I recently took this photo of my own bookshelf, one of those few sacred places still ruled by paper, ink, and the smell of old books.
Tucked between Peter Stiff, Tom Clancy, and Tony Geraghty... here it is. Forgotten Soldiers standing tall, back straight, spine uncracked, flanked by the very books that once inspired me to tell my own stories.
It may not make international headlines or break publishing records, but let me tell you, for a boy from the Bushveld who once sat in the back of a...