On the invitation below is a photo of me, toothily grinning. It was taken well before I heard that Ride the Tortoise had made the long list for the Frank O’Connor Award International Short Story Award, but it serves pretty well to show how pleased I am to be rubbing shoulders with my absolute favourite authors – Joyce Carol Oates, Deborah Levy, Junot Diáz and Steven Barthelme.

It would be terrific if you could attend one of my Cape Town launches in the next few days, where we’ll be raising a glass, courtesy of Leopard’s Leap, to welcome the Tortoise to the world and wish her a steady plod onto the short list!

Please note RSVP details on the invitation.

Book details

• Ride the Tortoise by Liesl Jobson
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Ride the Tortoise has been published by the Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF), which seeks to promote and foster excellent writing from South and southern Africa, and to advance the writing of fiction in the region. This has been enabled by generous funding from the Multi-Agency Grants Initiative (MAGI)