PEN SA bids farewell to three esteemed board members who’ve made an invaluable contribution to the organisation. Gabeba Baderoon, Adré Marshall and Karina Magdalena Szczurek have all dedicated time, energy and passion to an array of PEN SA projects. PEN SA President...
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It’s that time of year again when the streets of Stellenbosch are transformed into a wonderworld of art, performances, poetry, discussion and debate. That’s right – it’s US Woordfees time! This year’s festival runs from 1 – 10 March and...
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PEN SA member and former board member, Karina M. Szczurek announced on her blog earlier this month that she will be establishing a new literary award in her late husband, André Brink’s honour. She will be naming it The Philida Literary...
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Congratulations to PEN SA Board Member Karina Szczurek, who has won the 2017 Thomas Pringle Award, for a portfolio of her literary reviews from 2016 to 2017. Her reviews, usually published first by the Cape Times, are also hosted on...
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Karina M. Szczurek’s soul-baring memoirs of her life before, with and after her marriage to André P. Brink details a year of widowhood and a love to last a lifetime. This is the book which shows decisively that Karina is...
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