Literary website Brittle Paper has announced the shortlists for the inaugural Brittle Paper Literary Awards. PEN SA members Petina Gappah and Sisonke Msimang were shortlisted in the Fiction and Essays / Think Pieces categories respectively. Gappah for her story “A...
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Deadline: 1 September 2017 Local literary journal Type/Cast is calling for submissions of fiction, poetry and short non-fiction for its fourth issue. PEN SA members Efemia Chela and Bongani Kona are the guest editors of this issue. For this issue,...
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This column was originally published in Sunday World and online at Books LIVE: By Carole Bloch We are all aware that increasing attention has been focused on the development of reading culture and on children learning to read and write...
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We are pleased to announce that PEN South Africa will be presenting two events at this year’s Open Book Festival, which is being held from 6 – 10 September. Join us at the following two events: Women’s Manifesto and The...
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PEN SA member Anne Schuster sadly passed away on 12 June 2017. Dawn Garisch, Rahla Xenopoulos and Jade Gibson have written tributes to Anne, who was a writer and creative writing teacher: Dawn Garisch: I have always thought of Anne...
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