Dear Friends, It has been a profound pleasure and a privilege to reflect on Margie Orford’s tenure as President of PEN South Africa. As I sifted through the various reports and documents that detailed her years of commitment, I was...
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Dear friends It is with great pleasure that I write to you to say goodbye and to welcome Nadia Davids as PEN South Africa’s newly elected president. She is taking up this position at a critical political and moral moment...
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On Wednesday 5 July 2017 PEN South Africa hosted a panel at ThinkFest! as part of the annual National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The Ntsikana Room, where the panel was hosted, is situated on the 2nd floor of the Monument...
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Deadline: 7 July 2017 Award: $5000 Canadian dollars Press release: Call for Applications THE CASA AWARD a collaboration between the Playwrights Guild of Canada Women’s Caucus and the African Women Playwrights Network This award will support and mentor a woman-identified...
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PEN SA Board Members Mandla Langa and Nadia Davids and PEN SA members Mary Watson, Achmat Dangor and Kobus Moolman have stories included in this anthology: The woman looked up and wiped her cheek. She saw Sophia watching her. There...
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