Deadline: 7 September 2018 Papers and panel proposals, interpreting the theme “Unifying Africa: Writing and reading in African languages” are invited for submission for consideration for the 7th Africa Century International African Writers Conference. The full call for submissions follows below:...
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Deadline: 31 August 2018, 6 p.m. Submissions for the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards are open for the 2018 edition, this year including a number of new categories. The awards, which recognise regional excellence before a national finale, are...
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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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Deadline: 8 August 2018 Photo: is compiling a database of writers from Southern Africa. “As a platform for the promotion of photography work,” they say, “Photo: wants to help develop the practice of writing about photography in the region, today.”...
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Deadline: 30 September 2018 ANFASA, the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa, has announced the 2018 round of their grant scheme to benefit authors of academic and general non-fiction works. The grants, of around R25000, allows authors to...
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