PEN SA member Niq Mhlongo writes about The Marabi Dance by Modikwe Dikobe: There is a book that when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was your old friend or a relative of yours...
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A container of viruses – mutated and cryogenically frozen – is brought under heavy guard to SPIRE, a remote research station in Antarctica. Within days, people are dying of diseases that haven’t been seen since the middle ages. Surgeon and...
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Deadline: Submissions open on 31 March 2017 and close on 31 July 2017 Now its sixth year, the SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition is a platform for South African writers to develop their work. The national competition has evolved every year, with...
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Deadline: Submissions will be open from the 1 April 2017 to 31 May 2017 Prize: The winner will receive R35 000, be published by Jacana Media, get coverage as a debut author and be part of Exclusive Books’ Homebru campaign...
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PEN SA Africa Pulse is a weekly round-up of news concerning cases of freedom of expression and the freedom of the press in Africa. John Vlismas, a South African comedian, says that freedom of speech is a big issue Freedom...
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