New Book from Claire Robertson

Introducing

Guest Speaker, Author Claire Robertson 

at

The Palmyra Room, Kelvin Grove

on

Thursday 15 March

Claire Robertson will be talking to us about her latest book Under Glass. She has spent the past 30 years as a journalist, reporting from South Africa, the US and USSR. She has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio and television and now works as a senior copy editor on the Sunday Times.

Claire Robertson

Michelle Magwood had this to say…

“Claire Robertson’s first novel, The Spiral House, was published in 2013 and quickly picked up both the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and a South African Literary Award, a rare double for a debut author. But Robertson was no novice writer: she’d spent 30 years in journalism and knew how to make every word count.

In just her second outing, Claire Robertson takes her place with the established South African greats. She has the crispness and economy of Coetzee, the subtle, oblique depth of Vladislavić, the storytelling spell of Galgut and Mda. She is technically faultless and intensely imaginative. But she has something more, an affecting, profound humanity that is entirely her own.”

Under Glass is a deeply researched historical novel and an intriguing mystery. It is a high-stakes narrative of deception and disguise that will appeal to a range of readers of literary fiction by one of the country’s finest novelists.

The two-course luncheon including wine, coffee and service will cost R330.

Please either telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net for more information or to book.