• Jo-Anne Richards and Jo-Anne Hitchens running the Art of the Memoir workshops at the Karoo Art Hotel Barrydale
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Stand by for our regular updates on the journey back of the Karoo Art Hotel

Beryl Markham wrote the brief for the rooms

When we working on the vision for the creation of Melvill & Moon over 20 years ago there was description of the rooms of the Muthaiga Club in the Happy Valley/Kenya /1922 era in West with the Night that resonated with us

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The night everyone came to the party

New years eve happened on the street in the lee of the still closed hotel and Bistro Blues on the other side

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Welcome to 2022

2021 wasn’t all bad , we’re still alive for goodness sake , and without the journey through 21 we could never have got to 22

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Revelling in The Karoo Art Hotel  renovation . Pic by Mickey Menz
The December of 2021

Much to reflect on as we take a breather and open the bar as a pop up and the downstairs rooms as a temporary exhibition space for the artists of Barrydale . Some images to sum it all up.

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Art of the memoir: 1st Chapter (2022) meets with critical acclaim

The 'critics' would have been the course attendees; 18 aspirant memoir writers who met under the tutorship of best selling writers and teachers Jo-Anne Richards (Innocence of Roast Chicken) and Jo-Anne Hitchens (Death and the After Parties). All About Writing's workshop was wonderfully well received by all the delegates There will definately be a chapter 2 in 2023.

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How we found the Karoo Art Hotel, Barrydale

How a chance visit during an offroad motorbike trip lead to a life changing purchase made on a whim

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