Local inspiration: one writer on the Southern Peninsula

LOCAL INSPIRATION: ONE WRITER ON THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA

Dr Finuala Dowling, poet, novelist and teacher

Tuesday 27 January  11.15 am  COURSE FEES R115; Staff and students R58

Many writing careers have been set off by a love of place, and in some novels, place is as important as character. Finuala Dowling discusses, with illustrations, the role played by the landscape and mood of Muizenberg, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek and Kommetjie in her novels and poetry.

Recommended reading

Dowling, F. 2005. What Poets Need. Cape Town: Kwela.

Dowling, F. 2011. Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart. Cape Town: Kwela. Dowling, F. 2015. The Fetch. Cape Town: Kwela.

Dowling, F. 2018. Pretend You Don’t Know Me. Cape Town: Kwela.

Dowling, F. 2022. The Man Who Loved Crocodile Tamers. Cape Town: Kwela.

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