The first of February every year marks World Read Aloud Day, a day on which writers and members of the public read aloud to children. For this year’s #WRAD18, local literacy advocates Nal’ibali hoped that one million South African children...
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Sydney-based PEN SA member Ceridwen Dovey is on the programme of the 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which takes place in the capital of South Australia from 3–8 March 2018. She will appear on two panels: The Animals, and Dark Heart. Other writers on the...
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PEN SA extends a warm welcome to Nick Mulgrew, who has joined the permanent staff at PEN South Africa as its new Head of Communications (originally the Newsletter Editor). He was asked about what drew him to work for PEN...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Jill Morsbach, who has won the 2017 Nova Award for her story “The Last Baby”. Jill wins R2000 as part of the prize. The Nova Short Story Competition is [Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa’s] annual competition...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Stephen Symons for garnering an honourable mention for the 2017 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry. His debut collection Questions for the Sea, published in 2016 by uHlanga, was lauded by judge John Keene as a “collection...
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