Mala Naidoo's Blog, page 12
August 31, 2017
Do You Remember The Days?
Do you remember the things you did during your childhood that defines what you do as an adult? I remember being passionate about drama, performance and the pleasure it elicited. When I say being passionate about plays, I mean reading them with great zeal. Growing up in apartheid South Africa on the ‘wrong’ …
August 26, 2017
BOOK WEEK: TALKING WITH TEENAGERS
It’s with gratitude that I write this post today in respect for the invitation to speak on reading and writing at a local school whose English Faculty and Librarian are tirelessly working to foster a love for reading to encourage students to expand their horizons and improve their speaking and writing skills. Leading …
August 10, 2017
Need A Good Book?
Librarians are Writers’ Greatest Allies in their Ability to Influence the Joy of Reading It gives me great pleasure, today, to introduce you to Fiona Sharman who has kindly shared her passion for her favourite books. One of Fiona’s favourite quotes is from ‘Pride and Prejudice’, when Mr. Bennet says, ‘for what do …
August 7, 2017
Podcast: In Conversation – BOOK TALK
In Conversation on ‘Across Time and Space’
July 22, 2017
FEAR IS THY STRENGTH
After an evening at the amazing Headlong, Nottingham and Almeida Theatre production of 1984 with the timeless warning of the danger of unchecked power and the futility of resistance, thoughts emerged about the state of society in others areas of power constructs. The passive aggressive comment, the staring down to intimidate, the proclamations of …
July 12, 2017
TO SPEAK OR NOT TO SPEAK?
The writing life is one of quiet solitude if writing in crowded spaces is not conducive to creative thought for some. While writing fiction might entail living within the confines of one’s imagination, there emerges the gratitude for precious moments spent with close friends who understand the writer’s period of ‘absence’ from the social …
July 4, 2017
Book Launch – Writer’s Joy!
I look back on Sunday with a glad and grateful heart. To see so many positive, supportive readers, friends, and family at the book launch of my novel, Across Time and Space makes the process of writing more worthwhile – a joy! What a wonderful afternoon of sharing ideas and experiences, reading and making new friends. …
BOOK LAUNCH-WRITING JOY!
I look back on Sunday with a glad and grateful heart. To see so many positive, supportive readers, friends, and family at the book launch of my novel, Across Time and Space makes the process of writing more worthwhile – a joy! What a wonderful afternoon of sharing ideas and experiences, reading and making new …
June 24, 2017
Research and Sensitivity in Stories
A post read recently suggested writing from a knowledge base and not from imaginative creations that might be insensitive if writing about mental illness, physical disabilities, emotional disorders etc. While I agree with being sensitive by not causing injury to others, art should mimic and extend reality if understanding and connections are to be …
June 11, 2017
What’s Your Line? Who’s Your ‘Person’?
Why do certain quotations remain etched in memory long after the lines have been read or heard? The association is attached to an emotion – painful or jubilant. When similar situations recur the lines that created an impact are recalled, linking the past emotional association to the present. Painful or joyous emotional experiences are triggered …
