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What people say about Hedi Lampert's writing course Hedi, thank you so much for a wonderful and fruitful 8 weeks with you. About four years ago I decided to write my second book, to describe my journey of personal growth & transformation after Anton's...
Talking about The Trouble With My Aunt On The Quarantine Chronicles
I had a really fun interview with literary reviewer and fellow author, Jonathan Ancer during lockdown. https://www.timeslive.co.za/…/2020-04-01-amabookabooka-the…/ Listen to this wonderful podcast with Hedi Lampert interviewed by Jonathan Ancer....
FIT FOR THE GODS
Few things can cast more of a shadow over the latter part of my weekend than the spectre of an early morning meeting in the city. Beating the traffic means rising at an ungodly hour such as might induce the kind of nausea, I still, all too readily, associate...
Choose the writing course that’s right for you
The 5 key questions to ask in order to decide if a writing course will be right for you: Am I able to make time to take this course ? Will this course help me develop my writing goals? Is the coaching online or face-to face? Will I be coached solo or in a group? Can I...
Icons
When you want to stand out from the crowd, you have to tell a different story, and these chaps know that only too well. Having left their Chinese factory of origin, they endured a rough ocean crossing in a dark container, and now, hour after hour is spent in punishing...
10 Reasons to enrol in a creative writing course
Writing is a lonely business and not everyone is cut out for solitude – some of us are more like electric kettles – plug us in to other sources and we don’t just reach boiling point, we sing too. Whether you’re a poet, an aspiring novelist, planning to write a memoir...
Marrakech
Where senses collide Enchanted by the flush of crimson roses bordering the terminal, Marrakech already had me at “hello”– Words and photographs by Hedi Lampert We touched down at the charming Menara Marrakech airport in the glow of a sunset, casting a...
Concita
Watercolour by Hedi Lampert A short story by Hedi Lampert It was a time of famine for Concita – bells no longer tinkled with the promise of tea along with the bounty of DeLuga’s Bakery. Yet the buttery taste of crumbling pastry, melting, was still on her tongue and oh...
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Echoes is a somewhat sacred space – a home for all the little creations I love and wish to share. Think of it as your invitation into my very own private treasure casket. Here you’ll find everything from short stories, and brief musings to poetry and verse as well as my photographs, watercolours and sketches.