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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The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) launches its 2018 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series in April, with a line-up that features acclaimed and award-winning writers, artists, academics and musicians, and includes PEN SA members. The theme underpinning this Great Texts/Big...
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Set in Natal in the nineteenth century among the settlers and the homesteaders and the sugar-cane farmers, Claire Robertson’s masterful new novel Under Glass tells the story of Mrs Chetwyn, who arrives in Port Natal from India in 1856. She is with...
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Read Adré Marshall’s reflections on the Franschhoek Literary Festival below and see links to other pieces on the festival here, including pieces reflecting on Eugene de Kock’s attendance of the Sunday Times Literary Awards and presence at the Franschhoek Literary...
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The shortlists for the 2016 Sunday Times Literary Awards were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival on Saturday 14 May 2016. Congratulations to PEN SA members Claire Robertson, Henrietta Rose-Innes and David Attwell, who have been shortlisted! Claire Robertson and...
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