Hello my Freaky Darlings, This weekend saw the launch for the World Book Day charity event in support of Literacy, which is the brain child of Justin Germishuys, who won the ‘The Citizen’ book prize for his first novel: The Discoveries of Whispish. The event was held at the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria. The constant rain … Continue reading World Book Day!
Author: Joan De La Haye
Updates and Stuff
Hello my Freaky Darlings, This weekend saw the launches of two books by great South African authors. Deadlands by Lily Herne and Black Heart by Mike Nicol. It always excites me when I see authors I know doing great things. I also made it onto BookSA and got a carrot from them (apparetly a good thing), … Continue reading Updates and Stuff
Petrol
Hello my Freaky Darlings, I drive a 1997 VW Golf Chico that takes leaded petrol, which admittedly does go against my environmentalist tendencies, but unfortunately I can’t afford a new car that takes unleaded, let alone a beautiful hi-bred. I also know absolutely nothing about cars. Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed that fewer … Continue reading Petrol
The Tale of the disapearing baseball bat
Hello my Freaky Darlings, When I was eleven there was a serial killer/paedophile, Gert van Rooyen, on the loose who targeted blond girls of my age in and around the area we lived in. Needless to say this had all parents of young girls on the edgy side. Both my parents worked, so did my … Continue reading The Tale of the disapearing baseball bat
Joan De La Haye 