At the Vodacom Journalism Awards 2011

With Janet van Eeden, regional winner at the Vodacom awards, and veteran journalist Sophie Tema. 

Arja Salafranca with Janet van Eeden at the Vodacom Journalism Awards 2011

Wearing my editor’s hat – with Janet van Eeden, regional winner for her column, at the Vodacom Awards on November 4 2011.

Arja Salafranca, editor of The Edge of Things, answers a few questions about life, the universe and short stories

The Edge of Things is an eclectic collection of short stories traversing a vast distance emotionally and intellectually.

For example, Arja Salafranca’s moving story about a woman forced to live in a restrictive apparatus in “Iron Lung” is a million miles away stylistically from Aryan Kaganof’s tale of decadence and debauchery on a night out in Durban in “Same Difference.”

As with all anthologies, some stories will resonate with each reader more than others...Read more here

Review of The Thin Line in Wordsetc

The Bed Book of Short Stories - a review by Janet van Eeden

A review of The Bed Book of Short Stories, edited by Joanne Hichens and recently published by Modjaji Books, containing my story 'Desire, with Borders', can be found here.