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Cold Stone Soup by Alison Stewart winner of the FAW 2013 National Literary Awards (Jim Hamilton Award)
Cold Stone Soup, my memoir about growing up under apartheid and the travails of emigrating from South Africa to Australia has won the Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards Jim Hamilton Award for a non-fiction manuscript. Professor Terri-ann White … Continue reading
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Cold Stone Soup – Foreign and Far Away: the New 2013 Anthology from Writers Abroad
Here is an excellent idea for a Christmas (or any kind of) present: Writers Abroad publishes its fourth anthology today. Titled Foreign and Far Away, it is a selection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry written by expats (or former expats) … Continue reading
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Cold Stone Soup
Cold Stone Soup is my new project and it represents a new challenge. A memoir about growing up in South Africa, it is my first attempt at narrative nonfiction. I want it to have a strong parallel theme that juxtaposes … Continue reading
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