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Terence Ranger Prize

I’m delighted to report that my article, ‘The Late Nadine Gordimer’, was awarded the Journal of Southern African Studies Terence Ranger prize for the best article by an early career researcher. You can find a link to it here.

Writers Make Worlds

I’m very pleased to be involved with Elleke Boehmer’s new project at TORCH. We’ll be asking:

How do readers respond to writing and writers appeal to readers?

How does writing draw us in as readers?

What most involves us when we read?

Do we as readers read beyond the writer’s terms of address, and do writers have particular readers or readerships in mind when writing?

You can find out more here.