PEN SA member Petina Gappah has been longlisted for the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel, The Book of Memory. Petina is the first Zimbabwean to be longlisted for the Prize. This announcement has come shortly after...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Petina Gappah, who has been longlisted for the 2016 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award! Books LIVE have reported that Petina’s short story “The News of Her Death” has been longlisted: Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah...
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The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced a new annual award and anthology, established in honour of activist and author Gerald Kraak: The Gerald Kraak Award, which honours activist and author Gerald Kraak, who passed away in 2014, will be awarded...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Kobus Moolman, who has been named the winner of the 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry for his collection, A Book of Rooms. Gabeba Baderoon, award-winning poet, scholar and member of the PEN SA...
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PEN SA member Kobus Moolman has been named as one of three finalists of the 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry for his collection, A Book of Rooms. The other two finalists are Togara Muzanenhamo for Gumiguru and Joan...
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