Buy Adulting 101 now! Adulting 101 is out now in stores! Get it at Exclusive Books, The Book Lounge, Readers Warehouse, Takealot, Loot, UPPERcase, and all good bookstores! If you're not in SA it's available as an Ebook via Amazon. Launching Adulting 101 This week I had the absolute pleasure of talking with Sam Beckbessinger… Continue reading Adulting 101 is out in the world!
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Adulting 101: How to Survive the Real World
Exciting news! My latest book, Adulting 101: How to Survive the Real World will be out in February 2022, published by Kwela books. Looking forward to sharing more about it with you soon!
News from the same-lands
Hello reading and writing friends out there in this continuously wild and unpredictable world. I hope you and your loved ones are getting on okay. Somehow when I looked down at my planning diary yesterday it was mid-August. The year is winding down already, almost in its last quarter, a waning crescent. It feels hard… Continue reading News from the same-lands
The urgency of hope
1. It feels like things are falling apart. Or, perhaps a more accurate assessment is that things have always been falling apart, but now we are all falling apart too - languishing from COVID fatigue and grief - and no longer have the resilience or energy to defend our emotional selves against this outside chaos.… Continue reading The urgency of hope
Time of the Writer Fest this week!
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) will present the 24th edition of the Time of the Writer International Festival virtually on the festival’s social media channels from 15 to 21 March 2021. That's this week! HOORAY! The line-up features incredible writers and thinkers, and you can enjoy their company right from the comfort of… Continue reading Time of the Writer Fest this week!
Four free things to support your writing this February
Every year I set myself a goal of writing more. I don't say how much more and I don't set a word count or time-at-my-desk target. This is probably against the advice of every goal setting self-help book you've ever read but it works for me. I know when I set myself harsh or impossible… Continue reading Four free things to support your writing this February
Jen Thorpe 