We are pleased to announce that PEN South Africa will be presenting two events at this year’s Open Book Festival, which is being held from 6 – 10 September. Join us at the following two events: Women’s Manifesto and The...
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Last month former Books LIVE Editor Jennifer Malec and Books LIVE founder and PEN SA member Ben Williams launched a new books website called The Reading List. This month we are excited to announce that the two of them have...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Petina Gappah, whose novel The Book of Memory is a finalist for the PEN Open Book Award. The winner will be announced on 22 February 2017 and honored at the 2017 PEN America Literary Awards...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Petina Gappah, whose novel The Book of Memory has been longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award. The finalists will be announced on 18 January 2017 and the winner will be announced on 22 February...
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In her accomplished new story collection, Gappah crosses the barriers of class, race, gender and sexual politics in Zimbabwe to explore the causes and effects of crime, and to meditate on the nature of justice. Rotten Row represents a leap...
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