Discharged from hospital for the 3rd time in a week. This time the rampant infection which was possibly caused by an operation and subsequent treatment may be under control. It’s shocking that an elderly man with a life-threatening condition can…
Baroque & Roll? Book by Susan WokomaDirected by Paul RosebyMusic and lyrics by Naomi Hammerton Advertised as a musical, the National Youth Theatre performed their production of Handel and Hendrix at St James’ Piccadilly this week. So, titillated by the title…
RAGAZZO – PUBLISHED AT LAST! TEN YEARS AGO I was knocked on the head by a dead composer. It was like a knock on the door – ‘Let me in’ he said and I had to. Fine, I thought, what…
I have pleasure in announcing the WINNER of this year’s MEGASAGA writing competition – The winning story is…..is…. (drum roll) BE WARNED The oceans are mine! I have lived in their depths for longer than your kind has existed. In…
Here are the SHORTLISTED stories in this year’s MEGASAGA competition. Which would YOU give the £100 prize to? The rules: stories have to be 100 words exactly, including the title. These are the submissions we have decided to put to…
The MEGASAGA competition theme this year is THE SEA It doesn’t have to be THEIR story! It can be yours! Or purest fiction. BUT IT HAS TO BE EXACTLY 100 WORDS INCLUDING THE TITLE! And, of course, be about the…
We have pleasure in awarding the PRIZES for the JUNIOR MEGASAGA competition as follows: It was HARD! So many of the stories submitted were worthy of a prize, and to give out so few was just unfair. But in every…
I have pleasure in announcing the FINALISTS in the UNDER 18 MEGASAGA WRITING COMPETITION BUT FIRST: As I promised, each writer will be given feedback here on their story by the Judges. I hope you will read the feedback carefully…
NEWS! PRIZES ANNOUNCED Thanks to the generosity of the well-known Jamaican Actress, photographer and writer ESTHER ANDERSON the prizes are now: £50 first prize (around Rands 1,000) 2nd Prize £25 (about R500) ; 3rd Prize £20 4th Prize £15. And…
South Africa is truly a hotbed of writing talent! …as I found when I gave some seminars to a large number of would-be writers through the auspices of the incredible charity, Afrika Tikkun. See https://afrikatikkun.org. Afrika Tikkun work to help…