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 The KREST House CEO, Keli Hariparsad, had the wonderful opportunity of appearing as a guest on the Nesan Pather Podcast. Keli talked about the current growth and larger-than-life future of KREST with Nesan, a marketing expert.  The podcast can be found on Spotify or listened to as a YouTube video below:

  To celebrate the one year anniversary of Laura Tippins' novel We Bought a Village, we share with you a fun short story she wrote in 2021. The submission was part of our KREST annual short story competition. A year later, Laura is the proudly published author of a full length novel. THE INVITATION - LAURA TIPPINS It came in such an unassuming package, mixed in with the Christmas cards, postcards and party invitations, that I hadn't noticed it until I held the brightly coloured paper. “No, no,” I muttered to myself as my heart began to pound. I put my other post down on the kitchen island and stumbled to the nearest living room chair. “No, please no.” My hand shook as I blinked at the name at the bottom and let out a groan. But the groan I heard was not mine. It sounded like it was coming from the next room. My roommate, Josey, poked her head into the room. “Did you get one of these too?” she asked as I heard her rattling the rainbow invitation behind me. I responded by lifting...

  To celebrate the one year anniversary of Laura Tippins' novel We Bought a Village, we share with you an immersive story she wrote in 2020. The story was submitted as part of our KREST annual short story competition and placed in the top 10. It was, in fact, the story that made us sit up and take notice of this exceptionally talented writer, who also lectures in literature.  Enjoy! A WILD ADVENTURE - LAURA TIPPINS Dr Jenny Johnson hated her job. She loved being a veterinarian. The monotony of going out and treating endless cows and sheep all day, though, when all she really wanted to do was get her hands on a sick hippo would drive even the most resolute vet insane. After a particularly fruitless visit to Farmer Wessel one early morning, though, Jenny came across a man waiting for her outside the barn. “Are you Dr Johnson?” the man asked anxiously. He didn’t give her time to do more than nod. “I’m Matt Bower, a ranger at the reserve. We need your help. Would you come with me,...