Photo by Skye Grove Susan Newham-Blake, prolific magazine journalist and editor for over fifteen years talks to SSDA about her life in the fast lane and her inspiring debut book…
Here are some writing tips from three of writers who stories stole the show in the collection. Migrations is available now in all good bookstores in South Africa. They will be…
UntitledEvery month, Aunty Ifeka made her chickens walk through puddles of colouring, from which they emerged squawking, pink-shod and unmistakably branded.Ezinne enjoyed watching their bright pink feet against the dull…
We whisk you away to Thailand for this #WeekendRead with another story from our newly-released collection - Migrations. "Farang" came third in the 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize and was…
Frantz Fanon once wrote, “To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.” Megan Ross explores this idea in "Farang". In the story, Becky broaches Thai culture and…
Migrations is available now in all good bookstores in South Africa. They will be happy to order it for you if they don't have it on the shelves. It will be…
TJ Benson served the Migrations judges quite the cup of "Tea" with his story of accidents, immigrants and love in a time of illegal labour, set in Sicily. "Tea" was the…
Our #WeekendRead is your first chance to read part of Migrations. Enjoy the 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize winning story, "A Door Ajar". “There are a thousand ways to kneel…
Sibongile Fisher is the winner of the 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize. The judges and readers alike were gripped by her dramatic story of family secrets and how two…
At the end of last year we mentioned that, from time to time, we'd introduce a new element to #WriterPrompt where your stories would be critiqued and judged by a guest…