For organisations + institutions shaping culture
How do you make people care?
That’s the question at the heart of what we do. And it’s likely a question you’re asking, too. As a narrative consultancy studio, we help organisations spark interest + start the conversations that matter.
You may be a cultural institution, a publisher, or a university. Perhaps you’re a climate organisation or foundation. Ultimately, you’re probably seeking better ways to articulate the importance of your work.
Stoep Collective can help you do that. Find out more.
Selected projects
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These Notes Are Yours: the uHlanga guide to self-publishing poetry in South Africa
Co-written by Megan Natasha Ross and Nick Mulgrew, These Notes Are Yours is a free, open-access guide for poets and writers who want to self-publish their own books, pamphlets + zines.
Created for uHlanga, the guide is equal parts practical publishing advice, supplier contacts, editorial insight + a deep love for literary stewardship + print culture.
It is part manual, part archive, part cultural intervention: a 100% free resource for southern African poets, and a clear example of our approach to editorial strategy, research, public language + cultural care.
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Production design for New Contrast, South Africa’s oldest literary magazine
Our long-standing partnership with this landmark African literary journal has seen Megan Natasha Ross of Stoep Collective oversee production design for almost seven years. We are proud of our association with this much-beloved literary journal, whose legacy spans generations of writers, editors and artists, including Nobel Prize winner, J.M. Coetzee, Zoë Wicomb, Diana Ferrus + more.
Our work supports the magazine’s ongoing life both digitally and in print: shaping each issue while honouring its place in South Africa — and a global — literary culture.
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Theatre Review: Please, don't call me moffie (dir. Zubayr Charles)
The play opens with Mushfeeq lying in bed and scrolling on his phone. He is turning 30, an age which is often accompanied by a not-quite-quarter-life crisis and contemplation. He recounts a recurring dream about his own death. He can see himself lying dead, being bathed and wrapped in the kafan before being taken to receive the Salat al-Janazah and be accepted into the afterlife.
“There would be no New Contrast without Stoep Collective. Thank you for making us feel safe and seen.”
— Robyn Paterson, Managing Editor of New Contrast Literary Journal
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