Writing
Read Zakes Mda’s Sunday Times Literary Awards keynote address
In his Sunday Times Literary Awards keynote speech, Zakes Mda spoke about how fiction exposes the truth behind the facts.
Writers and photographers: The Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology call for submissions
An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.
Good books begin as bad drafts
The next time you are struggling with your own writing, recall this selection of pages from the drafts of great novels.
10 African writers on Africa, writing, and writing in Africa
To celebrate Africa Day, read a selection of quotations on the continent by African writers.
Ever wondered why it’s ‘tick-tock’ and not ‘tock-tick’?
The BBC explains why we say ‘tick-tock’, not ‘tock-tick’, ‘ding-dong’, not ‘dong-ding’, and ‘chit-chat’, not ‘chat-chit’.
Read Zakes Mda’s fantastic response to ‘Do you get writer’s block?’
Zakes Mda has written a great response to a fan who asked ‘Don’t you ever get writer’s block?’
Writers! Apply for the Short Story Day Africa 2017 Flow workshop series
Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops in the following cities:
Deadline for open submissions to Modjaji Books – 30th April 2017
You have 10 days left till the current window for submitting to Modjaji Books closes. Don’t miss out on your chance for submitting.
Submit your manuscript to Pan Macmillan during an open submissions window in May
Pan Macmillan South Africa will be accepting unsolicited manuscripts during an open submissions window from 8 to the 12 May 2017.