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Wanting to portray how women really felt about their lives has been a constant theme for acclaimed New Zealand
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BY TRISH NICHOLSON Competitions don’t just develop your skills. They can be a source of inspiration and motivation to keep
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Sonny Whitelaw has enjoyed a successful career as a writer for more than thirty years. Her work as a photojournalist
Mary Miller is an American-born fiction writer. Her debut novel The Last Days of California has sold over 25,000 copies.
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A background as a dentist – and limited writing experience – didn’t deter author Jo Nel from accomplishing his goal
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BY OLAKUNLE OLADIRAN Growing up in the tiny village of Akure in Nigeria, I had only felt liberated
Hilary Murray, author of Choices, describes her first forays as a writer into the publishing industry – and the genre
There is a story in each one of us; the difference is in how it is told. That becomes
The city is pretty… These were the words I wrote in the first attempt I made of a poem
I was five years old, hugging the floor of my mother’s little shack, gunshots ringing through the air. I
BY ELEANOR TALBOT I’ll be honest. I don’t really consider myself a writer. John Steinbeck is a writer. Cannery Row
Well, it’s all about power, isn’t it? That’s where and why my life intersects the here and how
BY ANNA STROUD I was in my fourth year at university, studying towards a Bachelors degree in Journalism
BY LEONIE FOURIE It was hot. Mid-December in the Cape Winelands tends to be hot. Your-clothes-stuck-to-your-butt kind of
By Shenaaz Msusa “The next word is DITCH; I repeat ditch,” announced the teacher loudly and clearly
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New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
When Lotta received her ‘Local Hero’ award in 2014, she celebrated it with lime and soda rather than bubbly. Lotta
BY THABISO SEKGOBELA He made cars.co.za one of the most trusted brands in South Africa. He published a book in
Fiona Ingram is a multi-award-winning author of adult and children’s fiction. She has won, or been a finalist in, over
For someone with a curious streak and a passion for Japanese design, Fiona Wilson may have one of the
Susan Williams has been the managing director of Prose & Comms – a communications company – for over a decade.
Paul Cleave – international bestselling New Zealand author – talks about his writing career and offers tips for new writers
TRUDY DELAMARE asks veteran copy-editor Di Smith if machines can correct errors better than humans in this frank Q &
He’s the son of New Zealand’s inaugural Poet Laureate and describes himself as a freelance writer and editor.
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In most stories, people talk to each other. Many readers enjoy the “talking bits” the most, and will happily