On 'Why Books'

Originally posted on Books Live... Today’s guest blogger for Short Story Day Africa is Sean Fraser. Last year he helped edit the anthology Rapunzel is Dead. This year he is one of the judges for the 9&Under category. Welcome, Sean! Why Books I graduated from Rhodes with a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies, so books weren’t part of the grand plan initially. I wanted instead the gritty life of a hardcore news reporter, all exotic destinations and/or danger-defying breaking news. Then I spent two years in the Defence Force (as one did in those days if you were white...