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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Deadline: 31 January 2018 Press release: THE 2018 INGRID JONKER PRIZE FOR ENGLISH POETRY This is a call for submissions for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2018. Publishers or self-published poets are invited to submit three copies of any English poetry...
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Photograph: Eloise Wessels and Finuala Dowling at the 2016 Media24 Books Literary Awards. PEN SA member Finuala Dowling recently won the 2016 Herman Charles Bosman Prize at the 2016 Media24 Books Literary Awards for her fourth novel, The Fetch, which...
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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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Congratulations to PEN SA member Finuala Dowling, who has won the 2016 Herman Charles Bosman Prize at the 2016 Media24 Books Literary Awards for her novel The Fetch. Press release from Media24: Jewish scholar Milton Shain and novelists Finuala Dowling...
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