“An education enables that most foundational of rights – freedom of expression. It is key to a vibrant and growing economy as it is key to a cultural life and to literature.” – PEN SA President Margie Orford Writers add...
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When Rae Valentine loses boyfriend, book deal colleague and job within the space of 24 hours, she jumps at the idea of a distracting and personally demanding challenge sure to increase her income overnight. She’s the most compassionate, but also...
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PEN South Africa’s Executive Vice-President Mandla Langa has been nominated for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award, along with PEN SA members Zakes Mda and Imraan Coovadia. Also nominated is PEN International’s new president, Jennifer Clement. Mandla has been nominated...
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Ken Saro-Wiwa was born in October 1941 in Bori, Nigeria. After graduating from the University of Ibadan he worked briefly as a teacher before his best known novel, Sozaboy: A Novel In Rotten English, an anti-war satire, was published in...
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Five PEN SA members have been named as winners of the 2015 South African Literary Awards. Zukiswa Wanner won the K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award for her novel London – Cape Town – Joburg, Charl-Pierre Naudé was a joint...
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