Boeke en skrywers
Alles oor die jongste boeke en die mense wat hulle skryf
Everything about the latest books and the people who write them
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Alan Paton Award Nominee: Andrew Feinstein
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked Andrew Feinstein a few questions about writing his Alan Paton Award-nominated book The Shadow World.
Alan Paton Award Nominee: Anton Harber
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked Anton Harber a few questions about writing his Alan Paton Award-nominated book Diepsloot.
Alan Paton Award Nominee: Jonny Steinberg
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked Johnny Steinberg a few questions about writing his Alan Paton Award-nominated book Little Liberia.
Lokprent: Die kat kom weer deur Dr Seuss
2012-06-01 Dr Seuss se boeke vir beginners is wêreldberoemd omdat hulle kinders so maklik en moeiteloos leer lees. Kyk die lokprent van Die kat kom weer – in Afrikaans!
Alan Paton Award Nominee: Hugh Lewin
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked Hugh Lewin a few questions about writing his Alan Paton Award-nominated book Stones against the Mirror.
Teaser: A Triple-headed Serpent by Marié Heese
2012-06-01 See the teaser of this engrossing and moving sequel about the second part of Theodora’s life as empress of Byzantium.
Alan Paton Award Nominee: Mandy Wiener
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked Mandy Wiener a few questions about writing his Alan Paton Award-nominated book Killing Kebble.
Sunday Times Literary Prize nominee: Michiel Heyns
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked Michiel Heyns a few questions about writing his Sunday Times Literary Award-nominated book Lost Ground.
Sunday Times Literary Prize nominee: HJ Golakai
2012-06-01 Bibi Slippers asked HJ Golakai a few questions about writing her Sunday Times Literary Award-nominated book The Lazarus Effect.
Wat’s nuus?: Verkneukel jou in ’n knap-geskrewe, prettige boek
2012-05-31 "Cruywagen het beslis die vermoë om die leser met geur en kleur in te trek in ’n storie, jou te boei, te laat lag …"
Kingsmead and RMB Private Bank Book Fair is MAD about celebrating literacy
2012-05-30 Kingsmead College and RMB Private Bank are hosting the first Kingsmead RMB Private Bank Book Fair on Saturday the 2nd of June 2012.
Text editing: a handbook for students and practitioners
2012-05-30 What is a text editor? What does the process of editing texts involve?Text editing: a handbook for students and practitioners is a first for South Africa and will have an international appeal.
The landscape of South African publishing – James Woodhouse discusses his appointment as Publisher at Kwela
2012-05-25 "Look at any list you like and you will see that Ena Murray – not John van der Ruit – is South Africa’s true superstar."
Sunday Times Literary Prize nominee: Henrietta Rose-Innes
2012-05-24 Bibi Slippers asked Henrietta Rose-Innes a few questions about writing her Sunday Times Literary Award-nominated book Nineveh.
LitNet Akademies-resensie-essay: Sirkusboere maak my pa se helde toeganklik
2012-05-24 "Dit is veral Cronjé se aandrang dat die ABO ’n ‘white man’s war’ was wat direk ondergrawe word. Op hierdie manier maak sy ook die ABO toeganklik vir die jonger, meer liberale Suid-Afrikaners, maar sy doen dit só dat ek, en my geslag, beter kan verstaan waarom mense soos Piet Cronjé en Ben Viljoen my pa (en sy geslag) se helde was."
Sunday Times Literary Prize nominee: Adam Schwartzman
2012-05-24 Bibi Slippers asked Adam Schwartzman a few questions about writing his Sunday Times Literary Award-nominated book Eddie Signwriter.
Braille-briewe beloon die leser
2012-05-24 "Trouens, dis hierdie ‘loslit’ inslag van Walters se poëtiese woord, hierdie misleidende ‘gemaklike’ indruk, wat al gemaak het dat sy digkuns verkeerdelik as ‘soos prosa’ beskryf is."
Lokprent: Die twee lewens van Dieter Ondracek deur André Krüger
2012-05-24 In André Kruger se debuutroman word spoorwegingenieur Dieter Ondracek Gerhard Weber nadat hy vlug uit die puin van Nazi-Duitsland.
Tando, die tandmuis van Muizenberg
2012-05-24 "Dié Superman van dentale dinge vernietig vyande vinniger as wat Batman booswigte kan laat les opsê."