Congratulations to PEN SA member Diane Awerbuck, who has been shortlisted for the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story “Nagmaal”. PEN SA member Zukiswa Wanner is one of the judges of this year’s Prize alongside Kamila Shamsie (chair...
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Congratulations to PEN SA Board Member Gabeba Baderoon who was named a joint-winner of the Book: Non-Fiction Monograph category in The Humanities and Social Sciences: Book, Creative and Digital Awards (2017). Baderoon’s book Regarding Muslims: From slavery to post-apartheid won...
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The longlists for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards, consisting of the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction, have been announced. The winners of the two categories will each receive R100 000. Congratulations to the...
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Congratulations to PEN SA members Simone Haysom, Michael Schmidt and Jamala Safari who are among the 24 recipients of the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa’s (ANFASA) Grant Scheme for Authors. The grants are intended to help the...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Nick Mulgrew whose debut collection of short stories, Stations, has been longlisted for Edge Hill University’s Short Story Prize. Organisers of Edge Hill University’s 11th annual Short Story Prize are delighted to announce the longlist...
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