Geoffrey Haresnape poetry book launch

Geoffrey Haresnape launched his new poetry book at Book Lounge in Cape Town last night.  He read some favourites.  He seems to have either three alter egos or three characters that speak to him through his poetry.  They all have a fabulous sense of humour.

Below are some pictures.  The books are available at Book Lounge.

Introduced by Hugh Hodge, editor of New Contrast, The South African Literary Journal

Published by Jim Phelps of Echoing Green Press

The star of the show, author Geoffrey Haresnape

Geoff's wife, Lez

Daai ding is in jou bloed

My very good friend, Aneta Shaw, and Lene Malan had their Book launch "Daai ding loop in jou bloed" at Protea Books in Stellenbosch a few weeks back.  The book tells about the Nama people (Khoi-Khoi descendents), and their experiences.  Aneta and Lene stayed with the Nama people, experienced the Nama Festival in Steinkopf, learnt how to do the Nama stap-dans (walk-dance), listened to their stories, and wrote them as close to the truth as they could.  They went back to find out whether the stories came across as they should. These stories are full of heart and heartbreak.

The book has been translated into German, so is also available in German.