| TO FIND A SPECIFIC WEBSITE... |
Use key words in the SEARCH FUNCTION above to trace a link to a particular topic that is of interest to you |
| BOOKS on-line |
Free on-line books |
| TIME AND DATE converter |
World time converter |
| RADIO : South African Radio station websites |
A short description and listing of websites for all South African radio stations. |
| HEALTH : Repetitive Strain Injury |
Acupressure exercises to relieve or prevent repetititve strain injury |
| TRAVEL WRITING General travel writing |
A great site for travel writers - with information about opportunities, competitions, tips etc |
| BOOKS Library catalogue |
Catalogue your personal library. Check the library of others. Join your community of book owners. A very useful resource. |
| MEDIA News Agency |
African Eye News Service:
Mpumalanga/Limpopo/KZN:
East Cape News
Health-e News Service:
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| MEDIA Media Contacts |
A-Z of media contacts in South Africa. Targeted media database. Professional journalists, freelance writers and media owners can register. |
| REFERENCE : Science Archives |
Links to free full-text science archives. Very comprehensive |
| URBAN LEGENDS Urban Legends Reference Site |
Hundreds of Urban Legends fully referenced and categorised. A great source for examples. |
| JOURNALISM Institute for the Advancement of Journalism |
Johannesburg. Training, discussion and resources for journalists |
| DICTIONARY Reverse Dictionary |
A handy tool. Find the word that's on the tip of your tongue. This Dictionary supplies the words and terms relating to any definition or concept you supply as well as encyclopaedic entries and a host of other potentially useful features. |
| DICTIONARY Dictionary-Thesaurus |
Princeton's Word-Net search - and exceptional thesaurus/dictionary for the exploration of words in details. Recommended. |
| SOFTWARE for creating screen images |
Free software for creating graphics of screen images e.g. for explaining a software function |
| CLASSICS Shakespeare complete |
The complete Shakespeare on Google |
| RESOURCE South African Year Book |
South African Yearbook in PDF format |
| WRITING EXERCISES Writing practice |
Receive a new writing exercise every day - prose and poetry |
| PHOTOGRAPHY South Africa |
SA Journal of Photography |
| NEWS SITE News Site |
News on Google. Find the lead stories for the day - select the country of interest |
| LEGAL Copyright |
Booklet in .pdf format - a summary on copyright issues |
| EXPERTS for referral and interview |
Listing of experts in a great variety of topics - for use by writers and the media |
| BUSINESS WRITING |
Tips on punction, grammar and word-use. Also courses and workshops on various aspects of business writing, including writing good emails. |
| EDUCATION SA Writers College |
Offering courses in Magazines Journalism, Short Story writing, Business writing and Basic writing skills. |
| BOOKS Rare Books Auction |
South African internet rare books aution |
| RESOURCE Wikipedia |
The ultimate online encyclopaedia, regulated by the readers. A fantastic information resource |
| SOFTWARE Open Course Ware |
Notes from all the courses offered at Massachusetts Institute of Technology made freely available on the net. A considerable array of subjects |
| COMPUTERS Laptops and Notebooks |
Looking for a laptop to suit your needs? This site has a questionnaire that will help you decide what's best for you |
| FEMINISM Feminist Website |
Agenda Feminist Media Project |
| FORMS Business Forms |
Comprehensive range of free down-loadable business forms |
| GOVERNMENT South African Treasury |
South African Government Treasure website |
| INTERNET SERVICE Link organiser |
Linker for Windows. Allows you
to copy file links and email links - useful for keeping track of your internet activities, including manuscript distributions etc. |
| PLAGIARISM Tracking plagiarism |
Help with tracking plagiarism |
| PLAGIARISM Check the web |
Check the web for plagiarism |
| DICTIONARY Thesaurus/Dictionary |
A really great thesaurus link. Worth a regular visit. |
| RESOURCE Online encyclopaedia |
The biggest, fastest growing enclopaedia on the internet. YOU can add to it what you know! |
| INTERNET SERVICE Large file sending |
A free service for uploading a large
file onto their server in order to send it rather that clogging
up yours and the recipients email client. |
| NEWS archive |
A free searchable archive for local and international news. |
| POETRY Rhyming |
A literary magazine that specialises in rhyming poetry |
| LEGAL Contracts |
Downloadable standard South African contracts. Large variety. Help available for making individual changes to documents. |
| MAGAZINES Literary Magazine |
TQR. Online literary magazine. Paying market. |
| HIV RESOURCE |
The Body. Website resource on HIV. Lots of information |
| MAPS : South Africa |
Braby's maps. Searchable South African maps. Print the map for your destination. |
| JOURNALLING Travel Journal |
My Trip Journal. Free trial travel journal website. Can be upgraded for longer periods, with payment. Includes photographs, maps, itinerary. |
