Arja Salafranca

I can think of no greater compliment to a poet than to say that you have read all the poems in a volume. Often, I dip into poetry books, re...

Machi Tawara's first book of fifteen poems,   Salad Anniversary was first published in 1987 in Japan where, remarkably for a poetry boo...

Favourite South African novel / poem? I don’t have a particular favourite South African poem or novel and that does change with every new...

Arja’s first poem was written at the age of ten – and detailed the grim effects of typhoid, a subject she knew nothing about. Things have ch...

There has been a proliferation of poetry coming out of South Africa over the past few years – and much of this poetry has been scribed by wo...

I think a red apple won’t be good enough. A red apple plucked from a bowl on a luxury river cruise liner, carried in my bag for two days. ...

A man, having his head shaved, highlighted by the dusk of early evening. All around him, gathering darkness, except his head, this small ...

Missing by Beverly Rycroft (Modjaji Books, R145) I picked up Beverly Rycroft's debut collection of poetry, Missing, while waiting for a...

Winter afternoons the pink wall is cold grey, the sun oblique, hiding, you can feel the chill in the shadows of the paint. Even the leaves l...

My second collection of poems, The fire in which we burn , published by Dye Hard Press in 2000 and now out of print, is available as a free ...

Featuring four poets & open mic Join us every 3rd Friday for an evening of great food and wine and the spoken word. Friday 23rd July - 7...