Frederick J Botha’s story “Please Help, God Bless” was nominated by PEN Afrikaans for the 2016 PEN International New Voices Award. PEN South Africa nominated Beatrice Willoughby for her poems “The Mad, Sad, Rad Collection” and James Clarke for his...
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PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and PEN International recently welcomed the opportunity provided by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) to comment on the climate of human rights in South Africa. OHCHR facilitates the United Nations...
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When the Copyright Amendment Bill was tabled last year, both PEN SA and PEN Afrikaans submitted comments (read PEN SA’s statement here) and informed their members, consisting of writers, publishers, translators, editors and journalists, of the possible detrimental effects the...
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Holiday greetings to all our PEN South Africa members and friends By Margie Orford This has been as busy and tumultuous a year for PEN South Africa as it has been for so many people in South Africa and around...
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The annual PEN International New Voices Award aims to encourage new writing in the more than 104 countries that PEN operates in and provides a much needed space for young and unpublished writers to promote their work. The 2015 winner,...
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