Short Story Day Africa 2013 – The Interview!
As part of the Short Story Day Africa 2013 celebrations, we’ve compiled twenty-one interview questions our followers want to know about…
because you’re a writer
The silence wears you down. In amongst the ticker tape news feed scroll of social media announcing book deals and…
on writing and mothering
I do not have any answers on how to write or parent. A decade ago I had strong opinions on…
surviving (a cross-posting from BooksLive)
I sit in this limbo between books, one recently put to bed – still at the printers, in the shops…
humble crumble
I was born without the instincts for baking; sweet goods, that is, I’ve been known to knead a fine loaf…
poetry-methadone
I am a poetry junkie. If there was a twelve-step programmes for people like me, I’d never get a chip.…
my next BIG thing
I was thrilled when Lauri Kubuitsile, an award winning multi-genre writer from Botswana, invited me to participate in The Next…
moving forward to the next big thing
In March this year, I was invited to The Caine Prize Workshop in Hermanus. I was briefly torn as it…