Intruders, Synonyms: trespassers, interlopers, invaders, prowlers, infiltrators, encroachers, violators Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman kills a man with her shoe. A genomicist is accused of playing God when she creates...
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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 Board Member Yewande Omotoso, whose book The Woman Next Door was shortlisted for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award, one of the fiction world’s most prestigious international prizes. Titles for the award are nominated by public...
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Congratulations to PEN SA Executive Vice-President Yewande Omotoso and PEN SA member Mohale Mashigo on being longlisted for the €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award 2018! Omotoso and Mashigo have been included on the list for their novels The Woman Next...
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Congratulations to PEN SA members Mohale Mashigo, Kopano Matlwa, Helen Moffett and Nick Mulgrew who are among the twenty eight authors shortlisted for the 2017 South African Literary Awards (SALA). Mashigo’s The Yearning is shortlisted for the First-Time Publisher Award...
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