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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Congratulations to the very many PEN members whose books made the longlists of the Sunday Times Literary Awards – the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Non-Fiction Award. Books or books translated by PEN SA members on the...
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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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PEN SA member Anne Schuster sadly passed away on 12 June 2017. Dawn Garisch, Rahla Xenopoulos and Jade Gibson have written tributes to Anne, who was a writer and creative writing teacher: Dawn Garisch: I have always thought of Anne...
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