PEN SA is sad to announce the passing of its Vice-President, Raymond Louw. Louw passed away on Tuesday, 4 June at the age of 93, less than 24 hours after his wife, Jean. During his more than 60 years as… PEN International has released its 2018 Case List, which details the global threats to freedom of expression documented over the last calendar year, including attacks, harassment, imprisonment and murders of writers and journalists. In his introduction to the 2018 Case… PEN SA is saddened by the loss of Kenyan writer and activist Binyavanga Wainaina, who died on 21 May 2019 at the age of 48 following a stroke. Simultaneously, we are emboldened by the legacy he has left as a… PEN SA notes with sadness the closure of South African literary journal, Prufrock. Started five years ago by a group of four young writers – Helen Sullivan, James King, Anneke Rautenbach and Nick Mulgrew – the journal has consistently published… Bookshops are magical things, aren’t they? Possibly the closest thing to stepping into the centre of a multiverse where the portals to ten thousand realms beckon you to explore. Independent bookstores hold a particular kind of charm, often becoming the… 
SA News / 06 Jun 2019
A tribute to the late PEN SA Vice-President, Raymond Louw
Civil Society, Criminal Defamation, International News, Writers in Prison / 04 Jun 2019
Free Expression Under Threat – PEN International’s 2018 Case List
International News / 03 Jun 2019
A Tribute to Binyavanga Wainaina
Literature / 27 May 2019
Farewell to Prufrock
Literature / 21 May 2019
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