Deadlines: 1 September and 1 November 2016 The African Literature Association (ALA) is calling for nominations for the following awards: Graduate Student Best Essay Award (Deadline: 1 September) Book of the Year Award – Creative Writing (Deadline: 1 September) Book...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Jim Pascual Agustin, whose poem “To be an Orc” was chosen by literary website NoiseMedium as its Grand Prize Winner. Read “To be an Orc” on NoiseMedium: To be an Orc By Jim Pascual Agustin...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Christine Coates, whose short story “A Night to Remember” has been shortlisted for Black Letter Media’s The Short Story is Dead, Long Live the Short Story! Volume 2 anthology. The shortlist was chosen by judges...
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PEN SA welcomes the Press Ombudsman’s ruling that several Independent Media titles need to apologise for their reporting of the settlement with former Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois. PEN South Africa expressed its alarm at Independent Media’s treatment of Dasnois...
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Dear friends Many of you will have followed the intense debate that has swirled around the rescinding of an invitation to the Danish journalist and writer, Flemming Rose, to give the TB Davie lecture on Academic Freedom at the University...
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