Niq Mhlongo returns with a collection of short stories that cover the span of our democracy – the euphoria of 1994, the Aids pandemic, xenophobia, the madness of Marikana and the Zuma presidency. The stories have been published to critical...
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Deadline: 30 June 2016 Prize: R120 000 The 2016 City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award is now open for entries. The award aims to fund the research and writing of an original work of nonfiction that breaks new ground on a...
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The Pen Factor is an online feedback and discovery engine for writers of fiction that run an ongoing competition on their site. The full writers package is valued at $5.99 per month but as an introductory incentive they are offering...
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As a young boy growing up in Port Elizabeth in the 1960s and 1970s, Steven Robins was haunted by an old photograph of three unknown women on a table in the dining room. Only later did he learn that the...
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Stranger, Sihle Ntuli’s debut collection of poetry, was recently published by Grahamstown-based independent publisher Aerial Publishing. The collection, which was edited by Robert Berold and Marike Beyers, includes 37 poems. Ntuli’s work has appeared in Nigeria’s Saraba, New Contrast and...
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