It has been a long year. I know I'm not alone in this sentiment. The world has gone even more bananas than it went last year, things are more expensive, and it feels like AI is about to eat up creativity and shit out monoculture bland art and writing. In Timothy Snyder's great book, On… Continue reading Treat yourself to creative writing workshops with me in 2026
Author: Jenthorpewrites
I'm a creative writer from Cape Town, South Africa
Black Friday – Get My Books for just R150 each
There's something for everyone here! R150 each. Do you love quirky romance with a twist of the neurotic? Do you love people trying, and failing, to be their best selves and falling in love anyway? Here's a book for you. Do you love political thriller with a sprinkling of the speculative? Do you want to… Continue reading Black Friday – Get My Books for just R150 each
Get writing with me this November (and more)
Hi readers and writers and everyone in between, I'm writing to tell you a few things, so check out the headings and jump to the part that speaks to you. In Other Stories 2025 I have a flash fiction, Birth in Zero Gravity, published in this wonderful collection of flash pieces. The collection was edited… Continue reading Get writing with me this November (and more)
Three October creative writing workshops
Happily, I’ll be hosting three writing workshops this coming month. I'd love to have you there 1 October - Free Workshop at Rondebosch Public Library My family and I visit the library pretty much every week and we spend hours there browsing, and listening to stories read by the fantastic children’s librarians. So I am… Continue reading Three October creative writing workshops
Five opportunities to write with me in September
Hello readers and writers and everyone out there in the world, August is almost at its end - just nine days to go. For those of you who missed the news, every writing workshop booked with me in August receives a free copy of one of my books (The Peculiars, The Fall or Living While… Continue reading Five opportunities to write with me in September
A new short story by me published in Omenana
It's easy to sit behind your desk as a writer and write and submit, write and submit, with very little to show for it. Over the past two years I've been regularly submitting short fiction to literary journals and websites around the world, and keeping track of it all through a very trend excel spreadsheet… Continue reading A new short story by me published in Omenana
Jen Thorpe 