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A catch up with one of SA’s promising authors. Cayleigh Bright was destined to write. From a very young age,
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MY daughter has wrapped a scarf around her head as if to hold her brains together. She is writing
BY RETIEF POTGIETER An artist will sometimes mention that he or she hasn’t had an original thought in a while.
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I was five years old, hugging the floor of my mother’s little shack, gunshots ringing through the air. I
BY ROLINE GALVAN It was written in big red letters on my paper: “USE SIMPLE SENTENCES.” The first thing
BY DO HYUN KANG It all began the day I turned 100 days old. I don’t remember anything about the
Doing a writing course can shine more light on your writing strengths and weaknesses than a 100-watt reading lamp. DANIELLE
Driving around in the Jordanian desert, we cleaned the car’s air filter more often than we filled up with fuel.
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TRUDY DELAMARE asks veteran copy-editor Di Smith if machines can correct errors better than humans in this frank Q &
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When Lotta received her ‘Local Hero’ award in 2014, she celebrated it with lime and soda rather than bubbly. Lotta
Paul Cleave – international bestselling New Zealand author – talks about his writing career and offers tips for new writers
Successful journalist Sarah Lang may have started her working life sleeping in her mother’s garage, but she has quickly climbed
BY THABISO SEKGOBELA He made cars.co.za one of the most trusted brands in South Africa. He published a book in
He’s the son of New Zealand’s inaugural Poet Laureate and describes himself as a freelance writer and editor.
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