André Wiesner: Professional Writer • Editor  • Media Developer

Firebreak Studios

“Although tomorrow’s another day at the mining house, tonight Kimberley’s rank and file have thrown caution to the wind and rushed in their hundreds to peg their claims at one of the diamond capital’s steak houses …”

Diamond Fever
Text Box: “When India and Pakistan detonated nuclear bombs in 1998, the blasts - these flashes of star-like energy - were registered thousands of kilometres away on the other side of the planet, and in the most unlikely of places …” Text Box: The Karoo Star Shrine

“In ancient times seafarers believed that a final border awaited them at edge of the world. There, in the wildest regions of the sea, the waters would plunge away into a thundering abyss, a realm known only to angels and demons …”

Secret World of the Desert River
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Text Box: “‘So you’re a journalist?’ he asks me, swaying on his feet. ‘Well, lemme tell you, my country left me to rot in jail in Mozambique.’ Without breaking eye-contact, he throws back his shoulders to chuggalug another beer. ...”

Union Jack Bohemia

“When storms are violent, the dirt road along the shore vanishes underneath waves seething into the bushes and grass. ‘The island belongs to the sea,’ says the lighthouse-keeper with a shrug, ‘and if the sea wants it, he’ll take it’....”
Text Box: World in the Beacon’s Eye

Travel Writing