PEN SA members and staff feature prominently on the programme for the 2018 Poetry in McGregor festival, which this year is themed – appropriately enough, given the drought in the area – The Sound of Water. It is taking place...
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Congratulations to PEN SA members Francine Simon, Christine Coates, Jim Pascual Agustin, Athol Williams, and Mark de Wet, whose poems have been longlisted for the 2018 Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award, and will be published in this year’s anthology. A...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Athol Williams, who was awarded the South African Independent Publishers Award for Poetry 2017. Williams received the award for his fourth poetry collection, Invitation, at BookBedonnerd X which was held in Richmond, Northern Cape from...
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The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award. Congratulations to PEN SA member Jim Pascual Agustin, who has been shortlisted for his poem “Coligny Sunflowers Near Scotland Section, Tlhabologang Township”. PEN...
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We are pleased to announce that PEN South Africa will be presenting two events at this year’s Open Book Festival, which is being held from 6 – 10 September. Join us at the following two events: Women’s Manifesto and The...
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