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- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
"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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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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aridag5
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
How much freedom should a creative writer have?
I thank the South African writer Toni Henning for her review of my novel “The Afrikaner” (Guernica Editions, Toronto, 2019). One comment...
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