#WriteTips: The Filmmaker and The Memoirist
With the theme for the 2017 Short Story Day Africa Prize announced, we thought it would be a perfect time to share with you, some of the latest #WriteTips we've…
‘This year I want to take steps towards a feature film…’. Part 2, An Interview with Umar Turaki.
Photo by Nyam Abok The joy of running a blind read competition like we do at the Short Story Day Africa Prize is the mystery. We come to the story…
‘There’s definitely an immediacy inherent in film that I aim to achieve in my writing.’ An Interview with Umar Turaki.
The unique style of "Naming" and the poignant subplots of the tale made many readers during the review and judging process curious about its creator. Jason Mykl Snyman tracked down…
#WriteTips: The 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize Winners
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…
#WeekendRead – Megan Ross’ “Farang”
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…
“a new place must invariably make you investigate your own notions of home…” An Interview with Megan Ross.
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…
#WeekendRead – TJ Benson’s “Tea”
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…
“… I would hate to tell the same story twice.” An Interview with TJ Benson.
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…
#WeekendRead – Sibongile Fisher’s “A Door Ajar”
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…
“I have an ungovernable imagination that shocks me.” An Interview with Sibongile Fisher.
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…