Johan du Toit is a Sydney based author with two collections of short fiction

Johan du Toit grew up in a remote community eight hours drive from Cape Town in South Africa. He immigrated to Australia with his family in 1994. Through membership of a writers’ group Johan found an opportunity to write short fiction. His two collections of fiction, Meandering Road and When Only Today Matters have been published in collaboration with Broadcast Books.

Trapped, in wide-open space
solitude my companion, naked thorn bush, forlorn
scattered across the veld, the riverbed
a dust bowl
hungry lambs, pleading for a feed
on our knees, we prayed, empty eyes
turned to the sky
the raindrops, stayed away

— Extract from Johan’s poem Hear My Heart Whisper

Johan’s books

  • “Meandering Road is a journey through many lives, and they all make it worth taking that road to meet them. A lovely work.”

    William Mcinnes, Actor and Author

  • “I read Meandering Road in one extended session. I was hooked by the characters and their journeys."

    Harvey

  • "The stories are so thought-provoking and many of the characters I feel I would like to meet."

    Georgie

  • "Full of well-drawn characters, though often flawed, they are easy to connect with because they are like us."

    Robert

  • "I’ve just finished the David Anderson story, it really got to me."

    Niall

  • "I loved the story about the lawyer who sacrifices his career and family, it captures both sadness of loss and sense of dignified transformation."

    Liane

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