Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 3 - "Children of Sugarcane"

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One of the authors up for this year's Sunday Times Literary awards Fiction prize says she based her novel "Children of Sugarcane" on her grandmother's difficult life.

Joanne Joseph is in the running for this years coveted prize. That's in partnership with Exclusive Books.

Hot1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams sat down with her to find out how much of the fiction was based on fact.
6 Sep 2022 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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