PEN South Africa extends a warm congratulations to six of its members who have been shortlisted for 2019 Media24 Book Prizes. These annual awards serve to recognise the best work published during the previous year by Media24 book publishers, including...
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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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The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) has been honoured with the prestigious international children’s literacy accolade, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). The announcement was made at a ceremony held yesterday, Tuesday 31 March,...
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The South African PEN centre of PEN International (SA PEN) is pleased to advise that PEN International’s inaugural New Voices Award was yesterday awarded to local writer Masande Ntshanga. The annual award was established to encourage new writing in the...
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The South African PEN centre of PEN International (SA PEN) is pleased to announce that local writer Masande Ntshanga is one of six young writers from around the world to be included in the inaugural PEN International/New Voices Award longlist....
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