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A word from John van de Ruit…

THE POTATO MOVIE AND OTHER MUSINGS. It’s been a while since I last indulged in a spot of blogging – 2009 in fact. I trust you all had a spankingly good holiday – although no doubt the memory of which has long receded in the mind.  My festive season was a chaotic affair, mainly due to [...]

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John van de Ruit on Sewende Laan!

John van de Ruit, author of Spud will be making a cameo appearance on Sewende Laan on Wednesday the 2nd of September at 18h30 on SABC2.

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John van de Ruit writes you a letter…

Dear Reader   FRANKENSTEIN’S BACK!   Man those luscious days in Cambodia and Thailand feel like some time ago now. In fact even the Cape Town Book Fair has receded into the throbbing haze of talks, interviews and book signings. But let me resume from the very beginning and stagger forward in an orderly fashion.   THE LAUNCH (JOZI PART 1)   Armed with [...]

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John van de Ruit – Spud Learning to Fly Book Launch

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Penguins spoilt with double author visits- Adele Parks & John van de Ruit

              All at Penguin were treated with a visit from two of Penguin’s best loved authors. First was sunny Adele Parks author of Love, Lies who stopped in to say hello and chat to the Penguin SA staff on her way to the Cape Town Book Fair. Later on in the morning a charming as ever John [...]

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John van de Ruit launches Spud- Learning to Fly to a cold but cheerful crowd!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Pre-Publication launch of John van de Ruit’s book Spud- Learning to Fly was a resounding success. The launch began with an exclusive Golden Ticket event for 150 people where the lucky few got to chat and mingle with John van de Ruit as well as have their copies signed. Each attendee was presented [...]

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John van de Ruit- Journal Entry April 21st

21st APRIL 50 Days to launch   The bugger about growing older is that it’s an invisible act of decay. Like watching a rose bloom, one minute it’s a bulging bud and the next it’s as vast as a cauliflower, falling to pieces, and soiling its vase water. Yesterday, against all odds, I turned 34 years old, which [...]

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John van de Ruit – Journal Entry- April 16th

MAD ABOUT KEP!   I have always suspected that the ways of our modern society, and all of us that exist within it, are clinically insane if not stark raving bonkers. The notion of a mad world that refuses to acknowledge it’s inner lunatic has permeated just about everything I have ever written. The problem is – people [...]

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John van de Ruit – Journal Entry- April 7th

64 DAYS TO LAUNCH!!!   Dear Spud fans, friends, Romans and people at the wrong website.   Greetings from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It’s a week into the trip and I have thankfully settled down after the flurry of finishing the book and then roaring off to bustling Kuala Lumpur. I have finally, after a number of torturous nights watching [...]

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John Van De Ruit Prepares To Launch His Third Book Spud – Learning To Fly

John van de Ruit, author of Spud and Spud ~ The Madness Continues…, will soon be launching his third book titled Spud ~ Learning to Fly on the 10th June. This time Spud returns to take on one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This much anticipated book promises to be as [...]

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