Quite A Friday, Really.
On Friday I received an MA with distinction for my debut novel, Commedia. I also found out that I was on the Mail and Guardian’s top 200 young South Africans list, and I got to attend the premiere of Lauren Beukes‘s Glitterboys and Ganglands. I have no idea what next Friday has in store; presumably I’ll get my own space shuttle and discover a harem-planet made of chocolate.
I want to give a huge thank you to my supervisor Mike Nicol who remained calm in the face of the whirling chaos of my first draft, and to Sarah Lotz and Lauren Beukes for reading the book in record time and giving me sensible advice which I absolutely should have followed. I’d also like to thank my examiners Zukiswa Wanner and Tihalo Raditlhalo, for liking it.
Here’s me graduating. I’m the one on the left with the double chin. The one on the right is my girlfriend Kerry who got her PhD in biochemistry, which is even more awesome.
