Ava

Part-time writer with a keen eye for language, detail and the stories that sit beneath the surface. Her work centres on reading closely and helping each piece retain the voice that makes it its own.

An avid chess player, she is drawn to the patience and possibility of the game. In both writing and chess, she is interested in how a single choice can change the course of a story.

Try

tech assistant

Keeps our digital world running while finding time to contribute stories of his own. He is the team’s go-to person for all things technical, bringing the same curiosity and care to a problem on screen as he does to a piece of writing.

A father of one, he writes in the spaces between work and family life, often drawn to the ordinary moments that reveal something larger about the way we live.

Coin

founder

A writer, linguist and existential thinker fascinated by the many voices through which stories can be told. She founded COINAGE as a literary home and writing studio for new African writing, bringing writers and readers into conversation across genres and forms.

Her work moves between writing, mentorship and literary curation. At its heart is a belief that stories do more than entertain: they give us a way to question meaning, identity and the world around us.