A tragic fall in the Karoo in which one of his brothers dies and the other loses all memory of the day changes the life of young John Hyde irrevocably. In London many years later, the reappearance of his remaining...
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In the spring of 1977 Frank Stilwell launched Vingila, 17 tons of welded together 11-millimetre steel plates, in Durban harbour. An electrician by trade, Frank’s experience of sailing amounted to not very much – an unpleasant spell on a Scottish...
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PEN South Africa sent the statement below to Mr Gengezi Mgidlana, Secretary to Parliament Dear Secretary to Parliament PEN South Africa is deeply concerned about the extreme security arrangements President Jacob Zuma and his government have set in motion for...
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Deadline: 28 February 2017 Entry fee: $17 per entry The two 2017 SLS fiction and poetry contest winners will have the choice of attending, with all expense paid, one of SLS’s programs, either in Georgia or in Kenya. Also, Fence...
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Deadline: 15 March 2017 Entry fee: AU$15 for ABR subscribers and full-time students and AU$24 for non-subscribers Prize: The first prize is AU$5,000 with a supplementary prize of AU$2,500 Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the eleventh Calibre Essay Prize....
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