A Column
Hannah BotsisA weekly column about whatever I like, for whoever likes it.
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Winter break
Hello all,
I’ve been fairly consistent about this blog since 2023, if you you can believe it. I certainly can’t. But I’m taking a break until September. Here are a random selection of posts from the past 3 years, should any of them pique...
Everything is grist for the mill
“Anyone who survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his life.” ―Flannery O’Connor
Everyone seems to be handing out the writing advice these days. Fear not. I have none. But I do love . I read her book Bird by Bird y...
Turnings
Intertextuality is how a text’s meaning is shaped by its relationship to other texts, both explicitly and implicitly. It is one of my favourite things about reading, and maybe about writing too (says person who used a title for her book tha...
Amateur Hour
I learnt a few weeks ago (via ) that the etymology of the word amateur comes from the latin root amare, which means to love. Shafak writes that, “an amateur is someone who continues to create, not necessarily for money or promotion or trink...
A city that’s terrible to visit
[A version of this column appeared in the Daily Maverick this morning.]
Sometimes it feels that the bar for us to gush about Joburg, as Joburgers, is really low. Anything at all can go well and we’re thrilled. We’re like the parent beaming...
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I write a weekly column about whatever I like, for whoever likes it. I have a PhD in narrative psychology & believe we are the stories we tell. My book, A Clergyman’s Daughter, has been long-listed for the non-fiction Sunday Times Literary Award.
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