The climate has changed, and nothing is impossible. Jack Delfan, certain that humanity is close to the abyss, lives alone in a rusting oil tanker adrift on sea of sand. And then an old friend brings him the child he...
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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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Walk is the story of a journey taken on foot, a deadly perambulation down the wild coastline of Southern Africa. It started at Lambasi in northern Pondoland and it ended not far from what we now know as Port Elizabeth....
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The Book of War tells the story of a boy who comes to manhood in a war. William Kentridge has called it, “a rare feast”, and Rian Malan, “a very good book, possibly great.” An illiterate European child is stranded...
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James Whyle – 1st prize – “The Story” PEN: How did you hear about the 2011 PEN/Studzinski Literary award and what motivated you to enter? JW: I heard about it from a sailor called Pierre van Rooyen on a strange...
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