Jackie Cameron’s latest book, Baking With Jackie Cameron. Photo: Supplied
THELUVVIE.COM’s Estelle Sinkins speaks to Hilton chef, Jackie Cameron, about her new book, Baking with Jackie Cameron. Continue reading
Pamela Nichols is the chairperson of the judges for the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
THE following fiction manuscripts – No Word Like Home by Saul Musker, Selling Lip-Service by Tammy Baikie and The Last Stop by Thabiso Mofokeng- have been short-listed for the 2015/2016 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
The winner, who will receive R35 000, and have their book revealed in print, will be announced in October. Continue reading
Epitaphs and Dreams.
ANTI-APARTHEID activist and academic, Patrick FitzGerald, has launched a new collection of poetry, titled Epitaphs and Dreams: Poems to Remember the Struggle. Continue reading
John Matisonn, Author of God, Spies and Lies. Photo: Supplied
JOHN Matisonn, author of God, Spies and Lies, will be joining the line-up of the Midlands Literary Festival, which takes place at Yellowwood in Howick this weekend, writes Estelle Sinkins. Continue reading
Nkosinathi Sithole will be speaking about his debut novel Hunger Eats A Man at the Midlands Literary Festival. Photo: Supplied
THE annual Midlands Literary Festival will be taking place at Yellowwood in Howick on August 27 and 28, writes Estelle Sinkins. Continue reading
Picador Africa and SoMa Art + Space are hosting One Night in No Man’s Land, an evening in celebration of women artists on Saturday, August 27 from 6 pm until late. Continue reading
THERE will be a creative writing workshop, Learn to Write the Right Way, hosted by Brenda George at 8.45 am for 9 am on Saturday, August 27 in Pietermaritzburg.
George has been a freelance editor for 43 years, and edited the international best-seller A Man Cannot Cry by Gloria Keverne. She ran a literary agency for seven years in the 1990s, writes epic novels, and penned the non-fiction writing manual The Craft and Joys of novel Writing.
For bookings phone 033 342 9876 or 076 424 9663. Limited seats available. Please bring your own writing materials and your own light lunch and cool drinks.
HOWICK-based author and literary festival organiser, Darryl David (above left), is the man behind the first ever Soweto Literary Festival, which will take place from August 19 to 21 at the Soweto Theatre. Niq Mhlongo (above right), author of Affluenza, will be co-curating the festival with him. Continue reading
Dudu’s Basket by Dianne Stewart. Photo: Supplied
THELUVVIE.COM’s Estelle Sinkins chats to Ballito-based author, Dianne Stewart, about her delightful new children’s book, Dudu’s Basket (Jacana), featuring illustrations by the award-winning illustrator, Elizabeth Pulles. Continue reading
SOUTH African author, JM Coetzee, has made it on to the longlist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.
Coetzee, who is nominated for his book, The Schooldays of Jesus (Harvill Secker), has won the prestigious literary award twice before. He won the then Booker Prize in 1983 with Life & Times of Michael K and then with Disgrace in 1999. Continue reading
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