The first fortnight of September sees a number of book festivals in South Africa’s two largest cities. Most exciting are the South African Book Fair (7–9 September) taking place in Johannesburg, and Cape Town’s best bookish gathering, the Open Book Festival (5–9...
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Congratulations to PEN SA Board Member Sisonke Msimang, Head of Communications Nick Mulgrew, and members Efemia Chela and Simone Haysom, who have been named in the Africa Centre’s 2017 Artists in Residency Shortlist. These shortlisted artists – as well as...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Efemia Chela who is among 15 writers and artists from Africa shortlisted for the 2017 Gerald Kraak Award. Chela was shortlisted for her essay on Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, ‘Sailing with the Argonauts’, which was published...
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The winners of the 2018 Iceland Writers Retreat Award have been announced. The Iceland Writers Retreat (IWR) said it received over 700 submissions of an exceptionally high standard from around the world. Winners, who were chosen on the basis of...
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Last month former Books LIVE Editor Jennifer Malec and Books LIVE founder and PEN SA member Ben Williams launched a new books website called The Reading List. This month we are excited to announce that the two of them have...
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