DURBAN theatre practioners, Emma Durden and Roel Twijnstra, launched their book, Theatre Production in South Africa at Think!Fest, during the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
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SA writer, Lidudumalingani, wins Caine Prize for African writing
4/7/16 – Oxford The Caine Prize For African Writing Winner of the 2016 Caine Prize, Lidudumalingani.
SOUTH African writer, Lidudumalingani, has won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story Memories We Lost, published in Incredible Journey: Stories That Move You (Burnet Media).
He received a prize of £10,000 following a special dinner at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, United Kingdom on July 4. Continue reading
Christopher Hope’s Jimfish is a ‘fairytale for adults’
TheLuvvie.com’s ESTELLE SINKINS speaks to author, Christopher Hope, about his novel, Jimfish. This interview first appeared in The Witness (www.witness.co.za) Continue reading
Writers invited to submit entries for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology
Gerald Kraak.
SUBMISSIONS are being invited for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology, a new award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa. Continue reading
Author, Patrick Flanery, believes we are ‘sleepwalking’ into the future
TheLuvvie.com’s ESTELLE SINKINS speaks to author, Patrick Flanery about his new novel, I Am No One. This interview was first published in The Witness (www.witness.co.za)
Think!Fest at the National Arts Festival
Think!Fest – a series of panel discussions on topics ranging from the #fallist movement and the plight of refugees in migration to decriminalising marijuana and decolonising the arts – promises additional brain food for Festival-goers. Photo: Elsabe van Tonder
A fascinating festival for your brain awaits at the National Arts Festival Think!Fest in Grahamstown from June 30 to July 8. Continue reading
Movie rights optioned for Zirk van den Berg’s Half of One Thing
MOVIE rights to Zirk van den Berg’s period novel Half of One Thing have been optioned by independent producer Neil Sonnekus of Stinkwood Films. Continue reading
Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s novel to be published in SA
Nobel Prize winner, Svetlana Alexievich. Photo: Supplied
JONATHAN Ball Publishers will publish a South African edition of Svetlana Alexievich’s new book Second-Hand Time, translated by Bela Shayevich, in June 2016. Continue reading
Meet Brett Archibald and hear his amazing true story
BRETT Archibald is launching his book, Alone: The Search for Brett Archibald, at Durban Surf Club, Snell Parade, North Beach, Durban at 6 pm for 6.30 pm on Wednesday, May 4.
Imagine falling overboard at sea in the middle of a violent storm in remote Indonesian waters without anyone on board realising.
Angolan author makes Man Booker International Prize shortlist
José Eduardo Agualusa
ANGOLAN author, José Eduardo Agualusa, and his British translator, Daniel Hahn, have been short listed for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for A General Theory of Oblivion (published by Harvill Secker). Continue reading
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