Author: Atiyya Dawood Karkbelkar

There is no doubt that the digital age has taken the world by storm, from cancel culture to trends and influencing. BookTok has made one of the biggest impacts, not only for readers but for authors as well. People have taken to vlogging—video blogging—as a way of creating an online presence. Others monetise their vlogging…

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, in the deepest and darkest part of the forest of alphabetical letters and punctuation, a story was born. Fed by the hands of relatable metaphors and nurtured by the milk of grammatical construction, the story slowly grew — from a single moving sentence to a…

You’ve just finished the last bit of editing on your novel, and it’s on its way to cover design, layout, and typesetting. Once the printers are done, you’ll just have to market your book and sell it in South Africa. Easy, right…?  No, not that easy. Here are a few helpful tips for publishing and…