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Karina M. Szczurek

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Reader, writer, editor, publisher. Cape Town.

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · Nov 18

The best email signature I have ever seen:

'Note: Please do not feel pressured to respond to this immediately. Your physical, mental, and emotional health, and of those for whom you are caring, come first.' (Jaydon Farao)

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 8h

Last night @thebooklounge.bsky.social: launch of MY YEAR OF FEAR AND FREEDOM by Marita van der Vyver.

Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 21h

Deeply saddened by the news:
'SA literary icon, Zoë Wicomb passes away at 77' www.enca.com/lifestyle/sa...

SA literary icon, Zoë Wicomb passes away at 77

UWC extended condolences to Wicomb's family, friends, colleagues, and the broader literary community.

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 1d

How to disappear – the art of listening to silence in a noisy world

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 3d

Rest in peace Diane x

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

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You Don't Own Me - Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn & Diane Keaton

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed!

Lady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 3d

It's wonderful!

Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 4d

Weekend reading. Just for pure pleasure.

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 4d

Wines with soil-soul, simply delicious.
Farmer Angus Wines
www.farmerangus.co.za/farmer-angus...

Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 5d

A friend invited a few of us to a new restaurant – a delicious discovery: ongetem.com

Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 9d

Current mood.

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 10d

The Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlists have been announced and we are thrilled to share the news that CROOKED SEEDS by Karen Jennings has been shortlisted for the Fiction Prize! Congratulations, Karen and all other nominated authors!
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The 2025 Sunday Times Literary Awards prize

In partnership with Exclusive Books, the awards this year marks the 35th anniversary of the non-fiction award which has, over three decades, showcased the most astute, critical and incisive non-fictio...

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 12d

An award-winning author: Thobeka Yose ❤️

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 14d

First Tuesdays at Art Formes Gallery with Klara du Plessis
7 October 2025
18:15 for 18:00
Art Formes Gallery: The Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7915

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Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social · 12d

The JDL Award for Poetry: honourable mention given to 'Land | Lines' by Shari Daya
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The JDL Award for Poetry: honourable mention given to Land | Lines by Shari Daya

The inaugural AVBOB competition for collections of poetry, now known as The JDL Award for Poetry in memory of the contribution to the Poetry Project by the late Johann de Lange, took place earlier …

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 10d

Weekend ...

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Zukiswa Wanner among South Africans detained on Gaza-bound flotilla
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Breaking: Zukiswa Wanner Among South Africans Detained on Gaza-Bound Flotilla

South African author and editor Zukiswa Wanner is among several South Africans detained after the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza on October 2. In a statement, the So...

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 11d

We stand with South African writers in denouncing the detention of writer Zukiswa Wanner and fellow Global Sumud Flotilla participants. We call for their immediate release and safe return home. pensouthafrica.co.za/statement-of...

Statement of Solidarity: Global Sumud Flotilla & Zukiswa Wanner | PEN South Africa

Statement of Solidarity: Global Sumud Flotilla & Zukiswa Wanner

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Daily Maverick @dailymaverick.co.za · 12d

Jane Goodall, who passed away on 1 October 2025, was a pioneering primatologist known for over six decades of groundbreaking research on wild chimpanzees at Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park. She founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 and the Roots & Shoots youth programme in 1991, and ...

Photo Essay: The legacy of Jane Goodall, the world's expert on chimpanzees

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 14d

Home is ...

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 16d

Current mood.

Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 16d

The end of an extraordinary evening drive. Not even the guide and the tracker had ever seen the jaw-dropping encounter we witnessed on this tree between this leopard and a male lion. Awe-inspiring.

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 17d

Morning walk.

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 17d

Zebra crossing ;)

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Karina M. Szczurek @karinamszczurek.bsky.social · 18d

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