• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…

  • H: Hogswatchnight

    This post is my first on a place this April. A fantastic one I encountered in Terry Pratchett’s books. Hogswatchnight is a place. Its a place, not in space but in time. On DiscWorld, the world that Terry Pratchett created, its the festival in midwinter. It is associated with pig slaughter which makes me believe…

  • G: Grace Makutsi

    “There is a Dr. Leakey there. He is a very famous doctor of bones.” “Doctor of bones?” Mma Ramotwe was puzzled. … … “Yes,” said Mma Makutsi. “He knows all about very old bones. She held up a picture, printed across two pages.  … … “Is that Dr. Leakey?” Mma Makutsi nodded. “Yes, Mma,”she said,…

  • F: Farai

    Farai is the character in my novel that I most enjoyed writing. His role rises slowly from being a distinguished warrior to the ultimate mentor of the Healer. He was Ariana’s contemporary at the Temple of Learning where they honed the talents they were born with and taught a few more. The difference was that…

  • E: Ebele

    The elegant and powerful high priestess of Zym is a strange mixture of power and compassion. When she materialized in my mind, it was as an antithesis to my villain. However the more I got to know the more real she became to me. Like most mothers, while her love for her near and dear…