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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The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the longlist for this year’s Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and anthology. Congratulations to former PEN SA Board member Geoffrey Haresnape and PEN SA members Jim Pascual Agustin, Margaret Clough, Christine Coates, Gail...
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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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The annual PEN International New Voices Award provides a space for young and unpublished writers to promote their work. It also aims to encourage new writing in the more than 104 countries that PEN operates in as PEN Centres put...
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PEN South Africa called for creative responses to the state capture crisis in the form of short essays, fiction or poetry. This is one of the selected entries: by Christine Coates The Marikana Symphony, the Marikana March Do you hear...
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