Elaine Proctor
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Elaine Proctor was born in South Africa. She made numerous documentaries in her home country before completing a master degree at the National Film and Television School in England.

Her feature-length graduation film On The Wire won the British Film Institute’s Sutherland Trophy for the most original and imaginative first film. Elaine’s next film, Friends, was selected by the Cannes Film Festival to be part of its coveted Official Competition and won Mention Speciale - Prix de Camera D’Or.

Elaine wrote and directed KIN, with Isaiah Washington and Miranda Otto, it was released globally to critical acclaim. Elaine sits on the chapter for screenwriting at BAFTA. She lives in London. Rhumba is her first novel.

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The Cricket Bat and The Porcupine - Part Three

(0) Comments | Posted 2 August 2012 | (06:22)

~The Cricket Bat and the Porcupine~

A Story in Three Parts

...which began life as a short blog on my book tour to South Africa in Spring 2012 and became a kind of blogelogue of a homecoming...


Part Three: Franschhoek Literary Festival

The morning after the launch...

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Part II of The Cricket Bat and the Porcupine

(0) Comments | Posted 27 July 2012 | (05:01)

~The Cricket Bat and the Porcupine~

A Story in Three Parts

...which began life as a short blog on my book tour to South Africa in Spring 2012 and became a kind of blogelogue of a homecoming...


Part Two: Cape Town


Day 4:

En...

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The Cricket Bat and The Porcupine - Part One

(0) Comments | Posted 19 July 2012 | (14:54)

~The Cricket Bat and the Porcupine~

A Story in Three Parts

...which began life as a short blog on my book tour to South Africa in Spring 2012 and became a kind of blogelogue of a homecoming...


Part One.

Day 1. Sunday Morning. Land in Johannesburg.
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Shape-Shifter: A Writer Stumbles Towards Work/Life Balance

(0) Comments | Posted 8 June 2012 | (19:14)

It was hot the day my child stood on the Cape Cobra. It is always hot in the Namibian summer but the rain the previous day had made it more so. It was clear-aired too so the distance between things became harder to judge. Or perhaps that's just how it...

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