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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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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Congratulations to PEN SA member Nick Mulgrew and former PEN SA Board Member Geoffrey Haresnape, who have been named winners of the English Academy of Southern Africa Awards. Haresnape was awarded the Thomas Pringle Award for Ad Hoc Reviews and...
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Below you’ll find a list of events featuring PEN South Africa members, as well as a selection of other noteworthy literary events, classes and workshops happening around South Africa. If there is an event you’d like us to feature let...
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PEN SA Board member Adré Marshall has won the ‘Three Score and Ten’ Poetry Competition with her entry “This”. Former Board Member Geoffrey Haresnape was a runner up with his poem “Yikes!” and Adré made a second appearance on the...
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