Kurt (a writer): "The most authentic character"
Prof Nigel Thomas (Laval University) kindly provided a most engaging reader’s response re my post-apartheid novel The Afrikaner: “Hello...
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aridag5
Apr 3, 20212 min read
The Audiobook of the Afrikaner: An excerpt
I am very pleased to present an excerpt from the audiobook of my novel The Afrikaner, which chronicles a young #Afrikaner woman's...
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aridag5
Apr 3, 20211 min read
Zoe's Story is now in German too!
The German translation of The Afrikaner is finally out with the title Die Afrikaanerin. German-speaking readers will now be able to...
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aridag5
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Journeys into the Page
“Journeys into the page: How (imaginary) travelling & movement can inspire and nurture your writing”: It's the title of the workshop...
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aridag5
Feb 8, 20211 min read
The Afrikaner on the Maria Liberati Show!
Author Arianna Dagnino joins Maria Liberati's podcast to discuss what food means to her and what her new novel “The Afrikaner” is about....
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aridag5
Jan 17, 20211 min read
WHY WE NEED ESCAPIST NOVELS IN THE TIME OF COVID
“Since the beginning of the first lockdown I have been finding it difficult to fully immerse myself in a novel. Partly because of my...
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aridag5
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Follow "The Afrikaner" as it goes global!
Download here Arianna Dagnino's November newsletter, with the latest updates about Zoe's story, The Afrikaner, as the film script,...
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aridag5
Nov 13, 20201 min read
The pitch deck of "Zoe the Afrikaner"
You can download here the pitch deck of the screenplay "Zoe the Afrikaner" based on Arianna Dagnino's novel The Afrikaner: "Heart of...
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aridag5
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Arianna Dagnino in Vancouver & on Linktree
All the links to Arianna Dagnino's work as a writer, translator, teacher and speaker are gathered here: https://linktr.ee/ariannadagnino
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aridag5
Oct 26, 20201 min read
The Book Trailer of the Afrikaner now on Vimeo!
Check it out! Best gift for a virtual tour in the African wilderness while still in Covid lockdown. See the book trailer of the Afrikaner...
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aridag5
Oct 22, 20202 min read
When reading a novel, ignorance is not necessarily a bad state of being
I thank translator Giulia De Gasperi for providing her review of my novel The Afrikaner (Guernica Editions, Toronto, 2019). You can read...
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aridag5
Jul 26, 20203 min read
Creative writing and the art of self-translation
A growing number of bilingual writers are now self-translating their work, from or into English. Why is this happening? What does the...
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aridag5
Jul 15, 20201 min read
"The Afrikaner" shortlisted "Best Fiction 2020" by Miramichi Reader
Arianna Dagnino's THE AFRIKANER shortlisted for 'BEST BOOK' by Miramichi Reader. “Best Fiction” is the most popular category at The...
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aridag5
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Video Presentation of the Afrikaner by the Author
Where does Zoe's story stem from? Find the answer in this 5-minute video, together with a short reading from Chapter 1.
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aridag5
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Inside the emotion of fiction
Soon I realized how much the old San Bushman shaman could “tell me” with his simple gestures and facial expressions. In this passage...
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aridag5
Jun 1, 20203 min read
BILINGUAL WRITERS, (SELF-)TRANSLATION AND THE STYLISTIC REVOLUTION
Bilingualism and self-translation may be used to question or redefine one’s cultural identity and to dislocate and decentralize...
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aridag5
May 30, 20201 min read
Finding oneself on the wrong side of history
Alan Twigg's review of my novel The Afrikaner in the spring issue of "BC Booklook" goes to the core of the predicament faced by the...
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aridag5
May 19, 20201 min read
Are we writers or marketers?
In this era of market-oriented mechanisms and vanishing privileges, are writers still allowed to dedicate themselves to simply write...
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aridag5
May 8, 20201 min read
Zoe’s Story, “The Afrikaner,” Goes International
A woman scientist ventures into a scorching desert to search for fossils and confront the dark shadows of her Afrikaner heritage. Set...
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aridag5
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Audiobook of “The Afrikaner” (Chapter 1)
Listen to an audio excerpt from Arianna Dagnino’s novel “The Afrikaner” read by the Los Angeles-based, South African actor Dennis...
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