TALKING STORY: THE JOURNEY BEHIND STRANGE FISH
Milton Schorr presents the story behind the story of the creation of his debut novel.
โ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ-๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ - ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฌ, ๐๐ค๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ซ๐ช๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ถ.
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โTalking Story: The Journey Behind Strange Fishโ is a presentation by Schorr detailing his life as a writer, tracing the threads of the story back to a childhood haunted by drug addiction, and a life now dedicated to healing. Now is your opportunity to book an appearance by Schorr, by mailing your query to info@pilgrimspressbooks.com.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, actor and author Milton Schorr moved to the town of St. Helena Bay at the age of 13, spending his high school years there. During that time he learned to fish. Today, 20 years later, he has written a novel describing those experiences.
โStrange Fish is a weaving together of two different experiences in my life,โ says Schorr. โThe first was years spent fishing the waters of St Helena Bay and Paternoster as a teenager, and the second was an experience of lost love. I combined them both to tell the story of Jono, a lonely fisherman, who one day hooks a miracle.โ
Schorr has spent 20 years in entertainment. Beginning his career in theatre and thereafter moving to TV and film, as an actor he has appeared in Hollywood movies such as Tomb Raider and Resident Evil, and local productions Die Byl, Project Dina, Die Sentrum, and others.
โI once heard therapy described as simply taking about the truth,โ says Schorr. โWriting is certainly therapy for me, since it is the truth of my experience that Iโm trying to express.โ
โI spent my most impressionable years on the West Coast,โ he adds. โThe place is in my blood. Itโs in the dry bush and cold water of the West Coast that my anchor lies.โ
Earlier this year Schorr presented โTalking Storyโ at various venues throughout the Western and Eastern Cape on a book tour that ended in receiving the award for โBest Novelโ at the South African Independent Publishers Awards. In January, ahead of Strange Fish being translated into Afrikaans by famed author Toast Coetzer, Schorr presents โTalking Storyโ in Paternoster on the West Coast for the first time. Thereafter, he will tour the presentation countrywide.
โTalking Story: The Story Behind Strange Fishโ has been described as:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ.โ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ถ.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต.โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ซ๐ช๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ถ.
โ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ-๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ - ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฌ, ๐๐ค๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ.
Strange Fish is a modern retelling of the mermaid myth, set in the small fishing town of St. Helena Bay where Schorr grew up. Reviews of the novel include:
โ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ.โ - ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ โ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญโ - ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฉ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ.โ - ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ป๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ฐ! ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ.
โ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏโฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.โ - ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐น, @๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ.
Copies of Strange Fish will be on sale on the night, autographed by the author.
Bookings for โTalking Story: The Journey Behind Strange Fishโ can be made at info@pilgrimspressbooks.com.
TALKING STORY: TALES OF HITCHHIKING
Milton Schorr presents the story of the creation of his second novel, A MAN OF THE ROAD, which tells the tale of a little boy who must hitchhike across South Africa to find his mother. He details the experiences he had hitchhiking Southern Africa and the world.
Sarie Tydskrif recently did an in-depth article on A Man Of The Road, which you can enjoy by clicking here.
Bookings nationwide: info@pilgrimspressbooks.com
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TALKING STORY: TALES OF HITCHHIKING, is a talk delivered by author Milton Schorr on the roots of his hitchhiking novel A MAN OF THE ROAD, which is based on his three decadesโ experience hitchhiking Southern Africa and the world.
In his discussion, he will explain both his love of writing, the real life hitchhiking adventures he had that became the material for his novel, and how he goes about writing an unforgettable story.
Copies of A MAN OF THE ROAD will be on sale on the night, autographed by the author.
Bookings for TALKING STORY: TALES OF HITCHHIKING can be made at info@pilgrimspressbooks.com.