Episode 20: Books, OWN Voices and the stuff no one tells you about writing, with author Bianca Marais

Cat chats with author and podcast host Bianca Marais on books, OWN Voices and the stuff no one tells you about writing.

Bianca Marais is the author of two novels, Hum If You Don’t Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh. Before becoming an author, she ran a non profit organisation in the country of her birth, South Africa, where she worked with HIV/AIDS orphans and their caregivers in Soweto for ten years. She runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative to encourage and empower women of colour to tell their own stories. Bianca also teaches creative writing and hosts a popular podcast called The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, aimed at helping emerging writers learn about the craft of writing and the business side of publishing.

You can find Bianca at www.biancamarais.com