How do authors create their characters? Drew Shaw in roundtable discussion with John Eppel, Bryony Rheam, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Violette Kee-Tui.

On a glorious autumn morning (14 May 2022), I met outside the Orange Elephant with Bulawayo authors John Eppel, Bryony Rheam, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Violette Kee-Tui to discuss the intriguing subject of character creation. 

The event is video recorded in three parts, with links below.  

Part 1  https://youtu.be/ykhzlCHf7dY

Part 2 https://youtu.be/ZKu-dvu4D9I

Part 3 https://youtu.be/avRBuEeW2B8

Some novels (or novellas) by the authors, referred to in the discussion, are as follows:

John Eppel,  D.G.G. Berry's The Great North Road, Hatchings, The Giraffe Man, The Curse of the Ripe Tomato, The Holy Innocents, Absent: the English Teacher, Traffickings, and The Boy Who Loved Camping.

Violette Kee-Tui, Mulberry Dreams.

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, The Theory of Flight and The History of Man.

Bryony Rheam, This September Sun and All Come to Dust.

Our thanks to Tracey Hazelden for photography and videography. www.instagram.com/Tracey.J.Photography