Equal Education book Amagama eNkululeko! Words for freedom: Writing life under Apartheid! has been named as one of the Best Books for older readers at the 25th Annual Children’s Africana Book Awards. PEN SA member Zakes Mda wrote the foreword...
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The shortlists for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards were announced at the The Mesh Club in Johannesburg on Saturday 14 May 2017. Congratulations to PEN SA members Yewande Omotoso, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Mark Winkler, Zakes Mda, Kopano Matlwa, Christa Kuljian...
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By Lidudumalingani Our hotel in Durban, Blue Waters, not only stares into the ocean but its blue and white paint catches the sun as it rises. One morning, after a jog, I saw the glint of the sun, showing off...
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The longlists for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards, consisting of the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction, have been announced. The winners of the two categories will each receive R100 000. Congratulations to the...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Zakes Mda, whose novel Little Suns has been shortlisted for The South African Booksellers Association’s 2016 Booksellers’ Choice Award. PEN SA Student Writing Prize judge Panashe Chigumadzi has also been shortlisted for her novel, Sweet...
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