A few years ago I'd hoped to undertake a PhD where I wanted to read ALL the novels written by South African women in English published between 1994 and 2019. I'm rejuvenating this project
Author: Jenthorpewrites
I'm a creative writer from Cape Town, South Africa
Book Dash!
Today I have the absolute delight and pleasure of being part of the 22nd Book Dash. Book Dash is a not-for-profit, South African social impact publisher of open, African picture books for very young children. Based on the evidence, their vision is that “Every child should own a hundred books by the age of five”.… Continue reading Book Dash!
On work and making meaning
I got my first job in the year 1999. I was fourteen years old. I began waitressing at a coffee shop on weekends and during holidays in the then-small coastal town that I grew up in. They made tramezzinis (exotic!) and upside-down-belly-dancing cappuccinos (more exotic) and sold them from 7.30 a.m. til 5 p.m. daily.… Continue reading On work and making meaning
Get books with SnapScan
REALLY excited to have found a way for South Africans to order my books on the website. Thanks to SnapScan you can now buy a copy of Adulting101, The Fall, Living While Feminist, Feminism Is, or The Peculiars from me online. Prices (including postage): One book: R299 Two books: R499 Three books: R649 Four books:… Continue reading Get books with SnapScan
Goodbye September
Is it normal to feel a constant sense of awe at how fast the time is passing, and an equivalent sense of anxiety about the things you'd hoped to achieve but haven't yet? If so, I am the most normal person you've ever met. September seems to have passed in a blur of family illness… Continue reading Goodbye September
Writing advice from Anne Enright
"The way to tackle writer’s block is to not believe it exists. If you run out of steam on something, switch to something else and come back later. Also, I don’t get writers block because I am not writing—I am just typing, thinking, pushing into something to see what’s there. I never sit down to… Continue reading Writing advice from Anne Enright
Jen Thorpe 