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Creative Writing
J K Rowling, the creative genius behind the Harry Potter series, overcame great adversity to become the esteemed writer
Do you have a piece of creative writing you would like to have published? This area of our webzine is
Veselina Yaneva talks to Nataliya Deleva – a Bulgarian-born writer living in London – about her experience and insight as
Wanting to portray how women really felt about their lives has been a constant theme for acclaimed New Zealand
Is jou skryfstuk uiteindelik kant en klaar en jy gereed om dit aan ʼn uitgewer te stuur? Jippie! Maar voordat
BY TRISH NICHOLSON Competitions don’t just develop your skills. They can be a source of inspiration and motivation to keep
Everyone wants to be published, to see their name in print and enjoy that glow that comes from a publisher
Only the Dead is South African born Hamilton Wende’s latest novel, released by Penguin Books in October 2012. What inspires this author and
by Louis Wiid The beginning of a new journey Sitting through hours of traffic jams every day on
WEB WRITING
Your Stories
BY HEINRICH VAN DER WALT “You know, you should write this stuff down,” Anton said. We were sitting on
BY ELAINA FELLOWS “Why don’t you just quit your job and do it?” My husband asked me. I
Well, it’s all about power, isn’t it? That’s where and why my life intersects the here and how
My favourite singer once told an interviewer that he started singing at the age of four. He said that by
Driving around in the Jordanian desert, we cleaned the car’s air filter more often than we filled up with fuel.
I will never forget my first published poem. Well ‘published’ may be a loosely applied term, but it was
BY ANNE MARAIS Writing is a passion for me. However, when I look back to where I started, it was
BY DAVID WHITAKER My first book was self-published. I wrote every word and illustrated it myself. I also cut
BY GABRIELLA BRAND I’m a little embarrassed to admit that meeting a potato farmer helped me become a
“I’ll do it if you do it.” “OK. Let’s do it together.” And so I started writing. It had been
Q & A WITH AWARD-WINNING WRITERS
Fiona Ingram is a multi-award-winning author of adult and children’s fiction. She has won, or been a finalist in, over
When Lotta received her ‘Local Hero’ award in 2014, she celebrated it with lime and soda rather than bubbly. Lotta
Rosemary Hepözden has three decades of editing, writing and teaching experience. She is the author of three nonfiction books, and
Susan Williams has been the managing director of Prose & Comms – a communications company – for over a decade.
Helen Brain is the author of 30 books for children, an adult memoir and many short stories. In 1998
New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
Alex Smith’s most recent novel ‘Devilskein & Dearlove’ is a YA Fantasy, described by the ‘Sunday Times’ as “a magical
Successful journalist Sarah Lang may have started her working life sleeping in her mother’s garage, but she has quickly climbed
Sonny Whitelaw has enjoyed a successful career as a writer for more than thirty years. Her work as a photojournalist
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