Anne Taylor

Anne Taylor studied interior design in South Africa and lived in London for two years. She returned to South Africa to pursue studies in media, print production, visual arts and English at the University of Cape Town. She is currently studying part time for her English honours degree through the University of Cape Town and, with her innate love for design, has also started jewellery design classes. She didn't mean to end up writing book reviews too but she finds that she thoroughly enjoys being a critic instead of a writer.

 City: Cape Town, South Africa

Email: annet at (this domain)

Area Of Expertise: Literature

Features

American commercial writer Jodi Picoult launched her new book, House Rules, at the Cape Town Book Fair last year. Thoroughly entertaining and captivating, Jodi knows how to wow her audience. South African authors could learn a thing or two from her unashamed self-confident style that ultimately results in people queuing to buy her books.

Posted: 31 January 2011 | Category: Books > Features

Have you ever found yourself wondering what all the fuss is about when it comes to chick-lit novels, more precisely known as women's fiction? At this year's Cape Town Book Fair four South African writers demystifed the topic and why this type of literature is so thoroughly enjoyed.

Posted: 29 September 2010 | Category: Books > Features

There is a Nigerian saying that "an old man is there to talk". Seventy-six-year-old Nigerian literary giant Wole Soyinka is never afraid to give his candid opinion. According to the Mail & Guardian newspaper, at a gala dinner hosted by the department of arts and culture during the Cape Town Book Fair, guest of honour Soyinka began his speech with an anecdote about what has always remained an important issue to him - access to books for the youth.

Posted: 7 September 2010 | Category: Books > Features

Reviews

As The Crow Flies is a short novel that explores the individual loves of nameless characters living in urban landscapes and other unidentified locations who are unconnected to each other, yet linked through the themes of love or suffering in a world in which love finds it hard to thrive.

Posted: 26 July 2010 | Category: Books > Reviews

Girls At War And Other Stories is a collection of short stories written over a period of 20 years that not only celebrates the diversity of African culture but questions and explores the conflict between traditional African beliefs and modernism introduced by British colonialism.

Posted: 28 May 2010 | Category: Books > Reviews