Writing

  • Writers’ birthdays: May

    Writers’ birthdays: May

    Remembering novelist, poet and essay writer André Brink, who was born on 29 May 1935. Brink was the first Afrikaans writer to have a book banned by the National Party government – the 1973 novel Kennis van die Aand. The writer was a key figure in Die Sestigers, a South African literary movement that challenged…

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  • You need an editor

    You need an editor

    You’ve put in the long hours of research and writing, and you’ve finally completed your thesis or manuscript or project. You’ve shown it to your supervisors, to your colleagues, and even to your friends. There’s just one step needed before you publish – get a professional editor to look over your work.

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  • Celebrating books every year

    Today is World Book Day, a day to honour all the books that have made us laugh out loud, caused you to weep, or both, and have stayed in your memories for as long as we can remember. They may not be Nobel-esque literature, but they are the stories we go back to over and…

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