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‘Tania van Schalkwyk’s poems are warm, sensuous memories that often shock and surprise at the same time … They are not just on inner space, but are poems of place, as they move from islands to the veld, from cities to the desert.’ Lindsey Collen, author of The Rape of Sita, Mutiny and Boy, and twice winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Africa
‘It is the special gift of Tania van Schalkwyk’s poems to translate into memorable speech a life which, given its diverse origins, might well have been “lost in translation”.’ Stephen Watson, Professor of English, University of Cape Town, and author of Return of the Moon, Presence of the Earth, and The Other City
- Buy the ebook ($9.99), which includes 22 audio tracks (18 poems read by the poet, and 4 with soundscape mixes).
- Buy from Amazon.com.
- Buy from Amazon.co.uk.
- Coming soon to South African online retailers including Kalahari, Loot and Red Pepper Books.
- Bookstores: order from On the Dot (South Africa), Ingram, Bertrams or Gardners (international).
About the author
Tania van Schalkwyk is the hybrid of a Hamburg sailor and a Mauritian artist, born in Africa, raised in Arabia and matured in Europe. She publishes, performs and exhibits her poetry and multi-media collaborations across the globe, and has an MA in Creative Writing from UCT. Tania lives between Cape Town and the Piketberg mountains.
Photo by Nicholas Percival
Also see
- Tania van Schalkwyk and Terry Westby-Nunn's short-film version of Tania's prose poem 'The Electrician'.
- The BOOKSA write up and Zoopy video coverage of the incredible launch at DEEP.
Note: the PDF ebook edition available from the Scribd store ($5.99, US only) is a mirror of the print edition. Click here to buy the epub edition ($9.99), which includes audio of the poet reading.
ISBN
978-1-920218-34-8 (paperback print edition)
978-1-920218-35-5 (reflowable ebook edition)
978-1-920218-37-9 (PDF ebook edition)
Recommended retail price
R95