Umsinsi Press

04/02/2026

15/11/2025

This was history in the making. Dancing Pencils made history again. Malvern Primary School 1st published young author #2025

15/11/2025

Despite hindrances we are happy to keep our late spirit going and producing more authors in Malvern and Ingwavuma in 2025. We'll continue until we meet her!

29/03/2025

Book for your kid or yourself today. Space is Limited.

23/07/2024

ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY LIBRARIES GET BOOKS DONATION ON MANDELA DAY JULY 2024

Ethekwini Municipality libraries received books donation this Mandela month from Dancing Pencils. We have donated a number of books to KZN schools and aiming to establish more clubs in our communities and schools.

District 9 Manager, seated on the picture, Zukiwe Vikelo
District 9 Manager had this to say:

"On behalf of District 9 eThekwini Municipality Libraries: Tshelimnyama library, Thornwood library, Mpola library, Nirvana Hills library, Motala height library, Westville north library, Westville Library, Clermont library, New Germany library Mariann ridge library, kwaKhwela School library.

We would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for your generous donation of books for all our diverse communities.

Your contribution of 614 books is invaluable to us and plays a crucial role in our libraries, The books you have donated will provide invaluable resources for children, young adult, and students helping foster a love of reading, learning and personal development.

We are deeply grateful for Dancing Pencils and umSinsi Press’s support and commitment to eThekwini Libraries. Your generosity helps us to promote literacy and fostering social cohesion.

Once again, thank you for your thoughtful donation. We are privileged to have supporters like you who believe in our mission and contribute to our success.

We look forward to keeping you updated on the positive impacts of your donation.

With sincere gratitude,
Yours faithfully
Zukiwe Vikelo
District 9 Manager".

More info:
0792566725

02/07/2024

Don't Talk about your Writing!

Those closest to us love to know what it is that we are writing about. People often see themselves in our writing when that was not the intention. And when we do write about them, disguised of course. then they don't connect the character with themselves.
That is the mystery of writing!

But if you are a writer with a love of words and of getting your ideas down on paper, please know that those we care deeply about can easily disable us. They would be upset if we told them this, but writing will change a person. For the better.
For one thing he or she will be putting out ideas that may be a help to other people. Our writing strangely lands up in remote places because of the power of books or of the internet.

So a writer owes it not only to him or herself but to the world at large to protect that talent. The right brain as we know is the seat of creativity and that seat is allergic to criticism. So even well chosen helpful critical words from our nearest and dearest can chase our writing muse into hiding. So rather don't give them the opportunity.

The best thing is to keep to yourself any brilliant new idea and to write about it rather than talk about it. When it is fully fledged, then comes the time to go public with it.... and those around us are welcome to listen. By that time they will probably be in agreement with you which is a great blessing!

Have fun, writing is full of surprises!

Enquiries: 0792566725 or email [email protected]

22/05/2024

Wishing our publicist and director, Mr Ayanda SpiceZito Mazibuko a happy birthday, pictured bellow with our founder and director, late Ms Felicity Keats Morrison (April 2017, Moses Mabhida and 22 May 2017, Malvern).