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Creative Writing
Helen Brain is the author of 30 books for children, an adult memoir and many short stories. In 1998
Do you have a piece of creative writing you would like to have published? This area of our webzine is
The NZ Writers College 2020 Short Story Competition is open for entries from beginner writers in New Zealand! Now in
DEUR MAGDEL BOTHA Annelie Botes het in Afrikaanse leeskringe sekerlik geen bekendstelling nodig nie. Sy het al 12
Fiona Ingram is a multi-award-winning author of adult and children’s fiction. She has won, or been a finalist in, over
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Writing is not something I do; it is something I can’t do without. My journey as a writer began
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Love at first word. My first word was ‘home’, and that word has stuck with me ever since. Home is
A Dog’s Blog BY GINNY STONE Apart from writing books, which would make me famous and wealthy (they haven’t yet),
Amber Walker should be used to death by now, but she wasn’t. Her stiletto heels clicked against the ceramic
BY CATHY MARTENS Ah, my elusive writing chops; where do they come from and where do they keep going?
BY HEINRICH VAN DER WALT “You know, you should write this stuff down,” Anton said. We were sitting on
BY MIKE CASTO Joe Lansdale, the award-winning author of 45 novels, sat on the stage and told us, “Write as
By Shenaaz Msusa “The next word is DITCH; I repeat ditch,” announced the teacher loudly and clearly
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Susan Williams has been the managing director of Prose & Comms – a communications company – for over a decade.
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
He’s the son of New Zealand’s inaugural Poet Laureate and describes himself as a freelance writer and editor.
Successful journalist Sarah Lang may have started her working life sleeping in her mother’s garage, but she has quickly climbed
New Zealand Poet Laureate, Dr Selina Tusitala-Marsh Selina Tusitala-Marsh has published three critically acclaimed collections of poetry. She was the
Mandy Speechly has worked as a copywriter in the advertising industry for over fifteen years for leading international advertising agencies
Rosemary Hepözden has three decades of editing, writing and teaching experience. She is the author of three nonfiction books, and
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