The Marriage Contradiction is a recently published debut novel from Rachel Wray Makutu, that’s starting to make waves!
Pease click on the Marriage Contradiction – DJ Sbu link below and listen to what DJ Sub had to say about Rachel and the The Marriage Contradiction.
The book is available at all leading bookshops or via our website – have a look below when you’re finished with the video clip.
Marriage Contradiction – DJ Sbu
Here at XNA HQ we were thrilled to see that okayafrica.com chose the recently published uHlanga Press volume of poetry MILK FEVER by Megan Ross as one of their 5 Books by African Writers You Need To Read This Summer!
Have a look here:
http://www.okayafrica.com/5-books-by-african-writers-you-need-to-read-summer-2018/
If you DON’T want to get a copy from Amazon, it’s also available directly from us…
Have a look here:
Here at XNA HQ we were stoked to see a glowing review in Sunday’s Rapport of BRENT MEERSMAN’s LATEST NOVEL SUNSET CLAWS!!!
Check it out!
If you would like to purchase a copy of SUNSET CLAWS, please go here:
To celebrate the publication of her first poetry collection Karen Jennings will be interviewed by Helen Moffett on Wednesday 6 June at The Book Lounge Cape Town’s leading independent bookshop. Drinks and canapés will be served.
Don’t miss out on the launch of The Owl House taking place at the Book Lounge on November 28th!!
THE OWL HOUSE is a visionary outsider art environment unlike any other.
Located in the small village of Nieu Bethesda in the isolated South African Karoo, what was once the childhood home of Helen Martins was transformed into a work of uncommon originality. During her lifetime, Helen was misunderstood and was widely regarded as being ‘crazy’. Living in seclusion on a meagre pension, she created the Owl House in the face of much adversity.
Lacking any formal art training and using materials readily at hand – recycled glass bottles, builders cement, mirrors and wire – she created what is now internationally regarded as an outsider art environment of outstanding interest. Assisted by helpers – chiefly Koos Malgas who under her supervision built many of the statues in her sculpture yard – she spent more than twenty-five years creating the Owl House, increasing the complexity and density of the work by a slow process of accretion. All the while living there, she transformed the house and yard into a symbolically rich world of wonder, infused with her quirky humour, personal yearnings and mystical insights. Today, the Owl House remains a powerful testimony to the triumph of perseverance and imagination.
ANNE GRAAFF is an artist and art historian. She has a special interest in women artists and their relative absence in art history discourse. It was this interest that first brought her to study the visionary artwork of Helen Martins in the 1980s, when the Owl House was still virtually unknown and Helen’s work unacknowledged. Through firsthand interviews with the assistants who worked alongside Helen, she was able to uncover the extraordinary story of the creation of the Owl House.
“There was a dark, threatening cloud hanging over me. I was on a train hurtling in a direction that I did not want to go. I needed to change pace, alter the trajectory. I needed to slow down, park for a while and choose a new path. I knew that to accomplish this I would need to do the most unexpected and crazy thing and I would also have to take the biggest risk of my life.
But sometimes, to get yourself off the road to nowhere and onto the road to somewhere, you need to be a little more than brave. When chasing a dream that leads you into darkness before it shows you the light, you have to close your eyes and just jump in, feet first, hoping for the best. I thought that the journey into the dark would be so tough that it would be a natural catalyst for change. Instead, what I found was that the journey back to the light would be more grueling, painful and
punishing and that the true catalyst was finding the ability to hold on tight and not fall into the abyss.” – Lily Reed, Author
Join Lily Reed as she discusses her book The Dark Seed, tonight at 7pm.
Dr. Habib Noorbhai (Mr South Africa 2017) is a Researcher in Sports Science, a presenter, speaker, humanitarian and author. He completed a BA in Sport Psychology (UJ), Honours in Biokinetics (UKZN), MPhil in Biokinetics (UCT) and a PhD in Exercise Science at UCT.
In 2013, he was among South Africa’s top 100 brightest young minds and in 2015, he was nominated among Mail and Guardians top 200 young South Africans. He was also included in Fast Company South Africa’s Top 30 creative people in business for 2017.
Habib has been featured on a variety of television shows, both as a professional and as Mr South Africa. Some of these included: Top Billing, Mela, thrice on Expresso, eNCA and SABC News. In 2015, he had his own sport and health show on OpenViewHD and a radio show on Hashtag Radio. He is also a frequent expert guest on Cape Talk and Radio702 discussing relevant topics on sports science, exercise, health, community engagement and leadership.
Habib also founded a non-profit organisation in 2013 called The Humanitarians, a volunteer-based organisation, whereby various community projects and programmes are conducted through sport, health, education, sustainability and innovation. These programmes are also conducted through Habib’s current reign as Mr South Africa 2017 to spearhead change and making a difference in society.
Join us for the launch of his book Heart taking place on November 27th. Tickets are available from Quicket at the following link http://qkt.io/VsJez1 .
