Damon Galgut's Booker Prize winning novel, The promise, is one of those novels that grabbed me intellectually and emotionally from its opening pages. The plot, itself, is straighforward. It concerns a White South African family's promise to give a house on their property to their Black maid, whom their grandfather had acquired "along with the … Continue reading Damon Galgut, The promise (#BookReview)
Damon Galgut
Sydney Writers Festival 2022, Live and Local (Session 1, and only)
This is the fourth year I've attended Sydney Writers Festival's Live and Local live-streamed events at the National Library of Australia. I nearly missed it this year because, somehow, I didn't see the usual advertising. However, I caught it just in time, and was able to attend an event that particularly interested me. For the … Continue reading Sydney Writers Festival 2022, Live and Local (Session 1, and only)
Whispering Gums 