Lawrence Bransby
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Lawrence Bransby (born 1951) is a South African born author of eleven
Each of the books he wrote during the late 80's and early nineties were inspiring to the youthful pupils under his English tutelage at Ixopo High School. Notably, Cy Edmondson, who was one of his students, authored a book detailing his personal troubles and how he overcame them in a book entitled "I Can".
Publications
Novels
A Matter of Conscience
Second Sailor, Other Son
Lifeblood - Earthblood
Down Street (Winner of the MER Prize for youth literature)
Homeward Bound ("Book Chat" Southern African Children's Book of the Year 1991; MNET Prize shortlisted)
Remember the Whales (J. P. van Der Walt prize)
Travelogues
A Mountaintop Experience ("Book Chat" South African Book of the Year 1993)
The Geek in Shining Armour
Of Roosters, Dogs and Cardboard Boxes
The Boy who Counted to a Million (Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Prize winner; MNET Prize shortlisted)
Outside the Walls
Venture into Russia: Three Motorcycle Journeys
A Pass too Far: Travels in Central Asia
There are no Fat People in Morocco
The Wakhan Corridor: A Motorcycle Journey into Central Asia
The Plymouth/Dakar Old Bangers Challenge
Trans - Africa by Motorcycle: a Father's Diary
By Motorcycle through Vietnam: Reflections on a Gracious People
References
- ISBN 9781520975849.
- ^ O'Donnell, Patrick (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction, p. 1012 (2011)
- children’s literature. No distinction is made between English and Afrikaans books." Quotation courtesy of Marjorie Van Heerden, Author of Nina and Little Duck.