Congratulations to PEN SA members Jen Thorpe, Jacqui L’Ange and Unathi Magubeni, who have been longlisted for the 2016 Etisalat Prize For Literature! Thorpe has been longlisted for The Peculiars, L’Ange for The Seed Thief and Magubeni for The Star...
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PEN South Africa is delighted to announce that the inaugural PEN South Africa Freedom of Expression Champion Award will be awarded to Raymond Louw. The annual PEN South Africa Freedom of Expression Champion Award has been established to recognise the...
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The annual PEN International New Voices Award provides a space for young and unpublished writers to promote their work. It also aims to encourage new writing in the more than 104 countries that PEN operates in as PEN Centres put...
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The winners of the South African Literary Awards (SALAs) were announced on Monday evening. Congratulations to PEN SA members Arja Salafranca, Sandra Hill, Leon de Kock and Karin Schimke, as well as to PEN SA Student Writing Prize judge Panashe...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member and former Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs who has been honoured by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Arts Advocacy. Lifetime Achievement Awards were also given to Dr Mongane...
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