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falsebayecho.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
book coverI Hate Everything by Sophy HennImage: suppliedReviews: Lauren O’Connor-MayI Hate EverythingSophy HennSimon and SchusterThis is a simple and clever little book that delighted my little ones, especially my four-year-old, who is currently going through a hating-everything phase, but I suspect that my Grouchy Smurf resonated with this book. The simple book features two characters, the bigger one of which declares: “I hate everything”.
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falsebayecho.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
Karen Watkins|Published 11 minutes agobook coverSameer Rawjee's Taking the Anxiety out of AIImage: suppliedTaking the Anxiety out of AISameer RawjeePenguin BooksReview: Karen WatkinsLet’s be honest – for many of us, the idea of artificial intelligence brings a mix of curiosity, confusion and a dose of fear. Will it take over our jobs? Our lives? Our minds?
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2 weeks ago | 
falsebayecho.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
The Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town are returning to City Hall with two iconic choral works Mozart’s celebratory Coronation Mass (Mass in C) and Haydn’s dramatic Nelson Mass. Image: suppliedThe Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town will perform at Cape Town City Hall on Saturday, June 21, with a concert featuring two well-known choral works: Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Haydn’s Nelson Mass.
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2 weeks ago | 
falsebayecho.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may |Chantel Erfort |Phiri Cawe
Karen Watkins|Published 13 minutes agobook coverSteve Shapiro of Hout Bay has collected together a poetry anthology of haiku. Image: suppliedWatersound Reflections: Wanderings through haikuSteve ShapiroOlive PressReview: Karen WatkinsThis collection of haiku is something to keep by your bedside and dip into early morning or late at night, in fact at any time. If you, like me, isn’t sure what Haiku is, it’s described as a tight type of short poem.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernsuburbstatler.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
Living Large is a monthly column about the strange (at least from the outside looking in) lifestyle of a modern, large family. living large logoLiving Large is a monthly column about the strange (at least from the outside looking in) lifestyle of a modern, large family. Image: Matthew NaudeWe don't teach our children about Father Christmas because we don't think that an overweight, elderly man who runs a North Pole sweatshop, enslaves elves and judges children is a good role model.
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2 weeks ago | 
falsebayecho.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
Karen Watkins|Published 9 minutes agobook coverBonnie Espie's Making a KillingImage: suppliedMaking a KillingBonnie EspieKwelaReview: Karen WatkinsWhat do you get when you mix a quaint village, a bookshop-café, two unlikely friends and a dead body? A riotously dark, funny and oh-so-satisfying debut novel, that’s what. When Winifred Staples escapes Johannesburg for a quieter life in the fictitious Riviersvalleij, she’s hoping for peace, pastries and page-turners, but life has other ideas.
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1 month ago | 
falsebayecho.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
book coverThe Interpreters: South Africa's New NonfictionImage: suppliedThe Interpreters: South Africa’s New NonfictionEdited by Sean Christie and Hedley TwidleSoutie PressReview: Lauren O’Connor-MayI really enjoyed this book and hope that a copy finds its way onto every library shelf, especially in high schools. It’s hard to sum up what this book is. One of its editors, Hedley Twidle, seemed to have a similar struggle when he wrote the introduction.
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1 month ago | 
constantiabergbulletin.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may |Chantel Erfort |Karen Watkins |Lauren O Connor-May
book coverThe Interpreters: South Africa's New NonfictionImage: suppliedThe Interpreters: South Africa’s New NonfictionEdited by Sean Christie and Hedley TwidleSoutie PressReview: Lauren O’Connor-MayI really enjoyed this book and hope that a copy finds its way onto every library shelf, especially in high schools. It’s hard to sum up what this book is. One of its editors, Hedley Twidle, seemed to have a similar struggle when he wrote the introduction.
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1 month ago | 
atlanticsun.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may
Chantel Erfort|Published 7 minutes agoAllan Weppenaar PedersenAllan Weppenaar Pedersen, who grew up in Gardens, Cape Town, has combined his knowledge and life experience of different philosophies to write Flow: Pathway to wellness, joy and fulfilment. Image: suppliedIt was working as a catcher on the flying trapeze that taught Allan Weppenaar Pedersen about flow – and it was coming close to death that prompted him to finally write a book about how this concept had shaped his life.
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1 month ago | 
atlanticsun.co.za | Lauren O'Connor-May |Lauren O'Connor-may |Wesley Ford |Tamlynne Thompson
Fading FootprintsImage: suppliedFading FootprintsJosé Manuel de Prada-SamperJonathan BallReview: Lauren O'Connor-MayI picked up Fading Footprints by José Manuel de Prada-Samper because I am interested in the history of the Khoi people, who I suspect may be part of my ancestry. What I didn’t quite expect – despite the press release noting that the book is "part memoir" – was how much of the book would be devoted to personal narrative.
