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"I find that stories often have their own objectives, which I only discover while writing, or sometimes after writing."

You are invited to the book launch in Rosebank on Tuesday, 28 February 2023. Click here for more information.

"This is definitely a novel I would recommend to anyone who wants to read something that embodies traditional South African words, phrases and sayings. It would certainly make an excellent gift for non-South African readers!"

"The value in my books comes from writing about those things people don’t want to talk about. My intent is to get people talking as opposed to measuring. We need to start having robust conversations around those topics that make us uncomfortable."

Frans Rautenbach and Footprint Press cordially invite you to attend this book launch on Tuesday 21 February 2023 at the Book Lounge.

"Both as a writer and as an artist, she could have this device emblazoned on her banner: Frustrate the expectations of the public! Something is suggested, a meaning seems imminent; but there is no closure, the dots are never connected." – Andries Gouws on Ingrid Winterbach.

Banyana Banyana’s Thembi Kgatlana is celebrated worldwide – she represented South Africa in the 2016 Summer Olympics; she was the leading goal scorer and Player of the Tournament at the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations.

"This book is an important literary contribution to the discourse on xenophobia in South Africa. With love at the centre, In the midst of it all demonstrates just how we’re all more alike than what we might think."

The charming village of Franschhoek will again be transformed into a literary hub from Friday 19th – Sunday 21st May 2023, when the Franschhoek Literary Festival celebrates its 16th year since inception.

When Thoko and her mom moves from the city to a plantation in Mpumalanga, she is totally out of her comfort zone. There is no mall in sight and she has to take a taxi with the other kids from the plantation to school.

The Philida Literary Award is awarded annually to a writer mid-career for an oeuvre of between three to five books of any genre. Here is the announcement of this year’s winner.

"The enthusiasm for the project from the local community, sponsors and writers is palpable. 'The goodwill of the community has been astounding, with the Simon’s Town Civic Association providing the start-up funding,' Attwell told me. And as his co-organiser, Darryl David, mentioned in his CapeTalk interview: 'Book festivals and scenery go hand in hand, and it doesn’t get better than Simon’s Town.'"

Bargain Books en LitNet kondig graag die wenners van die Kerskompetisies aan. | Bargain Books and LitNet are happy to announce the winners of the Christmas competitions.

"The apartheid security juggernaut met its Battle of Stalingrad in the townships of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage in 1985 and 1986."

"This is indeed a novel not only about the quality of mercy, but with that quality itself."

"My thirty-minute bar mitzvah raises awkward questions around the genre of political memoir in South Africa, which has tended to celebrate 'the insistent, long-distance, sweet-as-blood siren-call of the Struggle'."

If your goal for 2023 is to prepare your own collection for publication, we trust that these suggestions will help you plan and enjoy the work ahead.

This year marked milestone after milestone for us. I’m grateful to all the authors who have trusted us to publish their manuscripts. To the agents and authors who have sent us manuscripts for consideration, and publishers who have sent us books to consider rights deals.

"The inaugural Gauteng International Book Festival, held in Soweto on the 11th of December 2022, surpassed all expectations. It became a resounding success with its director, Lorraine Sithole, calling it 'a positive beginning'."

Amazwi South African Museum of Literature invites you to a conference exploring all aspects of children’s literature, from picture books to young adult fiction. The 2023 conference will be a hybrid event with both online and in-person components. Virtual access will be through the Zoom platform. Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted to Crystal Warren by 13 January 2023.