Mabel Mnensa
A writer, researcher, and fiction author in progress.
Mabel is a writer drawn to the quiet power of family stories, forgotten histories, and speculative worlds that reflect our present. Her work explores how identity, memory, and legacy shape the way we live, across generations or imagined futures. After living in Cape Town, South Africa for the last decade, Mabel now calls Dublin home.
She is currently working on finding a home for her young adult novel set in a dystopian world shaped by the follies of human egos and lost histories.
🎧 A Story About Fear
A writer who prefers the page to the stage, Mabel took a leap when Dublin Story Slam asked for true stories on Fear. She shared the chaos that unfolded when her parents discovered a pumpkin on their lawn—at Christmas. No notes, no script, just 7 minutes in front of 300 strangers.
Want to hear how a shaky telling became the became the inspiration for a short story later published in Samfiftyfour? Have a listen.
Lit.Net Interview
Writer and poet Mabel Mnensa was recently interviewed by Joanne Hichens for the 2023 edition of the acclaimed Short.Sharp.Stories anthology, Fluid, published by Karavan Press. In the interview, Mabel discusses her short story “Jars for nights like this”, which explores themes of identity, mental health, and the inner lives of young Black professionals navigating complex social spaces.
She reflects on her personal journey from Cape Town to Dublin, the emotional cost of self-segmentation in corporate spaces, and her fascination with alternative realities as both escape and resistance.
Read the full interview here: LitNet
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