| NEWS SITE : South Africa |
Independent Online |
| NEWS SITE : South Africa |
Media24 News site |
| NEWSPAPER : South Africa |
Sunday Times newspaper website |
| NEWSPAPER South Africa |
Mail & Guardian newspaper website |
| E-PUBLISHING |
Lulu.com, a popular e-publishing site. Assists with all areas of publishing. |
| THEATRE Baxter Theatre |
The Baxter Theatre website (Cape Town) |
| POETRY Poetry Institute |
Poetry Institute site |
| WORDS AND TOPICS Topic and Key Words |
BestKnows website. Lists hundreds of topics, and words associated with the topics, together with definitions from several sources. A very useful site. |
| POETRY Poetry International |
Poetry International. Comprehensive site including articles on poetry, poem of the week. Recommended |
| RESOURCE Enclopaedia |
Brainy Encyclopaedia. Topics in alphabetical order. Numerous explanatory links. |
| CYBERSPACE Cyberspace Life |
Online Book : The Psychology of Cyberspace. A large, indexed resource, addressing aspects of modern life-online. |
| BOOKS Book Finder Service |
BookFinder. A comprehensive book finder service - new, used, rare, first editions, signed copies etc. |
| MAGAZINE Noseweek magazine |
South Africa's unique investigative magazine for inside information on business, the professions, politics, society - anything you weren't supposed to know. |
| DREAMS The Great Dream Sites |
This site deserves a visit, even if its just to discover the meaning of surfing the internet. You'll get lost in the network of links that it presents and the host of unrelated subjects that pop up. A great place to spark your intuitive creativity. |
| ARTS FUNDING Arts and Culture Trust |
Funding for Arts and Culture projects. Has helped hundreds of people reach their potential by nurturing a rich diversity of projects that support creativity, foster cultural understanding and enhance the quality of life of all our people. |
| CALENDAR of literary days |
Lists of events such as Children's Book Week and National Library Week. |
| FREELANCING Freelance Market Place |
Online forum where freelance journalists, photographers, illustrators and graphic designers can network with editors. For a fee of $14-19 a month or $149-175 a year, a freelancer can post a bio, details of his experience, and clips and other work samples. |
| POETRY Every day in the lives of poets |
A calendar of events in poets' lives. Searchable by date, key word, name... and much more |
| HISTORY Today in Literature |
Stories of writers, books, and publishing for every day of the year. |
| BIOS Authors' bios and birthdays |
Fairly comprehensive inforumation on hundreds of published authors |
| BIOS Literary birthdays |
Birthdays and web links for authors. A really great site by the Waterboro Public Library |
| CALENDAR Bank Holidays |
To help the traveller - bank holidays around the world |
| JOURNALISM Freelance Journalist Database |
Database of Freelance Journalists. For an annual fee, freelancers can have their details included. Free newsletter |
| RESOURCE Fact Finding |
Fast Facts : Listing of links to sites on everything |
| TRANSLATION for websites |
A transation service for websites - into 60 different languages |
| URBAN LEGENDS |
An encyclopaedic site of urban legends, presented in categories, with details about each legend, including its level of truth. |
| ACCOMMODATION South Africa |
Find accommodation to suit your budget - in South Africa |
| MEDIA News Site (UK) |
BBC News |
| ASSOCIATIONS Journalism Association |
International Federation of Journalists
Email: |
| CLIPART Resource |
Clipart server. Large resource. Categorised. |
| CLIPART Gallery for schools |
Discovery clipart gallery |
| COMPLAINTS Broadcasting |
Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA
Email: |
| NEWSPAPER South Africa |
Cape Times, Cape Argus, Weekend Argus and Sunday Argus |
| RESOURCE Arts South Africa |
A source of information about the arts in South Africa. Includes a newsletter and website |
| BOOKS 2nd Hand Books |
Network of 2nd Hand Book Stores |
| GOVERNMENT Arts & Culture |
A wealth of information from the South African government, about Arts in South Africa. |
| FOREIGN CONNECTIONS British Council in South Africa |
The British Council in South Africa
Paul Johnson - Director Communications
British Council Southern Africa
Cell: +27 83 626 1427
E-mail: |
| WRITERS MARKETS Directory of Paying Markets |
A large and growing directory of publications that pay. Full details provided, including guidelines. Very valuable site for the freelancer. |
| WRITERS MARKETS |
A website and newsletter with paying markets for writers from around the world |
| ASSOCIATIONS Press Club |
Cape Town Press Club |
| NEWSPAPER South Africa |
Rapport - Afrikaans Sunday newspaper |
| NEWSPAPER South Africa |
Sunday Times - South African English Sunday Newspaper |
| RADIO AND TELEVISION South Africa |
ETV - South African Television Station |
| RADIO AND TELEVISION South Africa |
SABC - South African Broadcasting Servie |
| ASSOCIATIONS PANSA |
Performing Arts Network of South Africa |
