Jonathan Amid
Jonathan Amid was in 1986 in Israel gebore. Hy is van kleins af lief vir kuns, musiek, films, stories en boeke en bly die afgelope drie dekades in Stellenbosch, waar hy op skool was en by die Universiteit Stellenbosch geswot het. Hy verwerf ‘n BA in Geesteswetenskappe, en daarna ‘n BA Hons en ‘n Meestersgraad in Engelse Letterkunde (beide cum laude). Hy ruil ongeveer die afgelope dekade die lesingsaal vir die volgehoue uitdaging van voltydse tekspraktisyn (manuskripontwikkeling-, keuring en redigering in Afrikaans en Engels), private skryfkonsultant en vryskutresensent wees. Honderde resensies oor meestal plaaslike fiksie en nie-fiksie verskyn uit sy pen in die dagblaaie en op Netwerk24, op LitNet, Skrop.co.za, en in die nuwe gedaante van die Vrye Weekblad.
Interview: I See You by Ishtiyaq Shukri
2014-08-13 "I am the people I know, the books I have read, the countries in which I have lived – and very nearly died. In January I visited the Yemeni island of Socotra. It is truly the most remarkable place I’ve even been to."
Biebouw-resensie: Donker spoor deur Martin Steyn
2014-08-07"Steyn se geslypte styl – realisties maar nie kil of afsydig nie – asook sy oog vir besonderhede, sy ystergreep op die klein sowel as groot oomblikke van die vertelkuns, is verblydend. Hier voer 'showing' oor 'telling' die botoon."
Overview: Man Booker Prize longlist 2014
2014-07-31 "Complete whitewash for African writers as Americans join the Man Booker Prize longlist party," writes Jonathan Amid.
Reader's review: Paradise by Greg Lazarus
2014-07-30 "Expertly edited by the superb Henrietta Rose-Innes, these four voices, channelled through the authorial lens of Greg Lazarus, offer an almost musical sense of harmony and melody in a novel that hits subtle notes, tugs at the heartstrings, alternates between moments of rich light and shade, and ultimately leaves the reader with a huge grin and an urge to say 'More, more!'"
Interview: London Cape Town Joburg
2014-07-29 Jonathan Amid interviews Zukiswa Wanner about London Cape Town Joburg.
Biebouw-resensie: Waar boosheid broei deur Peet Venter
2014-07-23 "Boosheid steeds broeiend," meen Jonathan Amid in sy resensie van dié boek.
Kopskoot: Onderhoud met Rudie van Rensburg
2014-06-24 Kopskoot is die volgende boek van 'n skrywer wie se skryfloopbaan met 'n groot knal afgeskop het. Rudie van Rensburg gesels met Jonathan Amid.
Reader's review: London Cape Town Joburg by Zukiswa Wanner
2014-06-23 "Three places and many heartbreaks in this superb novel." Jonathan Amid shares his thoughts on this book by Zukiswa Wanner.
Interview: Rita Barnard on The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela
2014-06-19 "How could we avoid being overtaken by history?"
Penumbra by Songeziwe Mahlangu
2014-06-11 Read Jonathan Amid's review of this <em>Sunday Times</em> Award nominee.
The cutting room by Mary Watson
2014-05-20 Read Jonathan Amid's review of this book, published by Penguin SA.