“How to get published” – The Publishers Association of South Africa

Literary editor and PEN SA member Helen Moffett lists her Frequently Asked Questions, as well as a series of articles:

• Stuff that authors need to know #1: book launches
• Stuff that authors need to know #2: the lost art of editing
• Stuff that authors need to know #3: what your editor wants you to know
• Stuff that authors need to know #4: truths about marketing
• How to conduct an author interview or moderate a panel at a book festival

“Get Your Book Published in 30 (Relatively) Easy Steps” by Basil van Rooyen

“All you ever wanted to know about getting published in South Africa, but didn’t know who to ask” – PEN SA member Colleen Higgs, publisher of Modjaji Books

“How to get a collection of poetry published” – PEN SA member Colleen Higgs, publisher of Modjaji Books

“Not quite everything you need to know about writing, but close” – PEN SA member Tiah Beautement, then of Short Story Day Africa

“What writers should know about the publishing process” –PEN SA member Louis Greenberg

The Centre for the Book in Cape Town has published a series of booklets on everything from getting started as a writer to understanding publishing contracts. The booklets can be purchased from the Centre.