Congratulations to PEN SA member Bridget Pitt who has won a 2015 Maskew Miller Longman Literature Award (MMLLA) for her children’s book The Night of the Go-away Birds. The MMLLA was launched in 2006 by Maskew Miller Longman as their...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member William Kentridge who was named the Artist of the Year at the Apollo Awards 2015. The international art magazine had the following to say about their selection: Several bold exhibitions staged this year have revealed...
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PEN SA members Gabeba Baderoon (Board Member), Kerry Hammerton, Lauren Beukes and Masande Ntshanga have been shortlisted in the Literature / Creative Writing category of the Artists in Residency (AIR) programme run by Africa Centre. Also on the shortlist are...
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PEN SA members Karen Jennings and Kopano Matlwa Mabaso have been shortlisted for the 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. The shortlist of twenty one includes a total of seven writers from South Africa, six from Nigeria, three from Ghana, two from...
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The winners of the 2015 Short Story Day Africa Prize were announced at the Aké Arts and Book Festival in Nigeria on Saturday 21 November. The shortlist included six writers and can be viewed here. Cat Hellisen was awarded first...
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