News From Parched Mountain: Tales from the Karoo in the New South Africa

Roy Holland was born in Birmingham. He went to Africa in 1966 to teach in the universities of the Boleswa countries. In 1971 he went to Greece for three years. He and his family lived on the island of Levkas for six months, the Gulf of Corinth for a similar period, and in Corfu for a little over two years. He wrote full-time until 1974, when he returned to the U.K. and worked on a research project until returning to Africa in 1977. Thereafter he lived in Southern Africa and worked in universities in Zimbabwe, Lebowa and Venda. He was Professor of English at the University of the North, the University of Venda, as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the later 80's. He retired early to write full-time. Recently he has returned to England to settle in DorsetRoy Holland is the author of 'News From Parched Mountain: Tales from the Karoo in the New South Africa', published 2000 under ISBN 9780595146123 and ISBN 0595146120.