PEN South Africa encourages its members to sign a PEN Afrikaans petition against the current iteration of the Copyright Amendment Bill “that is being railroaded through Parliament despite local and international opposition.” Says PEN Afrikaans: As authors’ associations, we are...
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PEN SA Board Member Sisonke Msimang will deliver the 2019 Nelson Mandela Lecture in Amsterdam on 10 February 2019 at the city’s International Theatre. South African writer and activist Sisonke Msimang is an independent and outspoken voice in the debate on...
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The lineup for the 2018 edition of the Abantu Book Festival, to be held this December 6–9 in Soweto, has been announced. This celebration of black writers and readers should absolutely not be missed, not least for its showcasing of...
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Following the news that PEN SA member Fred Khumalo’s novel Dancing the Death Drill had been made into a critically acclaimed play by the Isango Ensemble in collaboration with Nuffield Southampton Theatres in England, it has been announced that the...
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With a slowly growing market, a steady stream of emerging voices in both print and spoken word, and the establishment of several interesting small presses, English-language poetry in South Africa is in as good a place as it’s ever been. With...
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