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Jayne Bauling
@jaynebauling.bsky.social
South African YA author. Here for books and cats.
Today I delivered copies of some of my books to Beloved Youth Moving Forward in Mbombela for the library they've started. #books #booksky #library
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Honoured to have been a guest at the Ingcayizivele Book Festival this past weekend. #books #booksky #CelebrateAfricanStories
September 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thank you to Exclusive Books @exclusivebooks.bsky.social I'langa branch and manager Sheldon for this display of my books at their pop-up shop at the Ingcayizivele Book Festival in Mbombela yesterday. #Books #booksky #bookfestival
September 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happening tomorrow, the Ingcayizivele Book Festival in Mbombela, looking forward to being part of a panel discussion about the urge to write/motivations behind writing. #books #booksky #CelebrateAfricanStories
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Ingcayizivele Book Festival poster is up in Bargain Books at I'langa. Looking forward to Saturday. #booksky #Books #bookfestival #CelebrateAfricanStories
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just spent a couple of days in the Kruger National Park, and this lovely big kitty was one of two leopard sightings. #leopard #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #bigcats
September 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy International Literacy Day from Jeggings as he guards a box of books. #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #books
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's National Book Week in South Africa. Read local.
September 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Honoured to be in such stellar company, and so looking forward to this year's Ingcayizivele Book Festival. #CelebrateAfricanStories #tellingourownstories #ibf2025 #books
September 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Received my official invitation to this year's Ingcayizivele Book Festival, happening in Mbombela. It's always a vibrant festival, and so full of heart. #IBF2025 #welovebooks
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just over a month to go.
August 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dimity and Jeggings
August 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dimity and Jeggings say happy international cat day from Mpumalanga in South Africa. #internationalcatday
August 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Just three months to go until the third Ingcayizivele Book Festival in Mbombela.
June 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I really enjoyed serving as a judge for the 2025 Kingsmead Young Writers competition. Creative stories and good writing. Congratulations to the winners. #youth #stories
May 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This past weekend I had the privilege of being hosted by BYMF SA where the young members of their newly formed bookclub are reading one of my novels. #youth #books
May 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
May 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Here it is at last, from Azania Productions, the first movie from my Soccer Season trilogy, published by Cover2Cover Books, and some of the best writing fun I've had. Coming soon to Netflix 16 May. #soccerseasonmovies #teenstories #youthsoccer #thebeautifulgame #football #futbol
May 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thank you to SCBWI South Africa for inviting me to present this online workshop this morning. I enjoyed it, and hope those attending found it useful.
March 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Copies of the 9th impression of Dreaming of Light arrived today.
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Writerly plans for 2025? Well, there's this on 15th March.
January 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'll be doing a workshop for SCBWI South Africa in March.
January 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thank you 2024, you were good to me.
December 31, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Hugs from Jeggings.
December 20, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Hi from Dimity and Jeggings.
November 18, 2024 at 5:13 PM