SAfm Otherwise: Shado Twala speaks to Wanda Hennig about Cravings (Podcast)
Shado’s interviews are more of a conversation than a straight Q&A. How ‘Cravings…’ came about and what it deals with. Depression, social phobia, meditation, celibacy… I was blown away that ‘Otherwise’ host Shado Twala had read my book, liked it — and ”got it”— knowing it will speak to some people, not to others. Hopfully to “the right people” in an affirming, empowering way…
Wolf Totem and French kisses with wolves: an interview
French director Jean-Jacques Annaud talks about making Wolf Totem, the relevance of the film to China, Mongol culture, French kissing a wolf and wolf whisperer Andrew Simpson, ice sculpture horses, his relationship with religion and more in an interview with Wanda Hennig in Durban.
Antony Osler’s Zen Dust takes you on the road in South Africa
Poetry, politics, mindfulness, laughter, tears, the story of the Buddha and Zen wisdom weave through Antony Osler’s journey ‘home’ along the backroads of South Africa. By […]
Zen and The Art of Sheep Farming
Human Rights lawyer, sheep farmer and Zen Buddhist — Antony Osler is not your average Karoo inhabitant. Story and pictures by Wanda Hennig First published […]
The power of poetry and Colombian Fernando Réndon’s pen
Poetry Africa 2011, Durban Colombian poet Fernando Réndon, in Durban this week for the 15th Poetry Africa festival, has helped transform Medellín, Colombia’s second largest […]
Alive in South Africa: When an expat goes ‘home’
What is it like to return to your roots, your soil, for the first time after you’ve emigrated and made a new life in Australia? […]
Cuisine Noir Magazine goes live — epicurean adventures for African Americans
Oakland publisher discovers the joys of culinary diversity, educates her palate — and now, shares the flavors online Story by Wanda Hennig When V. Sheree […]
Book publishing 101
How to get a book published. Alternatively, how to get an agent and sell your book. Just off a conference call with Josh Vogt. Vogt […]
Writing and Kicking Butt at 80-Plus
If it’s extra virgin, it must be olive oil
And one of the many delights served to guests at a book launch lunch and olive oil tasting ….