In preparation for Youth Day, PEN SA Research Associate, Rowan Morar, immersed himself in the student protest perspectives of various young writers. We Are No Longer At Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall (2018) is a collection of short essays, speeches...
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On the occasion of Youth Day 2019 (16 June), PEN SA has taken the opportunity to engage two student leaders from the University of Cape Town on what it means to be a young person in 2019, and the contemporary...
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PEN SA is pleased to announce the addition of a new membership category for published academics. To qualify for Academic Membership, applicants are required to have a record of publications accessible to an audience beyond the academe coupled with a...
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Over the last decades, South Africa has seen an outpouring of life-writing and narrative non-fiction. Authors like Panashe Chigumadzi, Jacob Dlamini, Mark Gevisser, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Antjie Krog, Sisonke Msimang, Njabulo Ndebele, Jonny Steinberg and Ivan Vladislavić have produced a compelling...
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PEN SA is sad to announce the passing of its Vice-President, Raymond Louw. Louw passed away on Tuesday, 4 June at the age of 93, less than 24 hours after his wife, Jean. During his more than 60 years as...
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