Unisa - Creative Writing

21/08/2024

Persverklaring: Samespraak, 28 Augustus 2024

Volgende week begin ons met ’n splinternuwe semester van Samespraak. Alwyn Roux en Yves T’Sjoen gesels met Francois Lötter oor Tuin van Digters, en Dzunisani Sibuyi gesels oor grondhervorming in Siphiwe Ndlovu se roman The theory of flight (2018).

05/06/2024

19/09/2023

Wise words from , one of my favorite writers ❤️

16/09/2023

Click here to read 50 motivational quotes on writing bit.ly/3a8uRoT

17/01/2023

Start Writing Poetry today

07/02/2022

That's how you get ant overlords.

30/10/2021

'Those who want to write good poems should be reading good poetry ...' (Billy Collins)

18/10/2021

💰SCHOLARSHIP: 2022 Netflix Postgraduate Scholarship Programme

In early 2021, Netflix announced their commitment to supporting black representation in the Film & TV industry in SA. Specifically, the company has committed to funding full post-graduate scholarships at higher educational institutions in South Africa to support the formal qualification and training of aspiring Black creatives in the film and TV disciplines.

Netflix has partnered with social investment fund management and advisory firm Tshikululu Social Investments as implementing partner/fund administrator, with the responsibility of successfully executing the project.

Find out how you can apply for this scholarship: https://tshikululu.org.za/apply-for-funding/

Closing date: 31 Oct 2021

21/05/2021

Here is a list of publishers who would be interested in reading your manuscript:

www.publishsa.co.za/ - The Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA) has a list of SA publishers which you can select from.
www.vanschaiknet.com/
www.reachpublishers.co.za/
www.partridgepublishing.com/Africa
www.jonathanball.co.za/
www.penguinbooks.co.za/
www.publishersglobal.com/directory/south-africa/
www.kwela.com ‎
www.vivlia.co.za/
[email protected] – To self-publish your work, do get in touch with David Robbins at Porcupine Press.

Kind regards
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dr Roux

Vivlia has established it’s self as a leading publisher in the South African school book market. We embrace the responsibility to play our part in enhancing the culture of teaching, learning, and reading in school communities. We understand the role of educational publications for passing on knowl...

19/05/2021

“What we listen for in writing is a way of being in the world, a way of knowing. Skillful use of tone shows that the speaker cares, yes, but also shows how she is careful. How you hold it is what you know: that is tone” (Tony Hoagland, "Real Sufistikashun", p.106).

16/05/2021

All you need to know about crafting a killer short story.Step by step procedures to help you craft that great

14/05/2021

"You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something." (Bernard Shaw)