Roché Kester will be introducing 3 writers

Nicole Engelbrecht: “Sizzlers”

In 2003, ten gay men were brutally attacked at Sizzlers, a massage parlour in Sea Point. Quinton Taylor, the badly wounded sole survivor of the savage massacre, managed to identify Adam Woest and Trevor Theys as the two men responsible for one of the worst mass murders in SA. Now Adam Woest is up for parole. For Taylor and those who lost their loved ones, this severe travesty of justice will not happen without a fight.

Tiffany Mugo: “Touch”

Touch is a striking anthology that focuses on sex as a vast, yet intertwined experience between people. The collection draws on the experiences of sex from people across genders, sexualities – even borders. Sometimes political, sometimes personal, and sometimes even problematic, Touch delves into the many ways in which sex features in our lives. Sex can be fun, tricky, heartbreaking, and sometimes non -existent.

Mia Arderne: “A Thousand Eyes on You”

I heard there’s a girl in school growing wings. No, she’s not graduating or anything. She’s legit growing wings, just like this other oke in school. He’s doesn’t have wings though. He’s growing a tail, and he keeps skipping class. They probably think no one sees them but we’re watching them. They keep getting closer and closer to each other, so we all have to watch them. The sky and the sea. The rivers and the forest. Faeries and mermaids. It’s hectic, I know. A thousand eyes watching you, but I guess that’s what happens to us as we grow up. We either grow a tail or wings and the world watches.