James Whyle
@jameswhylebooks.bsky.social
South African writer. On a blue bay. In a time of monsters.
Just published by Jonathan Ball ...
We Two From Heaven.
Just published by Jonathan Ball ...
We Two From Heaven.
Pinned
James Whyle
@jameswhylebooks.bsky.social
· Nov 11
AFTER 38 YEARS we packed a life and our ancestors and two dogs and a cat and travelled south to a stone house on a blue bay.
#WeTwoFromHeaven
#WeTwoFromHeaven
17 stories that need to be told
“Chinese social media is awash with recruitment videos for the Russian army, with influencers touting the glamour, riches and masculine kudos that supposedly come with joining the war.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Chinese social media is awash with recruitment videos for the Russian army, with influencers touting the glamour, riches and masculine kudos that supposedly come with joining the war.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
South Africa launches investigation into 17 citizens fighting in Ukraine
Men aged 20 to 39 ‘lured to join mercenary force’ in Donbas region have requested assistance to return home
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
17 stories that need to be told
“Chinese social media is awash with recruitment videos for the Russian army, with influencers touting the glamour, riches and masculine kudos that supposedly come with joining the war.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“Chinese social media is awash with recruitment videos for the Russian army, with influencers touting the glamour, riches and masculine kudos that supposedly come with joining the war.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Story Time
#Mduli #Mthethwa
I’ve been struggling to keep up with South African events. Like America, a great movie, but a complicated plot with multiple unreliable narrators. Be a bit lost without the Corder Report TBH.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Wl...
#Mduli #Mthethwa
I’ve been struggling to keep up with South African events. Like America, a great movie, but a complicated plot with multiple unreliable narrators. Be a bit lost without the Corder Report TBH.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Wl...
Mkhwanazi Ad-Hoc Bombs: All You Need To Know // The Corder Report
YouTube video by Three Beanies Network w/ Dan Corder
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Story Time
#Mduli #Mthethwa
I’ve been struggling to keep up with South African events. Like America, a great movie, but a complicated plot with multiple unreliable narrators. Be a bit lost without the Corder Report TBH.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Wl...
#Mduli #Mthethwa
I’ve been struggling to keep up with South African events. Like America, a great movie, but a complicated plot with multiple unreliable narrators. Be a bit lost without the Corder Report TBH.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Wl...
Excellent piece on AI in education from Mike Whyle
“The solutions we lean into may turn out to be non-technological. In education, it could mean reframing the question: not “did you use AI?” but “Do you truly understand the material?””
gadget.co.za/aidetector36t/
“The solutions we lean into may turn out to be non-technological. In education, it could mean reframing the question: not “did you use AI?” but “Do you truly understand the material?””
gadget.co.za/aidetector36t/
The AI detector dilemma – Gadget
The digital border guards of academic and professional integrity are causing real-world harm in education and business, writes AI consultant MIKE WHYLE.
gadget.co.za
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Excellent piece on AI in education from Mike Whyle
“The solutions we lean into may turn out to be non-technological. In education, it could mean reframing the question: not “did you use AI?” but “Do you truly understand the material?””
gadget.co.za/aidetector36t/
“The solutions we lean into may turn out to be non-technological. In education, it could mean reframing the question: not “did you use AI?” but “Do you truly understand the material?””
gadget.co.za/aidetector36t/
The Book of War Kindle Edition
by James Whyle (Author)
£3.99 on Kindle
Which is an outright BARGAIN
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-War-Jam...
by James Whyle (Author)
£3.99 on Kindle
Which is an outright BARGAIN
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-War-Jam...
The Book of War
The Book of War eBook : Whyle, James: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Book of War Kindle Edition
by James Whyle (Author)
£3.99 on Kindle
Which is an outright BARGAIN
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-War-Jam...
by James Whyle (Author)
£3.99 on Kindle
Which is an outright BARGAIN
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-War-Jam...
I call South Africa heaven ...
My father writes from France on the 18th of January 1916.
My father writes from France on the 18th of January 1916.
June 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I call South Africa heaven ...
My father writes from France on the 18th of January 1916.
My father writes from France on the 18th of January 1916.
We Two From Heaven contains clear warnings that it should be taken with a pinch of salt. It also contains documentary evidence of its veracity.
#Memoir #Nonfiction #books #NarrativeNonfiction
#Memoir #Nonfiction #books #NarrativeNonfiction
June 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We Two From Heaven contains clear warnings that it should be taken with a pinch of salt. It also contains documentary evidence of its veracity.
