Johannesburg-based author and sociologist, Shafinaaz Hassim, will launch her much-awaited poetry collection. Soul Seeds for Shade & Solitude will be launched tonight (09 September) at Nino’s, Moses Mabhida Stadium at 19:00. Hassim says her latest work gave her an opportunity to reflect on what she’s learnt from both the writing process and interacting with readers. Each word in the title of this poetry collection represents a theme covered in the work.
Hassim’s previous books are Daughters are Diamonds: honour, shame and Seclusion (2007), Memoirs for Kimya (2009), Belly of Fire (2011) and SoPhia her 2012 influential novel on domestic violence. A play based on SoPhia featured at the State Theatre August 2014. She has been listed as one of the top 39 authors under the age of 40 at the London Book Fair 2014. Her story will be published by Bloomsbury in the UK, in the Africa39 anthology.
