Congratulations to PEN SA member Ken Barris, whose collection of stories, The Life of Worm and Other Misconceptions, has won the 2018 Media24 Books Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction, awarded by Media24 to the best book of fiction...
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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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The Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlists, for the Alan Paton Award and Barry Ronge Fiction Prize, have been announced. This follows the naming of the longlists earlier this year. Jennifer Platt, Sunday Times’ Books editor says: “These 10 books are...
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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 Russell H Kaschula is a co-editor and member Ken Barris a contributor: To date, there has been no published textbook which takes into account changing sociolinguistic dynamics that have influenced South African society. Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication...
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