New writing
Fiction and prose by established and emerging authors. Send your poetry or fiction to New Writing at skryfwerk@litnet.co.za to be considered for publication on LitNet.
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Lebohang Nova Masango’s "To Do List for Africa"
2011-09-01 The Word n Sound Bassline Series showcases a hand picked spectrum of word and sound creativity currently pushing the bar and going against the grain within the South African music and creative scene.
First chapter: Bitter Pill
2011-08-23 Bitter Pill Author: Peter Church ISBN: 9781920137359 Price: R165.95 Click here to buy a copy from Kalahari.net. The Pick-up Ten to ten in the Mother City, and the bars on the Claremont strip are a blur of action, booming ...
First chapter: Bitter Pill
2011-08-23 Bitter Pill Author: Peter Church ISBN: 9781920137359 Price: R165.95 Click here to buy a copy from Kalahari.net. The Pick-up Ten to ten in the Mother City, and the bars on the Claremont strip are a blur of action, booming ...
Wear red, play dead
2011-08-16 Wear red, play deadThe invite said: Wear red, play dead, Put your head in a gilded cage. Come as your favourite rock star. Wear black, change your name, Buy a dress made of safety pins. Come as your favourite Disney character. ...
Wear red, play dead
2011-08-16 Wear red, play deadThe invite said: Wear red, play dead, Put your head in a gilded cage. Come as your favourite rock star. Wear black, change your name, Buy a dress made of safety pins. Come as your favourite Disney character. ...
An apple in Munich
2011-08-11 An apple in MunichI think a red apple won’t be good enough.
A red apple plucked from a bowl on a luxury
river cruise liner, carried in my bag for two days.
An apple in Munich
2011-08-11 An apple in MunichI think a red apple won’t be good enough.
A red apple plucked from a bowl on a luxury
river cruise liner, carried in my bag for two days.
Song of the JuJu man
2011-07-14 Song of the JuJu man The pale thieves, the pale murderers They must go The pale ones must leave They must take everything they brought with them Roll up the roads and the telephone wires Coil up the cables of our knowledge The ...
Song of the JuJu man
2011-07-14 Song of the JuJu man The pale thieves, the pale murderers They must go The pale ones must leave They must take everything they brought with them Roll up the roads and the telephone wires Coil up the cables of our knowledge The ...
James Whyle: Rules of thumb for prospective short story writers
2011-07-13 Write. Write daily. It doesn't matter what it is, but try always to have at least one biggish project at some stage of evolution at all times.
James Whyle: Rules of thumb for prospective short story writers
2011-07-13 Write. Write daily. It doesn't matter what it is, but try always to have at least one biggish project at some stage of evolution at all times.
"Watched/watching" Reimagined: Gerhard van Wyk
2011-07-05 Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.
"Watched/watching" Reimagined: Gerhard van Wyk
2011-07-05 Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.
hawking
2011-06-29 hawking I long for the ancient and the elegant symbol of the noble – a single merlin, with slender, pointed wings, climbing, sailing, diving fiercely for its prey seizing, clutching in its claws, the quiet and the ...
hawking
2011-06-29 hawking I long for the ancient and the elegant symbol of the noble – a single merlin, with slender, pointed wings, climbing, sailing, diving fiercely for its prey seizing, clutching in its claws, the quiet and the ...
"Backpack" Reimagined: Celia Claase
2011-06-22 Click on the image to see larger version. Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.
"Backpack" Reimagined: Celia Claase
2011-06-22 Click on the image to see larger version. Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.
"In chains" Reimagined: Celia Claase
2011-06-22 Click on the image to see larger version. Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.
"In chains" Reimagined: Celia Claase
2011-06-22 Click on the image to see larger version. Click here to read the poem. Click here for more information about this project.