Country Life Leigh Hermon
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- Society & Culture
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At Country Life we offer a unique mix of travel, lifestyle, heritage, conservation, green living and food and wine online and in print. Join us on our journey across southern Africa as we hop from town to dorpie to hamlet and back again to introduce you to the people and places that make up our beautiful countryside.
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Country Life Podcast: Nancy Richards speaks to author Lynton Burger
Nancy Richards speaks to author Lynton Burger about his book "She down there", its inspirations and his life living alongside the sea.
The sea has always been in Claire Lutrísque’s blood. Descended from Canada’s native Haida people, she is hurled by tragedy on a southward path, to the warm waters of Mozambique, where she joins the fight to safeguard the region’s coral reefs. Navy diver Klaas Afrikaner first swam into these same waters on a covert military mission. Seven years later, he is languishing as a divemaster in the sleepy coastal town of Tofo. But the shark-fin trade is threatening the only thing that keeps him going. So he too must rise to his calling.
A shared love of the ocean and a deep desire to protect it brings these kindred spirits together.
Steeped in the myths of the sea, Lynton Francois Burger’s novel is as lyrical as it is exhilarating. Part ecological thriller, part tender love story, She Down There is a timely song to the world’s oceans and the creatures living in them. -
Country Life Podcast: Brent Meersman
Nancy Richards chats to author Brent Meersman on the subject of his new novel "A childhood made up: Living with my mother's madness".
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Country Life Author Interview: Ali Bacher
Nancy RIchards spoke to SA cricket industry icon Ali Bacher last year upon the release of his book "South Africa's greatest bowlers". She goes behind the scenes of his fascinating career and the stories that made up the book.
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Country Life Interview: Karina Szczurek on writing and keeping letters.
Nancy Richards speaks to Karina Szczurek on the publication of You Make Me Possible; Letters between herself and Andre Brink. The interview covers her passion for writing, and keeping, letters.
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Nancy Richards interviews author Marguerite Poland
Marguerite Poland is a South African writer and author of eleven children's books. Her latest novel is based on a true story in which Stephen (Malusi) Mzamane, a young Anglican priest, must journey to his mother’s rural home to inform her of his older brother’s death. It's a tale of going away and the difficulty of returning and was recently nominated for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Nancy goes behind the story with the author and discusses the themes that have resonated over a lifetime.
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Borderline: A chat with author Marita van der Vyver
War as a psychological hell has been well documented from the side of men, but in her latest novel Borderline Marita van der Vyver gets behind the ravages it can have on the women who are left behind.