Press release from Modjadji Books. Modjaji Books to release an A to Z of Amazing South African Women Meet the rebels, artists, troublemakers, athletes, dancing queens and freedom fighters that shaped our past – and are changing our future. An...
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Submissions open: 1 March to 30 April 2017 Independent feminist press, Modjaji Books, will be accepting submissions from 1 March to 30 April 2017. It is is an independent feminist press that publishes short stories, novels, memoir, biography, poetry, essays,...
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PEN SA member Tracey Farren’s novel Whiplash has been adapted to film under the title Tess, directed by Meg Rickards. Whiplash was the first novel published by Modjaji Books, PEN SA member Colleen Higgs’s publishing house, in 2008. Tess won...
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PEN SA member Colleen Higgs’ first short story collection, Looking for Trouble, has been translated into Croatian as Tražeći nevolju. The stories capture with a dark humour the lives of young people trying to make a go of things, given...
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Below you’ll find a list of events featuring PEN South Africa members, as well as a selection of other noteworthy literary events, classes and workshops happening around South Africa. If there is an event you’d like us to feature let...
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