Jenn Writes

  • On the craft of writing

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  • African Speculative Fiction short list

    The African Speculative Fiction Society has announced its short list for the 2021 speculative fiction awards in the following categories: Fiction – the Ilube Nommo Award Short story Novella Graphic novel You can read more about the books and the authors here. The African Speculative Fiction Society is made up of writers, editors, comic and…

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  • Life, at full volume

    How I found comfort in the queue for a Covid-19 vaccination. Thursday afternoon my phone buzzed with an SMS, “you have been scheduled for vaccination on 21 May between 2pm and 4pm”. I cannot tell you the complexity of feelings that went through me at that moment, of relief, of fear, of gratitude, of stress.…

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  • Africa – from whence we came

    On 25 May Africa celebrates. And it has good reason to do so. While today is officially Africa Day, a day noting the formation in 1963 of the Organisation African Unity, now the African Union, it is worthwhile using this day to reflect on our perceptions of the continent. Africa has, through recent history, been…

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  • On importance of storytelling

    On importance of storytelling

    Quote from Terry Pratchett’s book A Hatful of Sky

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