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 PEN SA members Jolyn Phillips, Ken Barris, Qarnita Loxton, and Michiel Heyns, whose books have been shortlisted in the 2018 Media24 Books Awards. These annual awards serve to recognise the best work published during the previous year by Media24...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Jolyn Phillips, whose book Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and Other Stories won the Best Fiction (Single Author) at the third annual Humanities and Social Sciences Awards, hosted by the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)....
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The 2018 edition of the Franschhoek Literary Festival is hosting – well – a host of PEN SA members. This year’s festival, held from 18-20 May in the eponymous Western Cape town, promises an exciting array of events, including a...
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