| SELF-PUBLISHING |
Vsquared Publishing cc - buy a book>sell a book>publish a book
Email |
| REFERENCE - Librarians' Resource |
Huge list of resources for research |
| BOOKS Bookstores (USA) |
Independent bookstores in the USA |
| CLIP ART by subscription |
Clip art by subscription |
| CLIPART Categorised |
Large categorised clipart resource
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| CLIPART Free |
Clipart warehouse. Free clipart. |
| ASSOCIATIONS International Publishers Association |
Home page for the International Publishers Association |
| NAMES Baby Names |
The popularity of given names (only in America) throughout the 1900s. |
| SEARCH ENGINE Google |
Google - one of the most popular search engings |
| DICTIONARY-THESAURUS |
Includes dictionary, thesaurus, grammar sections, and links to dictionaries in other languages. |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS South African News |
SABC news website - breaking news |
| NAMES Popularity of First Names |
The popularity of names (only in America) throughout the 1900s |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (Business) |
Business Day : Economic and business news from the daily newspaper. |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (Africa) |
African Perspective : In-depth news and analysis |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (Africa) |
Africast : News, culture, history, travel, art |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News Site (USA) |
Washington Post |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News Site (USA) |
CNN |
| MEDIA News Site (UK) |
Sky News |
| JOURNALISM Journalism Courses |
Wits University Journalism Courses |
| POETRY Poetry Generator |
Poetry Generator - Creates lines using random nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs etc. |
| FIND A PUBLISHER Unpublished Writers preview site |
The Unknown Writers Website. A site for placing your unpublished work, for preview. |
| FIND A PUBLISHER Display your work on the Web |
A site where new work is displayed as a way of accessing potential publishers |
| MEDIA Noseweek |
A magazine that observes and makes social and political comment. Investigative. |
| MEDIA South African Media Site |
Media24. |
| MEDIA South African Media Site |
South African Press Association (SAPA) site |
| MEDIA South African Media Site |
Independent Newspapers
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| MEDIA South African Media Site |
Business Day
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| MEDIA South African Media Site |
Iafrica.com |
| BOOKS World-Wide Internet Book Club |
BookCrossing. A revolution in the concept of book clubs. Free books. Set your own books free. Meet with other book lovers, and people who are interested in what interests you |
| BIOS Great South Africans |
Details of great South Africans, and an opportunity add information and biographical information |
| MEDIA Editor's Forum |
South African National Editor's Forum
Email: |
| SEARCH ENGINE : South Africa |
Ananzi. A South African search engine. This site also has an extensive list of links to other South African sites |
| HISTORY South Africa |
Publishers of South African History texts. The website has a variety of interesting historical information. |
| GOVERNMENT South African Parliament |
South African Parliament website |
| GOVERNMENT South Africa |
South African Government website |
| MEDIA Communications Authority |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
Email: |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS Mail & Guardian |
Mail & Guardian website - news and features from the newspaper. Archive. Breaking News. |
| WOMEN'S WRITING South Africa |
Women in Writing : Publishing women's writing in South Africa |
| JOURNALISM Poynter's Institute |
Everything you need to be a better journalist |
| WOMEN'S WRITING Africa |
African Women & Child Feature Service (AWCFC) : Striving to include the voices of women, men, young people and where possible, children in development |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News Site |
Salon |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News site (USA) |
The New York Times |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (South African) |
News24. Naspers news site. Especially news from South Africa and Africa. |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (South African) |
Independent Online - News from regional and national newspapers. |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (South African) |
Sunday Times : Johnnic owned. Breaking news and news from Sunday paper. |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (South African) |
Mail & Guardian : Breaking news and news archive from weekly newspaper |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS News (Africa) |
Africa Online : News and information on Africa |
| QUOTES Quotations collection |
Bartlett's quotations : Searchable collection of thousands of quotes. |
| BIOS Biography collection |
Searchable database of biographies |
| CONVERSIONS Measurements Converter |
