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Bianca Marais

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Bianca Marais hosts the popular podcast, 'The Shit No One Tells You About Writing', which is aimed at emerging writers/aspiring authors. She teaches creative writing through the podcast and at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies where she was named the winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021.

Before becoming an author, she volunteered in Soweto where she assisted care workers with providing aid for HIV/AIDS orphans and their caregivers.

Bianca champions the Own Voices movement in her country of birth, South Africa, where she runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative to encourage and empower women of colour to tell their own stories.



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Bianca Marais Hi Susan,

Thanks so much for the lovely feedback and for being in touch.

For me, Robin’s and Beauty’s stories are far from over and I really hope I buil…more
Hi Susan,

Thanks so much for the lovely feedback and for being in touch.

For me, Robin’s and Beauty’s stories are far from over and I really hope I build up enough of a readership that I do get to publish the sequel one day.

In the mean time, prepare to see a cameo appearance by Robin and Beauty (which takes place in 1996) in my latest novel ‘If You Want to Make God Laugh’ which will be published next year.

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Bianca Marais Hi Linda,

Firstly, thank you so much for recommending HUM to your library! I really appreciate it.

And then, absolutely! I'd love to Skype with you; I l…more
Hi Linda,

Firstly, thank you so much for recommending HUM to your library! I really appreciate it.

And then, absolutely! I'd love to Skype with you; I love chatting with book clubs and try to accommodate as many of them as I can. Please just mail me at [email protected] to set up the date a few weeks in advance.

Fingers crossed that they pick it and thanks again.(less)
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I have an awesome international giveaway happening across my social media platforms for everyone who pre-orders 'If You Want to Make God Laugh'.

Please head to my Facebook or Instagram pages to see the prizes (valued at over $200).

Just mail me proof of pre-order to [email protected] to get your ticket into the draw. Purchase from an independent bookstore gets you an extra ticket!

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“I didn’t know what to say in a world where people were hated and attacked for not being the right color, not speaking the right language, not worshipping the right god or not loving the right people; a world where hatred was the common language, and bricks, the only words.”
Bianca Marais, Hum If You Don't Know the Words

“I don't know this song. They haven't taught me it to us at school."
" When in doubt, just do what I do, Robs. Hum if you don't know the words”
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“We are each alone in the bubble of our grief, and while it's true that misery loves company, sorrow is not reduced or diminished in any way when it's shared.”
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