Why Join ANFASA?
06/03/2026
ANFASA is an authors’ advocacy organisation. We work on behalf of authors’ rights. These right are determined by copyright legislation, national policy, publishing policy and educational policy
We speak for authors because we are authors. Participation in authorship-related activities is a prime benefit of being a member. Specifically, ANFASA delivers:
- Advice on copyright law and publishing contracts
- Training workshops on topics such as self-publishing, copyright and contracts, biography writing, and various aspects of skills development
- Public seminars on topics including the publishing value chain, the status and role of authors in society, writing in the indigenous languages of South Africa, open access, peer review and academic publishing
- Links to collaborating publishers, book distributors and related services, and promotion of members’ published works at book launches and book fairs and festivals
- A forum for debate on aspects of writing and of publishing, including national legislation affecting authors
- A voice to influence government policy Links to issues of writing and publishing internationally, through the International Authors’ Forum
Who should join?
- Authors working on academic and nonfiction topics including academics from any discipline
- Authors interested in copyright, publishing and research
- Authors who want to help develop a reading culture and a market for books written and published locally
- Anyone interested in the writing and dissemination of knowledge, of information and of the power and value of the written word
- Anyone with an urge to write and who seeks encouragement.
Article was previously published in the ANFASA Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 3, 2025