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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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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Congratulations to PEN SA member Jacqui L’Ange, whose novel The Seed Thief has been shortlisted for the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature. L’Ange has been shortlisted alongside two Nigerian authors, Jowhor Ile for And After Many Days and Julie Iromuanya...
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Deadline: August 31 2016 The Etisalat Prize For Literature 2016 is open for entries and PEN SA member Elinor Sisulu has been announced as one of the judges for this year. Submissions will only be accepted from publishing houses, read...
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Photograph: Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke speaking at the ‘Raising key issues for transforming children’s literacy and literature’ dialogue, January 2016. This year PEN SA and the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South...
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