Congratulations to PEN SA member Kirsten Miller, whose manuscript The Hum of the Sun has been shortlisted for Best Unpublished Adventure Manuscript for the Inaugural Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prizes! Read the press release below for the other prize shortlists:...
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PEN South Africa has written to Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and South African President Jacob Zuma urging them to ensure the release of the 17 Angolan activists, known as the Luanda Book Club, who were sentenced to between...
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Photograph of PAN and TLRC meeting members courtesy of PEN International On 10 and 11 March, PEN’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) met in Johannesburg for its annual meeting, which was held at the University of the Witwatersrand following...
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Below you’ll find a list of events featuring PEN South Africa members, as well as a selection of other noteworthy literary events, classes and workshops happening around South Africa. If there is an event you’d like us to feature let...
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Deadline: 1 August 2016 The 2016 Golden Baobab Prizes were opened for entry on International Children’s Book Day. There is an early bird deadline of 27 June and a final deadline of 1 August. This year there are 4 prizes...
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