In the third episode of Season Two of The Empty Chair, PEN SA board member Bongani Kona interviews Tope Folarin. Tope talks about fatherhood, the American dream, his apprenticeship as a writer, his novel A Particular Kind of Black Man,...
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In the fourth episode of The Empty Chair, PEN SA board member Bongani Kona and writer, teacher and researcher Hedley Twidle revisit The Plague by Albert Camus (translated into English from the original French, La Peste). They discuss the novel’s contemporary resonance and what...
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In this video, PEN South Africa marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer with messages of support from JM Coetzee, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Albie Sachs, Zukiswa Wanner and Bongani Kona for Paola Ugaz, Chimengül Awut, Osman Kavala, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija and Sedigeh...
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PEN SA members Christopher Mlalazi and Bongani Kona are featured in this anthology: Moving On bristles with the talent of writers from Zimbabwe. This collection brings together twenty of Zimbabwe’s finest storytellers, from within the country and without. Many of...
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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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