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Should local writers always set their books in South Africa?

Fiona Snyckers by Fiona Snyckers 27 June 20148 July 2014

Along with spending too much time on Facebook and perusing the sidebar of shame on the Daily Mail website, deciding where to set one’s novel provokes feelings of intense guilt in South African writers. When writers get together, either socially or on formal discussion panels, they often confess to feeling conflicted about where to set […]

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