#Memoir #Nonfiction #books #NarrativeNonfiction
#Memoir #Nonfiction #books #NarrativeNonfiction
Hilary Mantel on fact and fiction:
Things get passed around so easily on the Internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, What are your sources?
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6...
Things get passed around so easily on the Internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, What are your sources?
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6...
Hilary Mantel, The Art of Fiction No. 226
“I only became a novelist because I thought I had missed my chance to become a historian.”
www.theparisreview.org
May 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hilary Mantel on fact and fiction:
Things get passed around so easily on the Internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, What are your sources?
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6...
Things get passed around so easily on the Internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, What are your sources?
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6...
Fine Music Radio’s Book Choice, 27 May, 2025.
An extremely kind and thoughtful response to We Two From Heaven from Melvyn Minnaar.
(He can be found on Twitter - @Melvynminnaar)
His review is at minute 24:00.
But the whole thing is worth a listen.
www.fmr.co.za/podcasts/boo...
An extremely kind and thoughtful response to We Two From Heaven from Melvyn Minnaar.
(He can be found on Twitter - @Melvynminnaar)
His review is at minute 24:00.
But the whole thing is worth a listen.
www.fmr.co.za/podcasts/boo...
Book Choice - Fine Music Radio
Book Choice is presented by Paige Nick with her team of bookworms. They will entertain and inform you as they chat about the latest fiction and non-fiction on the shelves. From popular to literary wor...
www.fmr.co.za
May 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Fine Music Radio’s Book Choice, 27 May, 2025.
An extremely kind and thoughtful response to We Two From Heaven from Melvyn Minnaar.
(He can be found on Twitter - @Melvynminnaar)
His review is at minute 24:00.
But the whole thing is worth a listen.
www.fmr.co.za/podcasts/boo...
An extremely kind and thoughtful response to We Two From Heaven from Melvyn Minnaar.
(He can be found on Twitter - @Melvynminnaar)
His review is at minute 24:00.
But the whole thing is worth a listen.
www.fmr.co.za/podcasts/boo...
It's a privilege to have We Two From Heaven assessed by someone as gentle and funny and intelligent as Fred de Vries.
(Behind a paywall, but I'll trying and sneak in a snippet ...)
www.news24.com/.../review-w....
(Behind a paywall, but I'll trying and sneak in a snippet ...)
www.news24.com/.../review-w....
May 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's a privilege to have We Two From Heaven assessed by someone as gentle and funny and intelligent as Fred de Vries.
(Behind a paywall, but I'll trying and sneak in a snippet ...)
www.news24.com/.../review-w....
(Behind a paywall, but I'll trying and sneak in a snippet ...)
www.news24.com/.../review-w....
Franschhoek Literary Festival.
A chat about We Two From Heaven with Cape Talk's John Maytham, who is the best and most influential radio anchor in South Africa when it come to books ..
www.primediaplus.com/the-war-with...
A chat about We Two From Heaven with Cape Talk's John Maytham, who is the best and most influential radio anchor in South Africa when it come to books ..
www.primediaplus.com/the-war-with...
The War Within
Primedia+ is your brand-new online content hub, home to the iconic radio stations you love 947, 702, Kfm, CapeTalk, and EWN all in one convenient location. It's more than just radio and news, it's an ...
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May 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Franschhoek Literary Festival.
A chat about We Two From Heaven with Cape Talk's John Maytham, who is the best and most influential radio anchor in South Africa when it come to books ..
www.primediaplus.com/the-war-with...
A chat about We Two From Heaven with Cape Talk's John Maytham, who is the best and most influential radio anchor in South Africa when it come to books ..
www.primediaplus.com/the-war-with...
Extraordinary writing by Warrick Sony on the musician Gary Herselman, AKA Piet Pers (Voelvry; Die Kerels)
“Piet Pers … didn’t pretend to to be a dog. He became a dog, so much so that other dogs thought he was a dog.”
“Piet Pers … didn’t pretend to to be a dog. He became a dog, so much so that other dogs thought he was a dog.”
May 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Extraordinary writing by Warrick Sony on the musician Gary Herselman, AKA Piet Pers (Voelvry; Die Kerels)
“Piet Pers … didn’t pretend to to be a dog. He became a dog, so much so that other dogs thought he was a dog.”
“Piet Pers … didn’t pretend to to be a dog. He became a dog, so much so that other dogs thought he was a dog.”
