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Pilgrim's Press & Die Koelkamers Teater presentTALKING STORY - The Journey Behind Strange Fish, by Milton Schorr
Actor and author Milton Schorr moved to the town of St. Helena Bay at the age of 13, spending his high school years there. Today, 20 years later, he returns to the West Coast with a story to tell, his award winning debut novel 'Strange Fish', set on the West Coast's shores.
“Strange Fish is a weaving together of two different experiences in my life,” says Schorr. “The 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.”
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.
“Talking Story: The Journey Behind Strange Fish” is an hour long presentation by Schorr detailing his life as a writer, tracing the threads of the story back to a childhood.
“I spent my most impressionable years on the West Coast," says Schorr. “The place is in my blood. It’s in the dry bush and cold water of the West Coast that my anchor lies.”
Earlier this year Schorr presented “Talking Story” at various venues throughout the Western and Eastern Cape on a book tour that ended in receiving the award for ‘Best Novel’ at the South African Independent Publishers Awards. In January, ahead of Strange Fish being translated into Afrikaans by famed author Toast Coetzer, Schorr presents “Talking Story” on the West Coast for the first time.
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Strange Fish is currently stocked across the country at big booksellers, but also on the West Coast at Yours & Mine, Mike’s Pharmacy, Boeretroos & Rosemead Artisan Bakery (Yzerfontein), Cup Of Cake (Saldanha), The Hobnobbery & Paternoster Express (Paternoster), Die SeeSter Kombuis (St Helena Bay), and Columbine Co. (Velddriff), as well as Die Witmosselpot (Elands Baai), and Alle Dingen & Muisbosskerm Deli (Lamberts Bay).
Copies will be on sale on the night, autographed by the author.
Tickets are R120, and the event begins at 6pm.
For full details of Schorr and Strange Fish, visit www.pilgrimspressbooks.com.
To view a promo video of Strange Fish, starring Schorr himself, visit:
To view some of Schorr’s international acting highlights, visit:
To view the award winning short film Surrender, detailing Schorr’s experience as a drug addict as a young person (he is now 15 years sober), visit: https://vimeo.com/273471754
Schorr is scheduled to appear in the Hollywood movie ‘Redeeming Love’ in February 2022, and on local screens in the forthcoming season of ‘Projek Dina’.
For up to date news on Schorr’s authoring and acting activities, follow him on social media at @milton.schorr, and his publisher at @pilgrimspressbooks.
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Die Koelkamers, 1 Kreefte Street, 7381 Paternoster, South Africa, Cape Town
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