Thoughts from Botswana by Lauri Kubuitsile: And My Virtual Book Tour Begins in Australia!!!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

And My Virtual Book Tour Begins in Australia!!!

Today is the first day of my blog book tour for Signed, Hopelessly in Love. I'm over at Selma in the City. Selma is a long time blog/internet friend. She has a beautiful blog where she writes touching posts about her life in Australia.

Please stop by and leave a comment or question. You can find the blog HERE.

Thanks Selma!!!

Next stop- Kasane Botswana at Bordertown Notes.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: I thinktit went exceptionally well, Lauri. A big THANK YOU To all the wonderful people who stopped by!!!; October 13, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Lauri said...: Yes, Selma, it really did!! Lots of people visiting, lots of comments. For two newbies to this thing I think we did pretty okay! Thanks again. I hope I can return the favour soon! :); October 13, 2011 at 2:48 PM

My Writing Successes

I have numerous published books, including three books from my Kate Gomolemo Detective series; The Fatal Payout (Macmillan 2005) , Murder for Profit (Pentagon 2008) and Anything for Money (Vivlia 2010). My children's book Mmele and the Magic Bones (Pentagon 2008) was short-listed for the African Writers Prize (UK) and has since been chosen as a set book for all primary schools in Botswana.

My book The Fatal Payout is a set work for all junior secondary school students in Botswana. Two of my books The Second Worst Thing (Oxford University Press) and The Curse of the Gold Coins (Vivlia) are CAPS approved in South African schoold for grade 7.

My short stories have won numerous prizes including first prize in the 2007 BTA/AngloPlatinum Short Story Contest, and twice winning highly commended in the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Contest. I won the Golden Baobab Prize in both 2009 and 2010, first in the junior section and the following year the senior section. My stories can be found on four continents; online, in print literary and popular magazines, and in anthologies.

In 2005, I was among three writers short-listed for our national, biannual prize for creative writing the Orange/Botswerere Prize. In 2007, I took first position for the same prize. In 2011 I was short-listed for The Caine Prize.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

And My Virtual Book Tour Begins in Australia!!!

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