Abigail George

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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.

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Gqeberha-Storytime: How To Say Goodbye In Mother Tongue

I am not young anymore. There are more years behind me than there are in front of me. The pink brassiere was hanging on the...

Compatriots, friends and sisters in Nelson Mandela Bay

I am waiting for someone to tell me that they see my value. Dorianne Laux, the American poet was a sanitorium cook, a gas...

A Short History of Silence

I had taken a break from writing for a period of four or five years, give or take. Maybe I had lost myself or...

About The Author and The Introduction to Eating the Dust

Dr. Ambrose Cato George holds the following academic qualifications: B.Sc. In Zoology and Botany (Unisa), Secondary Teacher’s Diploma-postgraduate (UWC), B.Ed. - distinction in Philosophy...

Janet Frame

This is me. The voices are inside my head. Calling to me. Speaking in ancient tongues. They talk and talk and talk. The damage...

The Journey Is The Destination

I spent last year listening to Dr Jordan Peterson, the Canadian clinical psychologist on repeat. So far, it has changed my life, led to...

The Art Of Communication: God, Intervention And The Divine Space

The more consistent we are at being kind to ourselves, kinder to the natural environment and the more loving we are to ourselves and...

What Happened To The Rainbow Dream?

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant, I was a beast before you. Psalm 73: 21-22 South African...

Advice From A Mother, Missive To A Writer Father and Excerpt From A Book Forthcoming

E-V-E-R-L-A-S-T-I-N-G. It could be a poem/or testimony/or the start of a new beginning. Or an extract from the introduction to "The Overcomers". All I...

Tears: The Water Diary, How To Live Alone And Be Inspired By Murakami

I hated learning how to drive. It didn't mean the gateway of indepence for me. The driving lesson filled me with anxiety and impending...

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