Arja Salafranca at launch of Off-ramp, Love Books, Melville November 13

Arja Salafranca at the launch of Off-ramp, by Gary Cummiskey, at Love Books, Melville, on November 13 2013. Artist and poet Lionel Murcott in foreground.

Arja Salafranca in conversation with Rachel Zadok at Love Books, April 2013

Arja Salafranca in conversation with Rachel Zadok for the launch of her second novel Sister-Sister at Love Books, Melville, Johannesburg April 2013

Arja Salafranca reading at the Melville Poetry Festival, October 2012

At the launch of donga, De La Creme, Melville, Johannesburg, August 7, 2012

With Frank Meintjies

Reading from donga

Photos: Michelle McGrane

Arja Salafranca and Yvonne Fontyn, Jozi House of Poetry, Johannesburg, July 2012

Arja Salafranca and Michelle McGrane, Jozi House of Poetry, Johannesburg, July 2012

Arja Salafranca talks to Dawn Garisch at the launch of Eloquent Body, at Love Books, Melville, June 6 2012

Photo: Love Books

Arja Salafranca reading at The Jozi House of Poetry, June 3 2012

Photo: Natalia Molebatsi

Arja Salafranca at the Franschoek Literary Festival 2012

From left: Joanne Hichens, Arja Salafranca, Colleen Higgs, (Unknown), Tracey Farren and Yewande Omotoso.

Photo: BooksLive

Arja Salafranca, Franschoek Literary Festival 2012

Courtesy: BooksLive

Arja Salafranca, Cape Town, 2012

Arja Salafranca at Love Books,Melville

At the launch of Gillian Schutte's After Just Now at Love Books, Melville, Johannesburg. From left: Jill Nudelman, Arja Salafranca, Leigh Nudelman and Fiona Snyckers.

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 reading at the Melville Poetry Festival, Johannesburg, October 15 2011

Kate Turkington and Arja Salafranca at Tau Game Reserve, North West

JHB launch of The Edge of Things at Love Books, Melville

From left: Sandy Goulding, Marion Sher, Kay Robinson

From left: Jayne Bauling, Love Books owner Kate Rogan, Gillian Schutte 

From left centre: Hans Pienaar, Hamilton Wende; at top centre: Fred de Vries, Arja Salafranca and

Jayne Bauling

 Peter Sullivan and Jo-Anne Richards

Kate Rogan

From left: Hans Pienaar, Hamilton Wende; top: Fred de Vries

 From left: Arja Salafranca, Jayne Bauling, Gail Dendy, Gillian Schutte, Bernard Levinson

 Jayne Bauling



Hans Pienaar

 Hamilton Wende

 Gillian Schutte

Gail Dendy

Fred de Vries

 Arja Salafranca

Arja Salafranca and Gail Dendy

Arja Salafranca

At the Sunday Times literary awards 2011

Franschoek Literary Festival

I was a participant at this year's Franschoek Literary Festival on 13-15 May. I discussed 'Lekker English' with linguist Raend Mesthrie and chatted about my fiction alongside authors Doreen Baingana and Marguerite Abouet at a panel discussion chaired by Edyth Bulbring.

New Year's Day 2011 at Utopia South Africa

First day of the new year 2011 in the magical Utopia