Henrietta Rose-Innes wins 2008 Caine Prize South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes has won the 2008 Caine Prize for African writing for her short story “Poison”. Henrietta won the 2007 HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award for “Poison” which was published in African...
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Two members of the South African Centre of International PEN (SA PEN) whose stories were entered for the 2009 PEN/Studzinski Literary Award are on a shortlist of five for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing. They were selected from...
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PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world”s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today the launch of PEN Reads, an online reading group that will bring readers and writers together to discuss works of literature relevant to...
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Green Dragon 7, a literary journal, to be published in May 2010, is to be a special edition of short fiction only, and will be guest edited by SA PEN member Arja Salafranca. Submit, by hard copy, no more than...
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Final calls for Entries to the 2008/09 European Union Literary Award Have your first novel published and win R25,000 To enter: Submit a first, unpublished work of fiction in English. The award is open to all South African writers residing...
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