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Published in The Mainlander

·Sep 12, 2016

Beyond capes & spandex; we need new heroes!

If you grew up in the 80s/90s, then you’ll probably be familiar with comics like Archie & Betty, The Adventures of Tintin, X-Men, Justice League, and the likes. If you owned any of these titles back then, you were a rock star. Comics were everything. We looked to those colored…

Comics

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Beyond capes & spandex; we need new heroes!
Beyond capes & spandex; we need new heroes!

Published in The Mainlander

·Sep 11, 2016

Author Chat with Kurt Ellis

Kurt Ellis is the author of By Any Means, one of the books on the longlist for the Etisalat Prize for literature. He lives and works in South Africa. A proud father to a baby boy, he has always loved coming up with stories, right from when he was a…

Writing

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Author Chat with Kurt Ellis
Author Chat with Kurt Ellis

Published in The Mainlander

·Sep 11, 2016

Author Chat with Zukiswa Wanner

Zukiswa Wanner is the K. Sello Duiker Award winning author of London Cape Town Joburg, The Madams, and a number of other fiction and non-fiction titles. In this chat with Mainland Book Café, she sheds light on her writing and sundry issues. First of all, congratulations on winning the K…

Books

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Author Chat with Zukiswa Wanner
Author Chat with Zukiswa Wanner

Published in The Mainlander

·Sep 11, 2016

Author Chat with Irenosen Okojie

Irenosen Okojie is a writer, an art project manager, and columnist. Her bylines have appeared in the Observer and the Guardian. Her debut novel, Butterfly Fish, is a powerful, gripping tale that is interwoven between the present day and Benin Kingdom in the 19th century. The book is making waves…

Writing

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Author Chat with Irenosen Okojie
Author Chat with Irenosen Okojie
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