


Its success was so immediate, especially in a time when fiction books about black people were really not popular.

“When I penned the first book Hlomu The Wife, I did not see things unfolding this way. #BeyondThePages is your platform for growth and entertainment as we share knowledge, ideas and opinions.Busani-Dube graduated from Durban University of Technology in 2003 and has enjoyed a 14-year-long journalism career that ended in 2018. Join us every Thursday, starting on 6 th August 2020, as we share our love for the written word with invited guest authors, getting to know their journeys beyond the pages we’ll tackle issues that pertain to the creative world of writing, and life and publishing lessons learnt. Sifiso Publishers #BeyondThePages is a platform where we can connect with one another, through our collective love of books and storytelling. It is these connections that stay with us, long after the final page has been turned. We would like to reconnect with you through conversations about what these stories mean to us.

Our stories exist beyond the pages where we share them. Sifiso Publishers believes this is the best time to reconnect.īooks allow us to connect by pushing the limits of our imagination and challenging our world view. We’ve missed engaging with you through dialogues and book launches. The webinar will be hosted by Dr Judy Dlamini, co-founder of Sifiso Publishers and author of Equal But Differentand The Other Story. A seasoned communications and marketing specialist, and co-owner of the Afrocentric book store, Book Circle Capital. We are excited to host our moderator Sewela Langeni. Her book series can be classified as Adult Fiction and it appeals to young, black women in South Africa. She acknowledges the aspects of violence in her books and states that it stems from her previous work as a journalist and court reporter. The series comprises of four books, following the lives of a young couple, and their families.įrom the descriptions of the books, there is also an element of crime fiction in her stories. Dudu Busani-Dube has published a series of romantic fiction novels, titled the Hlomu Series. As the first of the #BeyondThePages series, Self-Published Female Authors welcomes one of our continent’s “self-publishing powerhouse and literary giants in the making” ( M&G), Dudu Busani-Dube.
