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Jan Braai se Vuurwerke
2012-09-27 "Dit is by die vuur waar die koring van die kaf geskei word en met sy nuwe boek wys Jan Braai jou hoe!"
Kiek-en-fliek: Breytenbach Sentrum Digterstuin
2012-09-27 Die Breytenbach Sentrum se Digterstuin is op 15 September geopen met voorlesings van 'n groep digters se klipgedigte.
Open Book 2012: The Caine Prize for African Writing
2012-09-26 On Saturday, 22 September the Open Book Festival had a distinctly international flavour: due to the international visitors and due to the weather ...
Grensoorlogstories nie grensverskuiwend nie
2012-09-26 "Die bundel lees in geheel soos die geskiedenis van die Grensoorlog self: dapper pogings en suksesverhale wat gekelder word deur te veel mislukkings ... "
Imagining Professor Yo Ming: A review of The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-09-26 "Literary history has been called the "impossible genre". David Attwell and Derek Attridge have proven that it is not so, and that this genre is constantly evolving into newer forms. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Teamwork has brought us this present thought-provoking work."
The possibility of inclusivity: A review of The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-09-26 "Fully aware of the pitfalls lurking below the surface, [Attridge and Attwell] jettisoned the monological or monofocal approach used in the histories of Kannemeyer and Chapman to opt for a multi-authored dialogical approach."
"South African literature is not South African English literature": Linda Kwatsha reviews The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-09-26 "In order to understand the present it is important to look back at the past. This volume is an answer to those who want to understand the beginnings of African literature, the ups and downs of its development, up to its current situation. The history of a country plays a role in the literature of that particular country."
Toward an inclusive literary history: Three scholars review The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-09-26 Three experts in Afrikaans, general literary theory and African literature share their impressions of The Cambridge History of South African Literature, a volume about South African literature that covers all eleven of South Africa's official languages. The book is edited by Derek Attridge and David Attwell.
"Poems are nets of thought": Dan Wylie on the legacy of Don Maclennan
2012-09-21 Elzette Steenkamp speaks to Dan Wylie about 'No other world' – essays on the life-work of Don Maclennan.
Open Book Festival Cape Town (20 - 24 September 2012)
2012-09-20 The Open Book Festival 2012 takes place in Cape Town from 20 - 24 September 2012.
Marlene van der Westhuizen se Oorvloed: Stadskos van die Kaap
2012-09-20 Die titel Oorvloed sinspeel op gasvryheid en gulhartigheid ... dit gaan oor die vreugde van lekker eet en samesyn.
Kiek-en-fliek: ATKV-Woordveertjies 2012
2012-09-20 Tydens ’n luisterryke en feestelike aand van woorde en wenners is die ontvangers van vanjaar se ATKV-Woordveertjies op Vrydag 14 September by Nooitgedacht net buite Stellenbosch aangewys.
Kiek-en-fliek: Skaduwee deur Carel van der Merwe bekendgestel
2012-09-20 Carel van Merwe se derde roman, Skaduwee, is Saterdag 15 September in Protea Boekwinkel Stellenbosch bekendgestel. Louis Esterhuizen het met hom oor die boek gesels.
Emosionele oorlewing en aanpassing kom aan die bod
2012-09-19 "Ten spyte van die bedrukkende onderwerp is dit geensins ’n somber boek nie. Daarvoor sorg die wonderlike humor wat deurgaans die teks verryk."
Kom les jou dors na boeke (en stil jou honger) by die ATKV se Boeke-oase
2012-09-19 "Ons is reg langs die feesterrein. Deesdae kan mens lekker koffie of lewer en netvet op die Bult koop en dan kom luister na 'n gesprek in die ATKV Boeke-oase."
Nuwe Stories: Die toekoms van Afrikaanse kortverhale
2012-09-19 Lees 21 splinternuwe kortverhale uit die pen van Afrikaans se mees belowende skrywers jonger as dertig.
Kiek-en-fliek: SA Akademiepryse 2012
2012-09-18 Die SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns se suidelike prysuitdeling het Woensdag 12 September op Stellenbosch plaasgevind.
Haai Karoo deur Etienne van Heerden: Twee boekbekendstellings hierdie naweek
2012-09-18 Etienne van Heerden se kortverhaalbundel Haai Karoo word hierdie naweek by twee geleenthede in onderskeidelik Kaapstad en Stellenbosch bekendgestel.