Author

 
Rosemund Handler

Rosemund Handler

Rosemund Handler has written four novels, all published by Penguin. Her third novel, Tsamma Season, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize, Africa region. Her short stories and poetry have been published in a variety of anthologies and journals. She is working on a fifth novel.
    ​A dying breath of fresh air
    ​A dying breath of fresh air
    Analysis |
    BODY LANGUAGEIn a hospital in California a line of doctors, oncologists, other medical specialists and nursing staff file into a brightly lit...
    ​Nobody’s talking but we all speak the language of distraction
    ​Nobody’s talking but we all speak the language of distraction
    Analysis |
    SOCIETYIn South Africa we can blame apartheid for at least some of the whacky stuff but in the good old United States it’s become a lot...
    Losing a child is extremely painful for a parent – more so when the child is alive
    Losing a child is extremely painful for a parent – more so when the child is alive
    Analysis |
    BODY LANGUAGE
    Despite the advance of feminism, there’s still an ugly truth about keeping smooth
    Despite the advance of feminism, there’s still an ugly truth about keeping smooth
    Columnists |
    BODY LANGUAGE
    Giving the imagination permission to fly
    Giving the imagination permission to fly
    Arts and Culture |
    Rosamund Handler completed a master's degree in creative writing at the University of Cape Town. Her first novel, Madlands, published by...