Congratulations to Thabo Jijana who has won the 2016 Ingrid Jonker Prize for Poetry for his collection Failing Maths and My Other Crimes. The judges also commended PEN SA member Elisa Galgut for her collection, The Attribute of Poetry and...
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Genna Gardini’s poem “Performance Scale” was nominated by PEN South Africa for the 2015 PEN International New Voices Award, along with Liam Kruger’s story “Sarah“. PEN Afrikaans nominated Carien Smith and her story “Likkewaan“. Read our Q&A with Genna below...
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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 happening around South Africa. If there is an event you’d like us to feature let us know. Tim...
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