Therese Benadé, author of Kites of Good Fortune, writes about her heritage and upbringing in South Africa and her travels and living experiences on five continents. A Canadian citizen, she lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts with her husband, Jim Armstrong. Her two adult children are Rex and Kirstie van der Spuy. Read more...

• Kites of Good Fortune
  

  A story about the lives of the author’s ancestors at the Cape of Good hope in the 17th and 18th centuries. Published 2004. 

• Anna, Dogter van Angela van Bengale
  

  The Afrikaans translation of Kites of Good Fortune.

• Bluestocking
  

  Set in South Africa between 1880 and 1927, the book explores the intellectual and moral influences on South African women of the ‘head, heart and hand’ education brought by American teachers from Mount Holyoke College.

• The Layered Life of Tok-Tokkie
  

  Stories from my life touching on my childhood, my travels and teaching career, on being an immigrant, on learning languages and unlearning racism.

All books...

• A Layered Identity
  Text and Keynote slides of my presentation to the Harriet Tubman Summer Institute 2011
• Textile Trip to Gujarat
  Exploring a rich world of weaving, block printing and embroidery
• Opening
  A cryptic chronological summary of the major events in my life that drove me to live in many places in the world.

All pieces...

• Permissive Experiment
• Reflections on the River of Lust
• On the Way to Recovery

All poems...