Narina Exelby

Narina Exelby is a South African freelance writer and editor who swopped stability in Cape Town for a life less ordinary. She doesn’t live anywhere in particular, and home is where she drops her kitbag. Narina writes travel, lifestyle and health features for numerous respected magazines around the world.

Advice for writersNovember 28, 2011

10 tips for getting published

By Narina Exelby

[words by Narina Exelby / photograph © Sanjay Arora] Last week a friend had a six-page feature published in a magazine. It was a big moment…

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Africa, Parallel Worlds, South AmericaNovember 23, 2011

Parallel worlds

By Narina Exelby

One ocean, five time zones and 6873 kilometres apart, two writers sat at cafés on two different continents at exactly the same moment, and…

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UncategorizedNovember 19, 2011

Soul journeys

By Narina Exelby

[words by Narina Exelby] Is there one song, one piece of music, that tugs at your heart, floods your imagination and turns your skin…

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