The Coffee Table Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with the brilliant writer and poet Abigail George to talk about storytelling, creativity, and the power of words. Abigail shares insights into her journey as a writer, the inspiration behind her work, and how literature shapes perspectives. The issues of race and racial discrimination, the African Renaissance, the northern areas of Gqeberha are also under discussion, the solitary path of a writer, and “the white gaze”, being crippled by hospitalisation and relapse, living life with a mental illness and major depression and the promulgation of the Group Areas Act.

The interview was conducted by La Mntungwa and Dude.

The Coffee Table Podcast

Abigail George
Abigail George
Abigail George is an author, a screenwriter and an award winning poet. She is a Pushcart Prize, two-time Best of the Net nominated, Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Prize longlisted, Writing Ukraine Prize shortlisted, Identity Theory's Editor's Choice, Ink Sweat Tears Pick of the Month poet/writer, and 2023 Winner of the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award. She is a two-time recipient of grants from the National Arts Council, one from the Centre of the Book and another from ECPACC. She won a national high school writing competition in her teens. She was interviewed by BBC Radio 4, and for AOL.com, the USA Today Network and The Tennessean. Follow her on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram @abigailgeorgepoet.