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Jane Evans, former CEO of Ntataise Network Support Programme, which provides extensive early childhood development across South Africa, has been part of our community for many years. A [...]

This is an extract from Jo-Anne’s first book, The Innocence of Roast Chicken.  Much of the coming-of-age novel is devoted to the narrator’s life on her grandparents’ chicken farm in […]

  Gail Gilbride is part of the All About Writing furniture (in the best possible way), which is why we were as thrilled as she when a boutique American publisher […]

by Cathy Park Kelly I have a small vase on my desk (a gift from a writer friend) that I look at when I’m wrestling with self-doubt. It says: Hey […]

  This is your last chance to enter our June/July Flash Fiction Challenge and stand a chance to win a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2900 […]

I love this extract from Sally Ann Carter’s memoir, Just Kidding: Life, Love and Laughter at Zeekoegat Farm (Write-On Publishing) because it shows so much about her as a character, […]

Richard recently collaborated with business guru and author Patrick Mork on his memoir/ self-help book,  Step Back and Leap: 9 Keys to Unlock Your Life and Make Sh*t Happen. In […]

Today we’re celebrating the reprinting of  My Brother’s Book (Picador Africa) which has just gone into a new print run, fifteen years after it first appeared in 2008. My Brother’s […]

Jane Evans is the former CEO of Ntataise Network Support Programme, which provides extensive early childhood development across South Africa. She has been part of our community for many years, [...]

Lynn Joffe received a marvellous ‘shout’ for her debut novel, The Gospel According to Wanda B Lazarus (Modjaji Books), from Stephen Fry: Lynn Joffe’s writing is so alive, and wicked […]

As part our Author Showcase Series, we will be publishing Q&As with recently published community members. We hope these blogs will help motivate you to get to the finish line, […]