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Marita Van der Vyver

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 18, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Marita Van der Vyver

    All I Know… Thoughts on travel, book tours and school visits (opens the original)

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    Three whirlwind weeks of travel bring a feast of books, school visits, South African flavours, spectacular sights and unexpected delights. From inspiring young readers to celebrating new literary and film milestones, it’s a joyful journey through the tastes, sounds and memories of home. Oh, how I admire and envy those writers who have the discipline to keep writing, no matter where they are or what happens to them. Come rain or sunshine, travel or turbulence, they cling to their daily habit of

  2. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Marita Van der Vyver

    Pastafarians staring intently at the sun (opens the original)

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    An eclipse, a colander, a village fête and a sky full of shooting stars – sometimes a week of small wonders is enough to restore your faith in life. This week’s Substack is a celebration of finding joy, silliness and a little magic in the middle of everything else. In this summer of our discontent, we desperately needed a natural phenomenon that had nothing to do with climate breakdown or politics. Enter a total eclipse of the sun, visible from Iceland to Spain, to get millions of Western E

  3. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Marita Van der Vyver

    Summertime and the living ain’t (always) easy in sweltering France (opens the original)

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    A roofless roof wetting in the relentless heat of the French summer of 2026, ‘with frills’ – Camembert with biltong, anyone? Oops. This fortnight break is the longest I’ve been away since I started regularly posting on Substack last year. What can I say? It’s summer and the living is easy? No, in fact the living has been quite hectic this summer. I don’t think we can even call it a succession of heat waves rolling over us any longer. It feels more like floundering in a continuous hea

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