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Coloured Flashcards

Posted on 04/16/2016 by Khaya Ronkainen

Bring me all your dreams of splendid restful nights flashes of inspiration envy to your friends Bring me all the flashers especially the one with sterling ideas...

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How Will My Pen Give Thanks?

Posted on 04/08/2016 by Khaya Ronkainen

On edges and extremes, singular distress. A blank page or a capture by a character with issues, I fumble towards a dark and stinky mess. What madness! Deprived ...

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A Dirge Like Birdsong

Posted on 04/04/2016 by Khaya Ronkainen

There’s pouncing and there’s prancing in birthday suits I mean, of the lot taking delight in spring. Strut and stride egg-laying creatures boasting ...

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khaya.ronkainen

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COVER REVEAL!  ✨ Hello Good People 😊, today, I’m COVER REVEAL!  ✨

Hello Good People 😊, today, I’m happy to share the cover of my debut novel, Distorted Is The View.

Set in 1980s South Africa, this is a family drama that explores silence, distance, and the fragile ways love survives what is not said. At its heart is a family living inside the strain of partial knowledge—each person seeing only a portion of the truth, each trying, in their own way, to live with what remains hidden.

The title speaks to that inward tension: what is visible, what is obscured, and what becomes distorted when people stand too far from one another to see clearly.	

This book has lived with me for a long time, so sharing the cover feels tender and significant.

For updates, behind-the-scenes and reflections, welcome to my newsletter and blog. Welcome; link in bio! 🙏🏾

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