Local author gives talk at Putney Library

Friends of Putney Library invite you to an Author’s talk. On 16th March (6.30 - 7.45pm) at Putney Library Marion Molteno, a local author who has lived abroad and travelled extensively, will talk about her books, particularly her latest book Uncertain Light.

Marion Molteno's writing reflects the breadth of her life experience. She lives in Putney but grew up in South Africa where she was active in opposition to the apartheid regime. She lived in Zambia at a time of profound social change, has pioneered educational projects in multi-ethnic communities in the UK, and worked for Save the Children in many of the poorest areas of Asia and Africa.

Her latest novel, Uncertain Light, is set in the world of international aid workers, much of it in Central Asia in the years following the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union.

On 16th March (6.30 - 7.45pm) at Putney Library on

Refreshments available.
For further information email:
friendsofputneylibrary@gmail.com

Other books:
'If you can walk, you can dance', the story of a young woman's life on the run across frontiers and cultures, was awarded the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the best book in the Africa region, and was selected for the top 20 books in the Women's Writers Festival in New Zealand. 'A Shield of Coolest Air', set among Somali asylum seekers, won the David St John Thomas Award for fiction. 'Somewhere More Simple' is set on the Isles of Scilly and explores relationships among outsiders in a small community cut off from the mainland. Her short story collection, 'A Language in Common', reflects the experiences of South Asian women in Britain in the 1980s, and has been translated into Panjabi, Urdu and Bengali.

She has written and lectured on language, education and development. The books which grew out of her experience with Save the Children have been translated into many languages and used across the world. She studied Urdu with the scholar Ralph Russell, and edits his writing on Urdu literature.

March 11, 2016