26 Feb 2019
by Christina Engela
in News
Tags: books, ebooks, South Africa
I’m really, really excited to announce that my books are now available LOCALLY in South Africa as ebooks via a gaming/tech online store based in my area! 🙂 A big thank you to Wikus van der Mescht of GGGmall (https://www.gggmall.co.za/) for making them available in his online store as epub downloads!
You can download the latest versions of my books there in epub format, for as little as R30 a title!
GGGmall – Wikus’s brain-child, stocks all kinds of cool game-related tech, a huge variety of current and old-school consoles, games for Playstation, XBox, Nintendo, Sega, Commodore, Sinclair, Atari, discs and cartridges, PC games, accessories, controllers, including hard-to-find collectors items and special editions! If you’re looking for gaming stuff you don’t see in the regular shops – this is the place you need to look! Wikus ships worldwide, and also does a newsletter and mail-order as well as collections from his premises.
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02 Apr 2018
by Christina Engela
in new releases
Tags: AA, Africa, alcoholism, booze, christina engela, liquor, South Africa, substance abuse, theo engela
As some of you might know, I’ve been keeping a promise I made to my Dad many years ago – that I would one day publish his three novels. I have been working hard to keep that promise, and have taken off the last few months from my own writing to do so – his collection of short stories “African Assignment“, and his third and last novel “Shakandazu Valley” have already been published, and today it’s my privilege to announce the release of his very first novel, “A Way Of Life” by Theo Engela.
Written in 1965, this novel was never published. It was his first novel, and it focuses on alcoholism and the struggle of the main character with it. The story is brilliantly written, and describes this way of life with dramatic and upsetting realism, for the alcoholic and those who love them.
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17 Mar 2018
by Christina Engela
in new releases
Tags: ciskei, fiction, shakandazu valley, South Africa, theo engela
I finally finished editing and formatting my dad’s last novel! This is the very first time this story has ever been published, so it’s quite a significant day in that respect for me. I truly enjoyed reading and editing this story, and if you’re interested in a little fictional, philosophical look at life in this setting, with oodles of symbolism and hidden meanings, I can happily recommend this book.
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“Shakandazu Valley, a typical small rural town in the Ciskei, ruled over by the Inkosi from the grand mansion called The Residence, attention is diverted from the boredom of daily life and the pressure of the severe drought by various pursuits: movies, parties, socializing, drinking – and speculating about one of the Valley’s newest and most mysterious residents – Roger Hall.
The man had simply turned up one day three years before, bought the old bungalow at the end of Buku Road – paid for it in cash, and then kept to himself. The only times he seemed to venture into town was to buy copious amounts of alcohol from the liquor store every few weeks. Sometimes he briefly showed his face at happenings hosted by curious locals. He never spoke about his past.
Who was he? Where did he come from? How did he come to have so much money readily on hand? Why did he never want to talk about his past – not even to the Doctor, or Mr. Gaika, his closest friends in town?
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07 Feb 2017
by Christina Engela
in News
Tags: art, author, christina engela, drawings, Eternity, fantasy, female, Galaxii Series, horror, Illustrations, Images, John Smyth, LGBT, newsletter, Overkill, Prodigal Sun, quantum series, sci-fi, science fiction, sketches, South Africa, South African, the thirteenth ship, transgender
Good morning, fans and friends!
Since starting the new year after a nice holiday break, I’ve hit the ground running as the saying goes – fortunately I have managed to not break or twist anything vital in the process, and have more or less managed to keep going in the direction I intended back in December!
In my first newsletter, in January, I gave a lot of detail about what I was up to in my writing projects, but this time, I will try to cut down and focus on items I am currently working on in the short term.
And now, let me bring you up to speed on news about my writing projects so far! More
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31 Dec 2016
by Christina Engela
in Translations
Tags: Afrikaans, art, author, christina engela, Die Dertiende Skip, Die Kwantum Reeks, drawings, fantasy, female, Galaxii Series, horror, Illustrations, Images, LGBT, quantum series, sci-fi, science fiction, sketches, South Africa, South African, the thirteenth ship, transgender, translation, wiggle room, Wikkel Ruim
As U lief is om in Afrikaans te lees – en veral opsoek is na wetenskap-fiksie, en het al amper weggekwyn van die lus om UITMUNDENDE wetenskap-fiksie in Afrikaans te lees – is U drome nou op die punt van verwesenliking!
Christina Engela het nou ook ‘n Afrikaanse Winkel blad op haar amptelike skrywer webwerf , waarop haar boeke wat uit Engels vertaal is, sal vertoon!
Die eerste een – ‘Die Dertiende Skip’ Â – ‘n gratis Afrikaanse vertaling van haar kortverhaal ‘The Thirteenth Ship‘ is klaar daar!
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