no real hope of achieving what I was setting out to achieve. It was a very rocky ride.
Do join a writing group...
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