For a lot of people my decision to publish a collection of my poetry came out of left field. If I have a public reputation at all it is as a journalist and as someone who wrote an advice book. But as I mentioned in a previous post, this all … Read More
I was recently in the little village of Witney, visiting my old friend Dale Olivier. I played him some of the songs I had written and he video recorded this one on his iPhone with a very cool 8mm film effect. The poem is called The Very Best Of Me … Read More
I am very proud to announce that my debut collection of poetry, For You Or Someone Like You is now available globally as an e-book. 8 months after the launch of the physical edition (which is still available at www.davidchislett.co.za) the digital versions have now been released. For all of … Read More
My guest writer today is Gregory Oliver … Greg is a South African and an English teacher in South Thailand, busy writing his second novel. He reckons he enjoys travelling to quiet islands where he can be alone with his thoughts and by extension, his writing. His first novel “Rough … Read More
Happy Holidays! Its Christmas this weekend and I wish all of my readers a very happy holiday, and if you do that side of things, a Merry Christmas! 2012 looms just over a week away and I am looking forward to a good and big year. I hope you are … Read More
Just bought yourself or a loved one a Kindle or iPad for Christmas and have nothing on it to read? Invest in some South African literature this Festive season and purchase David Chislett’s brand new digital edition of his short story collection A Body Remembered, complete with 3 illustrated stories … Read More
My guest blog today comes from American author Doug Simpson who has been extensively inspired by the work and writings of the so-called Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce. This little piece is a lovely sneak preview and insight into Doug’s book Soul Awakening Soul Awakening – Double Play By Doug Simpson … Read More
This weeks guest post is from SA Horror writer Joan De La Haye… she is right scary! (as a writer!) and has done very well for herself since she exploded onto the scene a couple of years back. Writing Horror in SA Joan De La Haye I write horror novels, … Read More
In this, the second in a series of guest posts from other writers, South African novelist Jo-Anne Richards shares her interior world of writing and being published. On Being a Writer “Now, boys and girls, I want you to meet a real, live novelist – Jo-Anne has written four whole … Read More
This is the first in a series of posts from guest bloggers on davidchislett.co.za. These guests are all writers, they all have something relatively new available and they are from all over South African and the rest of the world. My first guest is Amercian fantsay author, Mark Tierno and … Read More