Barbara Adair

Barbara Adair is a South African writer. Her 2004 novel, In Tangier We Killed the Blue Parrot, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Award, and the novel END was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize. Based in Johannesburg, she also lectures on human rights law.

Works

Fiction

In Tangier We Killed the Blue Parrot, Jacana, 2005, a fictional account of the lives of Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles in Tangier.
END, Jacana, 2009, a pastiche based on the movie Casablanca set in Johannesburg and Maputo.

Non-fiction

In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw, Modjaji Books, 2023, with photographs and stories of Art Deco buildings in Springs and their inhabitants.

Also, newspaper and magazine articles in: Sunday Independent, Sunday Times, Weekender, Horizon, Selamta. Short Stories in: New Contrast Literary Journal, From the Great Wall to the Grand Canyon, ''Queer Africa – New and Collected Fiction: A collection of Southern African short stories''