Interview by Nick Mulgrew Perhaps more than any other magazine in South African literature – or, at the very least, as much as the likes of Staffrider, or Contrast, or Classic – English Alive has catalysed writing careers, and inspired people to...
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To mark Robin Malan stepping away from the editorship of the high school literary magazine English Alive, we’ve compiled a few tributes from PEN SA members to this extraordinary man and his work. Be sure, too, to read our interview with...
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To mark the hundredth day of imprisoned filmmaker Oleg Sentsov’s indefinite hunger strike in a Siberian penal colony, PEN SA and PEN International Board Member Margie Orford spoke to France 24’s The Debate, in a bid to raise awareness about...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Anton Krueger, whose manuscript The University Currently Known As… has been longlisted for the 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award. Dinaane, the only award of its kind, aims to promote new southern African fiction that speaks...
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Deadline: Monday 21 September 2018 The English Academy of South Africa calls for submissions for the 2018 Olive Schreiner Prize, which this year is being awarded for prose. The Olive Schreiner Prize for Prose is awarded for original literary work...
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