For converting any measurements e.g. from metric to imperial measures - weight, volume, area, temperature... |
| MEDIA Media Institute |
The Media Institute of South Africa (MISA) |
| EXCHANGE RATES Currency Converter |
For converting one currency to any other world currency |
| JOURNALISM Journalism Training |
The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ)
Email: |
| INFORMATION Encyclopaedia Britannica |
The website of the most famous encyclopaedia of all |
| DICATIONARY Old English |
Translates modern english words into old english equivalents |
| JOURNALISTS Reporters Group |
Reporters Without Frontiers
Email: |
| CONTACTS Expert Media Comment : Profnet |
A network of academics and other experts (US and Europe) who respond to media inquiries in specialised fields. Emails to Profnet are circulated among thousands of academics. |
| FREEDOM Freedom of Expression |
The Freedom of Expression Institute South Africa (FXI)
Email: |
| FREELANCE WRITING Discussion Forum |
Freelance writers discussion forum, with main focus on journalism. |
| PRESS Press Freedom |
Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press
Email |
| NETWORKS Writers Network |
Based in the Centre for the Book in Cape Town, a support service for writers of all kinds, including workshops, a website, advice etc. |
| PUBLISHING International Standard Number (ISN) |
International Standard Number (ISN) Agency - uppliers of international standard numbers (ISN) and codes for published documents (i.e. ISBN, ISSN) to identify any South African published document worldwide. |
| JOURNALISTS Journalist Association |
Foreign Correspondents Association of SA
Email: |
| WRITERS GROUPS South African Writers Circle (SAWC) |
A Durban-based writers group that has a monthly newsletter, regular meetings and workshops, and also organises national writing competitions |
| ADVERTISING Research - South African |
South African Advertising Research Foundation
Email: |
| CLIPART for children |
Children's clipart |
| TRAVEL Automobile Association (AA) |
Automobile Association for suggestions on travel rates |
| WORDS Endangered English Words |
Archive of endangered, special and fun words |
| PLAGIARISM Locating plagiarism |
Have other websites copied the content from your website? Find out how to check |
| BOOKS Book-finding service |
South African book-finding service - for bookshops |
| CURRENT AFFAIRS Citizen Reporting |
Reporter.co.za - a site where ordinary citizens can submit news stories. Assistance with writing is provided, and a small payment is made. Pictures and videos can also be sent. |
| MEDIA Media Network |
MediaChannel - Global network for democratic journalism |
| RESEARCH Internet Research |
JournalismNet. The Investigative Guide to Internet Research |
| MEDIA Media Network |
European Press Network's EPN world reporter
Email:
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| COMPETITION Commonwealth Writers Prize |
Commonwealth Writers Prize |
| CONTACTS Celebrity email addresses |
Hundreds of email addresses for celebrities |
| CLIP ART Free resource |
Large resource for free clipart |
| BOOKS Centre for the Book |
The Centre for the Book in Cape Town. A meeting place for everything and anything to do with books and writing. |
| PUBLISHING Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA) |
Details of South African publishers including all contact information, and the kind of books they publish |
| MAPS Maporama |
Find and print out a map for an address from around the world |
| SYMBOLS Meaning and History |
Encyclopaedia of Symbols |
| TIME What time is it? |
A site for finding the time in any part of the world |
| BOOKS Find a rare book |
Used and rare book services grouped in one site |
| WEBSITE Starter Site |
If you don't have your own website yet, but would like to - check this site. You'll be surprise how cheap and easy it is to have an great site. |
| RESOURCE WikiWax |
Wikipedia search engine - find the information you need |
| CALENDAR South African holidays |
Calendar site providing details of public and school holidays in South Africa - for the next two years |
| RESEARCH Survey Tool |
Survey Monkey - because knowledge is everything. A great tool for doing research. Creates questionnaires, and works out the results. |
| QUOTATIONS resource |
The Quotes Garden. A searchable quotes source, with quotes listed under topic, theme and source. |
| RESEARCH On-line Library |
Questia. An on-line subscription library and research service |
| MAPS Online |
Searchable world maps, including street maps. |
| WRITERS WORKSHOP On-line |
An on-line, on-going writers workshop. Multiple genres |
| PUBLISHING Small Publishers |
South African Small Publishers Blog. Useful information about getting your book self-published. |
| RESEARCH On-line by category |
A remarkably helpful site which provides links to information and articles on thousands of topics - by category. |
| INTERNET File sending service |
You Send It - a site that enables you to send huge files across the internet. There is also space for storing your precious email address list. |
