When Only Today Matters
And Other Stories
Written by Johan du Toit
Edited and produced by Broadcast Books
A compelling collection of short stories by Johan du Toit.
The unwashed man woken by kookaburras at first light and his unlikely friendship with Benny, whose life on the street started when he was only ten years old; the young woman who left her family home under cover of darkness to escape a brutal regime; a cranky old farmer forced to share a hospital ward with an inquisitive but desperately sick boy; the goatherd in the Judean desert who first mistook the Hebrew woman and her Palestinian companion as sisters; a father confronted by his teenage son's version of history, the soldier who held on to the image of a couple's embrace during a war that made no sense.
These are some of the characters whose life experiences we discover in When Only Today Matters and Other Stories. They will leave us with questions, sometimes make us smile, and lead us to think about our own place in the world.
About the author
Johan du Toit grew up in a remote community, eight hours’ drive north of Cape Town in South Africa. He immigrated to Australia with his family in 1994. Johan found an opportunity to write short fiction through membership of a writers’ group. In 2022 Meandering Road, a collection of his short stories, was published by Broadcast Books. Johan lives with his wife in Sydney.
Published: February 2025
Paperback RRP: AU$24.99
192 pages
ISBN: 978-0-6458440-9-2
Ebook RRP: $21.99
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-7638250-0-0
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