Consuelo Roland
Consuelo Roland is a writer, editor and writing coach. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Cape Town. The new edition of her acclaimed debut, The good cemetery guide, is now available from Karavan Press. With her subsequent novels in the Limbo series, Lady Limbo and Wolf trap, she continues her exploration of human relationships and the power of possibility. Her poetry, essays and short stories appear in various journals and anthologies. She lives with her husband and animal family in Hout Bay, a coastal town on the Cape Peninsula.
Short.Sharp.Stories anthology, Power: interview with Nadia Cassim, author of "The stairs she climbed"
2025-08-20"The fight for justice, and for what you love, can be a powerful motivator, often compelling people either to step up or to step away. That’s the emotional truth I wanted to capture."
Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Power: interview with Kate Thompson Davy, author of "Still the sun rises"
2025-08-11"The thing about speculative fiction is that it’s always about now."
Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Power: interview with Yuwinn Kraukamp, author of "The Department of Small Reparations"
2025-07-28"As for escapism, the literary world has always been an excellent, reliable form of escape. Not only can you lose yourself in a riveting scene in the right chapter, but that form of escape also happens to expand your mind with words you’ve never encountered (and have to google), perspectives you’ve never considered – with a new world of intellectual curiosities."