Wednesday 28 November 2012

My debut novel 'Under a Swirling Sun' - Launch

                              Thursday 29 Nov Book Launch
 DBN author VICTORIA PEREIRA’s debut novel
                                      Under a Swirling Sun
Adams Booksellers and Reach Publishers invite you to the launch   
            of Durban poet and writer Victoria Pereira’s debut novel
Under a Swirling Sun
at San José Church Hall corner of Stamford Hill Road and Argyle Road ,
Thurs 29 November 5.30 for 6.00 pm .
                  Entrance and secure parking via Argyle Road (opposite Liberty Liquors)
          Rsvp : cedric@adamsbooks.co.za  082 873 2702 or victoria28@telkomsa.net                                           
                      Author’s phone 031 266 7401
See details of the book and the author, below the picture of the cover .                                  

Based on the author’s mémoirs, this is a wry fictional account of Margarida’s life. Born in Portuguese Moçambique, after independence she emigrates with her husband and children to South Africa. A freak encounter leads to an impossible love
affair and a powerful awakening. We capture her struggles, with those who supported or tried to crush her, including a controversial therapist. Through some uncanny synchronicity and extraordinary experiences, she encounters dormant facets
of her personality pushed into the dark recesses of her mind – carried inside, like a ‘Matruska’ doll. Based on historical facts, ‘Under a Swirling Sun’, highlights the quest for love and for freedom and draws attention to an ‘unexplained’ solar phenomena that took place in  Portugal in 1917. What are the consequences if we do not pay attention to the extraordinary?
About the Author
Multi-talented, accountant, translator, lecturer in religious studies, participant in international conferences, creative writing facilitator, writer and poet, her main interests are spirituality and inter-cultural dialogue. Victoria has five grand-children, is loyal to family, friend even foe, loves gardening, ceramics and animals – ‘humans too, but these can be hard work’…



Thursday 15 November 2012

POETRY

Cover of original book - 1993
New collection to happen in 2013
On the 7th of November 2012, I was Guest Poet at LiPS (Live Poets Society) where I showcased my old collection and recited my new poetry to be published next year. Bernice Stott, Daniel Alexander and Dr. Alex Coutts also read my poems.
   More about it tomorrow -- I don't know...