PEN SA members and staff feature prominently on the programme for the 2018 Poetry in McGregor festival, which this year is themed – appropriately enough, given the drought in the area – The Sound of Water. It is taking place...
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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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In poems that memorialise and celebrate both the extraordinary and every day with unnerving clarity, Kerry Hammerton traverses the landscapes of loss and living, recalling the weight of past loves, new life and imminent death. Hers is the poetics of...
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Trade Secrets, the fifth of the annual Short.Sharp.Stories Awards anthologies, features writing by PEN SA members Amy Heydenrych, Sally Partridge, Darrel Bristow-Bovey, Andrew Salomon, Stephen Symons and Kerry Hammerton. The foreword was written by PEN SA Board Member Yewande Omotoso...
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PEN SA members Gabeba Baderoon (Board Member), Kerry Hammerton, Lauren Beukes and Masande Ntshanga have been shortlisted in the Literature / Creative Writing category of the Artists in Residency (AIR) programme run by Africa Centre. Also on the shortlist are...
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