Colours of a New Day is a sparkling collection of new wrting from across the English speaking world and a powerful expression of support by some of the finest writers of our times for a multiracial South Africa. Short stories, poems and extracts from novels in progress come together to make an anthology which is sometimes funny often provocative, frequently moving. While musicians have already made clear their collective opposition to apartheid and support for a democratic South Africa, this book enables writers to make their voices heard in the same way for the first time. Internationally renowned authors are here published alongside writers whose work is beginning to gain wider recognition. The writers royalties and publishers profit from Colours of a New Day are being donated to the African Congress. The exceptional and innovation writing in this anthology makes it a literary landmark as well as an important tribute to the people of South Africa. Contributors: Brian Aldiss, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Busby, Nuruddin Farah, Nadine Gordimer, Roy Heath, Christopher Hope, Aamer Hussein, June Jordan, Nicole Ward Jouve, James Kelman, Mandla Langa, Hugh Maxton, Naomi Mitchison, Ursule Molinaro, Mbule V Mzamane, Lewis Nkosi, Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Okri, Emily Prager, Kate Pullinger, Michelle Roberts, Dennis Scott, Lawrence Scott, Vikram Seth, Bapsi Sidhwa, Wole Soyinka, Han Suyin, Edward Upward, Marina Warner, Ian Watson, Zoe Wicomb, Raymond Williams, Jane Yolen.