Quotes for Writers

I was never really interested in poetry as a child or young teen. I found it boring and obscure. I remember very clearly the book that changed that: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, a story told [...]

Today, 9 August, marks Women’s Day in South Africa, where half of our team is based and where (in normal times) many of our courses and workshops take place. It’s a day to celebrate women, [...]

To be a writer, of fiction or nonfiction, one needs an immense amount of creativity. Coming up with new worlds, evoking places in the reader’s imagination, conjuring up characters, crafting [...]

Love has inspired writers for centuries. Some of the greatest writers of history concerned themselves with love as a theme or subject, such as Kahlil Gibran and Shakespeare. To this day, all of [...]

I was homeschooled for twelve years, from first grade all the way through to graduating from highschool. While this had both positive and negative incomes – on my self and in my life [...]

Today, October 17th, is World Trauma Day. We’ve chosen to recognise this day by sharing some thoughts on the healing power of writing, and twelve quotes from writers that touch on the same. It’s [...]