Deadline: 31 January 2016 The Caine Prize for African Writing is calling on publishers for submissions of short stories that have been published previously: The Prize is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Bridget Pitt who has won a 2015 Maskew Miller Longman Literature Award (MMLLA) for her children’s book The Night of the Go-away Birds. The MMLLA was launched in 2006 by Maskew Miller Longman as their...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member William Kentridge who was named the Artist of the Year at the Apollo Awards 2015. The international art magazine had the following to say about their selection: Several bold exhibitions staged this year have revealed...
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Press release Seven-year-old Athandiwe Sikade of Khayelitsha in Cape Town has been announced the winner of Nal’ibali’s storytelling competition, Story Bosso. Watch Athandiwe telling her story here The competition, designed as a nationwide talent search to get people of all...
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PEN SA members Gabeba Baderoon (Board Member), Kerry Hammerton, Lauren Beukes and Masande Ntshanga have been shortlisted in the Literature / Creative Writing category of the Artists in Residency (AIR) programme run by Africa Centre. Also on the shortlist are...
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