Monthly Archives: August 2024

CLAWS Lucky Draw 2024

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I recently had the great pleasure of spending another weekend at Oudrif. We went to see the flowers, but ever since I first heard that locals had seen aardvarks in the area, I have been dreaming of a sighting myself … And every time on the way there, I would say, “This time!” But for seven years, the aardvarks had ignored my wishes. Until now! Once again, I said, “THIS time.” And just before arriving at Oudrif, right in front of us, like a mythical creature imagining itself into being, there she (or he) was: an aardvark! Pure wonder!

Needless to say, I am in love!

As I am in love with this little one, who is the latest CLAWS (Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society) rescue puppy staying at Oudrif before finding his forever home:

I wrote about CLAWS here: Clanwillian Animal Welfare Society.

And here: The furry magic of CLAWS.

Every year, CLAWS fundraises through a Lucky Draw Raffle. This year, you can win a Karavan Press book hamper – among many other fantastic prizes – and support CLAWS.

CLANWILLIAM ANIMAL WELFARE NPO 262-101

  • Entries close on 26 October 2024
  • Draw will be on 28 October 2024
  • Prize not redeemable for cash
  • Winners will be announced on social media and contacted directly

Only R100 per entry.

Thank you! Every entry funds pet sterilisations!

For more details see this video: CLAWS Lucky Draw Raffle

The Karavan Press books you can win:

Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings
Good Hope by Nick Clelland
Bad Luck Penny by Amy Heydenrych
The Bitterness of Olives by Andrew Brown

I don’t have a photograph of the aardvark, but here are a few of the flowers we saw around Oudrif this month:

Please support CLAWS by entering the lucky draw. Good luck!

Interviewing authors

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I have the huge honour of interviewing the following authors at upcoming literary festivals.

First up: Prince Albert Leesfees is taking place between 30 August and 1 September, and I will be interviewing Andrew Brown about his The Bitterness of Olives on Saturday, 31 August, at 10:15 a.m. I am not only looking forward to this conversation, but to returning to Prince Albert and the local Leesfees. More great memories will be made for sure.

Tickets: Prince Albert Leesfees

And then it’s Open Book time! Taking place between 6 and 8 September, the Open Book Festival is a highlight of every literary calendar. Karavan Press authors will be busy at the festival this year, and I can’t wait to listen to them all. I will be interviewing an author that I assist in distributing in South Africa, an Island Prize runner-up in the first year of the prize’s existence, Hamza Koudri. He will be on a panel with Damilare Kuku and Zibu Sithole and I have the privilege of chairing the session about WRITING SISTERS on Friday, 6 September, at 12 p.m. I interviewed Zibu at the festival last year and absolutely loved reading I Do … Don’t I?, the sequel to The Thing With Zola. And I can’t wait to meet Hamza and Damilare and to talk to them about their fascinating novels in the context of this topic that is very close to my heart (I only have one sibling, a brother, but he is the best sibling in the world, and I can’t imagine my life without him).

Tickets: Open Book Festival

Hope to see you at one or both of these events!