Holiday greetings to all our PEN South Africa members and friends By Margie Orford This has been as busy and tumultuous a year for PEN South Africa as it has been for so many people in South Africa and around...
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By Finuala Dowling Cape Town marked PEN’s 34th International Day of the Imprisoned Writer with a gathering of writers and songwriters at Kalk Bay Bookshop on Monday 16 November. With moving and thought-provoking readings and rousing speeches and songs, the...
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PEN South Africa and Kalk Bay Books invite you to an evening of rousing music, poetry and free speech to commemorate the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Join master of ceremonies Finuala Dowling as she hosts an event that...
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PEN SA member Athol Williams has been named the winner of the 2015 Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award for his poem “Streetclass Diseases” at an event hosted by Poetry Africa on 17 October 2015. Congratulations to Athol! Read his winning...
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The shortlist for the 2015 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award has been announced. The longlist included five PEN SA members and two have made it onto the shortlist: Jim Pascual Agustin and Athol Williams. All of the longlisted poems...
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