I’ve had the privilege of interviewing a number of inspiring local and international authors, including:
International
- 2014 (CT Book Fair):
- Susan Lewis (author of over 30 novels and two memoirs).
- 2013:
- Anthony Schneider (A Quiet Kind of Courage)
- Lisa Gardner (Touch & Go)
- Mary Watson (The Cutting Room).
- 2012:
- E.L. James (Shades of Grey, telephonic)
- Auma Obama (Then Life Happens)
- Karen Rose (No One Left to Tell)
- John Kehoe (Quantum Warrior)
- Andrew Gross (15 Seconds)
- Patrick Flanery (Absolution, telephonic)
- Joanne Harris (A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String)
- Esi Edyugan (Half Blood Blues)
- Ken Follett (Winter of the World)
- Serdar Ozkan (The Name of the Rose)
- Val McDermid (The Vanishing Point)
- Mitch Albom (The Time Keeper)
- Marianne Williamson (The Law of Divine Compensation).
- 2011:
- Lionel Shriver (We Need to Talk About Kevin film, telephonic)
- Alexander McCall Smith (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency)
- Madeline Miller (Song of Achillies)
- Sophie Hannah (Lasting Damage)
- Julie Powell (Julie & Julia, Cleaving)
- Sheila Kohler (Bay of Foxes; Cracks)
- Earl Lovelace (Just a Movie)
- Jane Bussman (The Worst Date Ever)
- Kei Miller (The Last Warner Woman)
- Karl Dawson (Matric Reimprinting)
- Yacov Khan (Movement Medicine).
- 2010:
- Philippa Gregory (The Red Queen).
- 2009:
- Vikas Swarup (Q&A/Slumdog Millionaire)
- Sonia Choquette (The Answer is Simple)
- Anita Shreve (A Change in Altitude)
- Penny Vincenzi (The Best of Times)
- Carol Drinkwater (The Olive Tree).
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South African/African
- 2014:
- Helen Walne (The Diving).
- 2013:
- Diane Awerbuck (for Open Book Festival; Home Remedies)
- 2012:
- Gaile Parkin (When Hoopoes Go to Heaven)
- Lola Shoneyin (The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives)
- John Van De Ruit (Spud)
- Bonnie Henna (Eyebags and Dimples).
- 2011:
- Zakes Mda (Sometimes There is a Void)
- Binyavanga Wainana (One Day I Will Write About This Place)
- Richard Mason (History of a Pleasure Seeker)
- Richard de Nooy (The Big Stick)
- Elaine Proctor (Rhumba)
- Craig Higginson (The Landscape Painter)
- James Hendry (A Year in the Wild).
- 2010:
- Véronique Tadjo (Queen Pokou)
- Evita Bezhuidenhout (Evita’s Kossie Sikelela).
- 2009:
- Alexandra Fuller (The Legend of Colton H. Bryant).
- 2008:
Interviewed at an O Book Club events (emcee):
- Elizabeth Noble (2012)
- Sarah Penny (2011)
- Kopano Matlwa (2010)
Twitter interviews:
- Lauren Beukes
- Ndumiso Ncgobo
- Zakes Mda
- Grant Nash (5FM)
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- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Lauren Beukes
- Sarah Blake
- Elisabeth Eaves
- Joanne Fedler
- Peter Godwin
- Kerry Hammerton
- Colleen Higgs
- Anne Jones
- Karabo Kgoleng
- Dorothy Koomson
- Prue Leith
- Kathy Lette
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- Sarah Lotz
- Sindiwe Magona
- Kgebetli Moele
- Alistair Morgan
- Kate Morton
- Sifiso Mzobe
- Ndumiso Ncgobo
- Mike Nichol
- Paige Nick
- Lesley Pearse
- Nadine Raal
- Barbara Trapido
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