In this video, PEN South Africa marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer with messages of support from JM Coetzee, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Albie Sachs, Zukiswa Wanner and Bongani Kona for Paola Ugaz, Chimengül Awut, Osman Kavala, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija and Sedigeh...
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In celebration of Women’s Day, PEN SA is proud to profile three of South Africa’s most vibrant women publishers. Alison Lowry, Thabiso Mahlape and Zukiswa Wanner have each made a unique and valuable contribution to the local publishing industry. In...
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The first fortnight of September sees a number of book festivals in South Africa’s two largest cities. Most exciting are the South African Book Fair (7–9 September) taking place in Johannesburg, and Cape Town’s best bookish gathering, the Open Book Festival (5–9...
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Johannesburg’s Kingsmead College is hosting its seventh annual Book Fair on Saturday 12 May 2018, from 8 a.m.to 6 p.m. Taking place at the school’s Rosebank campus, this small but jam-packed festival has line-ups for teens and children alongside their...
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In Hardly Working: A Travel Memoir of Sorts, Zukiswa Wanner sets off on an adventure-filled road trip with her partner and son. Travelling through six borders, on busses and on the backs of trucks, Wanner celebrates the 10 years since...
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