The Institute for Creative Dying has been shortlisted for the University of Johannesburg debut Prize! So grateful to everyone who has worked hard on this novel. Pan Macmillan SA Afritondo UJ Prize shortlist 2023 announced timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/b… via Times LIVE

25 writers and 25 Flashes. Mmm. Tempting. Will this book be unputdownable? Time to grab your own copy cos this is going to be a collectors' novelty. Karavan Press Kerry Hammerton Exclusive Books

During school breaks I often favoured going to the library instead of the playground. The fact that something I've written will be part of a world that I love so much is still so wild to me 🥹📚 We did it, kiddo ❤️ #PublishedAuthor 🤸🏾‍♂️

#RIPJamesMatthews - a baobab has fallen. The quintessential Dissident Poet, his works banned by the apartheid government. During the 80s and beyond, always a critical voice, for whom there were no holy cows! (photo Jimi Matthews)

Roll up roll up. Of course RSVP first. A novel flash mob : a mob of flash authors! How often does that happen? & in amongst the authors are two giants in the publishing world: Colleen Higgs of Modjaji Books and Dr Karina M. Szczurek of Karavan Press have pieces in this anthology. Wow!

Twenty-five flashes into twenty-five beautifully creative minds…In Other Stories is an anthology of flash writing published by Karavan Press and launched at Exclusive Books VA last night. What a gem!

Happy launch of "In other stories" Karavan Press Dr Karina M. Szczurek Kerry Hammerton Nancy V Richards last night Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront. Non-stop chuckles at Nancy's "Flashes". Proud authors & fams. Piles of authors in the room - newly published, or there in support. A feast!

Book launch things ✨️ 📚🥹 #PublishedAuthor 💃🏾🤸🏾‍♂️

Check out my Book Dash story “Tata Comes Home” available today on #BookDash site, a story inspired by my late Papa who was migrant labourer. In fact today, 13 September would have been his 79th birthday. Share, download & read to the kids ❤️📚 bookdash.org/books/tata-com…

📣 Open Call! 📣 Zamashort, the short story initiative by StoryTime Africa, is calling for submissions in any and all genres! Selected winners will not only be published, but will also earn a 50/50 share of revenue from all sales of their story. brittlepaper.com/2024/07/call-f…

Congratulations Morabo Morojele and Jarred Thompson for winning the UJ Main Prize and Debut prize respectively.

South African author Nadia Davids wins prestigious award. Davids scoops Caine Prize for African Writing ahead of 320 entries for her work Bridling. | Charles Leonard mg.co.za/friday/2024-09…

A fascinating report that gives a solid insight into Robin's absolute belief that young people capably and enthusiastically provide their own narratives.

This is new! Teen novel translated into Kaaps. Come along and hear Gaireyah Fredericks read and all about the project. 32 books in the Siyagruva series of which 18 already in either Xhosa or Zulu or both. RSVP and be part of history.

Remembering Robin Malan. Here's a link to follow live a gathering to remember Robin on 8 October at 18h00. Like and follow this page. facebook.com/profile.php?id…

If you're in Cape Town and would like to attend, see details below

Please read this heartfelt tribute to a great South African. We talk glibly about "influencers" these days. But the late Robin Malan was an INFLUENCER-all in CAPS. Do we ever think about how wonderful it would be if our children could become POETS? dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-1…

The Bitterness of Olives by Andrew Brown wins the 2024 Sunday Times Fiction Prize karavanpress.com/2024/11/01/the…

A thoughtful piece for the data jockeys. open.substack.com/pub/jasonstanf…

Pssssst … join us where the skies are blue. And yes, making my mastectomy incision into a muppet was an important part of my healing. Doesn’t she look surprised?