The 2018 edition of the Franschhoek Literary Festival is hosting – well – a host of PEN SA members. This year’s festival, held from 18-20 May in the eponymous Western Cape town, promises an exciting array of events, including a...
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“With its bittersweet evocations of a father feared in childhood and nursed in old age, whose character teeters dangerously between Minotaur and King Lear, Beverly Rycroft ‘s, A Private Audience is remarkable for its lithe feats of metaphor, its imaginative...
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The longlists for the 2016 Sunday Times Literary Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the PEN SA members included on lists! 2016 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize PEN SA Student Writing Prize judge Panashe Chigumadzi has been longlisted...
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We’ll be rounding up some of the tweets from the talks at the Open Book Festival 2015 featuring PEN SA members. As you can see from the Open Book programme, there is plenty going on. These tweets are just a...
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PEN South Africa has partnered with Open Book since its inaugural festival in 2011. This year we are excited to be bringing Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov to the event, as well as our Executive Vice-President Mandla Langa. PEN SA members...
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