BOOKS – IMAGINEMAG!

OLIVE SCHREINER and the Karoo – Dr Dawn Gould

AmyAGould July 31, 2018

Olive Schreiner showed her care and affection for the Karoo when in a letter to WT Stead, the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette dated 15 March 1891 she wrote, ”All I need to make my cup of happiness full…
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JOSHUA PENNY, and his strange experience – Dr Dawn Gould

AmyAGould July 31, 2018

JOSHUA PENNY was an American who had been conscripted into the British Navy. Aboard ship he arrived at Cape Town 1795/6 at the height of the first British Occupation of the Cape. He jumped ship fled into the interior returned…
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BOOKS, HERITAGE

Jewish Literary Festival – face to face with words

AmyAGould May 29, 2018

When it comes to cultural conversations the Jewish literary Festival 2018 (JLF) on Sunday 17 June will satisfy the most discerning of tastes. The inaugural JLF in 2016 was a smash hit and the JLF2018 promises to be even…
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A NEW boutique publisher – Imagnary House

AmyAGould April 30, 2018

A NEW boutique publisher Imagnary House invites you to enjoy the delightful children’s and young-adult (YA) books in their catalogue. And yes, we have spelt the name correctly. When founder Bradley Harris was looking for a name he…
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ART, BOOKS, Language

THE SWORD AND THE PEN: Six decades on the political frontier

AmyAGould March 30, 2018

Book Review Author Allister Sparks Publisher Jonathan Ball Publishers ISBN 978-86842-559-4 Reviewer Dr Dawn Gould ALLISTER SPARKS 1933-2016 The author has written a work that covers his…
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BOOKS, HERITAGE, Language

STENT, FABIAN, GROG? – DR DAWN GOULD

AmyAGould February 26, 2018

There is always some aspect of the English language about which one can learn. One may know the everyday meaning of a specific word but not the underlying history that caused it to be so called. Interest and enthusiasm poring…
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BOOKS, ENGLISH, Language

OPTI-MYSTIC: A Pop Up Gallery by Incubus Frontman Brandon Boyd

AmyAGould February 26, 2018

Timed to coincide with the upcoming Incubus concerts in several cities throughout South Africa, Incubus front man & established visual artist Brandon Boyd will exhibit fine art, large scale prints, books,lithographs and a curated retail shop at his week-long ‘Opti-Mystic’…
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ART, BOOKS, MUSIC, Performing Arts

NOVEMBER EDITORIAL

AmyAGould October 30, 2017

Have just finished reading the Agony and the Ecstasy, the Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone, something I recommend everyone in any artistic endeavor to read. Not because it will make you a better artist but it will make…
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BOOKS, Editorial

MY OWN LIBERATOR – a memoir – DIKGANG MOSENEKE Reviewed by Dr Dawn Gould

AmyAGould August 31, 2017

Title: MY OWN LIBERATOR a memoir Author : DIKGANG MOSENEKE Publsher: Picador Africa ISBN : 978-1-77010-508-9 Reviewer: Dr Dawn Gould This is a clearly written and a detailed history of a private South…
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BOOKS, ENGLISH, HERITAGE, Language

Dictionaries to interest, fascinate and teach – Dr Dawn Gould

AmyAGould May 29, 2017

DICTIONARIES are books of much interest, fascination and learning. Britain having been, in the past, strongly colonial, one will, with patience, learn words from various parts of the world which have been incorporated in the English language. The works of…
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