In June of this year, I wrote a blog post here at Skolion on how anxiety affects me as a reader. But the fact that I’m a writer is what has shaped…
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Get to know Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature silver winner, Toby Bennett
Last month, one of our members, Toby Bennett, was awarded the Silver Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2019 (in the English category). We thought you might like to get to know him…
Get to know Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature winner, Nerine Dorman
Nerine Dorman talks about the influences behind Sing Down the Stars and what drives her to create.
Short Story: Beans by Laurie Janey
This week, we have a very special feature – one of the stories from “Charon’s Song“, a collection of stories by the writers of Skolion. Here follows “Beans”, by Laurie Janey. “Tantie,…
Writing for the American gaze
Joanne Macgregor talks about why it makes sense for her to write for an American audience, and how she manages even though she lives a world away.
How it’s made: Skolion edition
The 10 steps of creating a novel in an authors’ co-op.
Letting the land lie fallow
This is a guest post by writer LJ Cohen. She is a Boston area novelist, poet, blogger, ceramics artist, geek, and relentless optimist. After almost twenty-five years as a physical therapist specializing in…