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"To have taken such inflammable issues, and to have presented them so inoffensively yet so clearly, is a clear pointer to Van Heerden’s remarkable skills as a writer. In Library, he plunges headfirst into fiction with social issues to discuss, and succeeds beyond his hopes, I’m sure. He has amused us, frightened us, titillated us and informed us."

Before entering the AVBOB Poetry Competition, we trust these suggestions will help you sharpen your poems! Submit up to 10 poems in all 11 official languages. Entries close on 30 November 2022.

"The reader is required to assemble and make sense of disparate story fragments and construct meaning in much the same way Thalia tries to make sense of her quest. It’s fascinating, absorbing, challenging and well researched."

"Neither is Steyn professing to write academically, he writes for readers who read for pleasure but who want to be informed. The fact remains the book is an important text and adds richly to South African historiography for an understanding of an era."

Mr Entertainment evokes not just Taliep’s life, but also the music and entertainment worlds of the 1950s to 2000s and their diverse and irrepressible cultural traditions.

This month, as the world celebrates World Migratory Bird Day, the AVBOB Poetry Project celebrates a brilliant, challenging new collection by Kelwyn Sole, an award-winning poet and keen bird watcher, with a particular love of pelagic birding.

Bargain Books is giving away a copy of Nothing more to tell by Karen M McManus. You could be the lucky winner, enter now!

Bargain Books is giving away a copy of The bullet that missed by Richard Osman. You could be the lucky winner, enter now!

Do not miss out. Pre-order your copy at Bargain Books. Pieter du Toit investigates whether secret deals were struck between capital and the liberation movement to ensure the status quo remains in terms of economic policy.

"Of course, on a greater soul-journey level, he is teaching me about abandonment, forcing me to deal with my deep childhood terror of facing the idea of 'the end' – of mortality. Of sharing my life with another. He is also training me to be alone. I am teaching him about communication, trust and forgiveness."

Festival director Darryl David shares his pictures of the Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée which took place from 23 to 25 September 2022 in Cradock.

Eleven talented poets – one for each official language of South Africa – were announced as the overall winners of the 2022 AVBOB Poetry Competition at a gala prize-giving at the Pretoria Country Club on Wednesday 21 September 2022. Here are the winners.

SJ Naudé was awarded the UJ Prize for Literary Translation for his translation of Dol heuning into Mad honey. Read the commendatio by Michiel Heyns here.

SJ Naudé received the UJ Prize for Literary Translation for his translation of his book Dol heuning into Mad honey. Read his acceptance speech during the prize-giving ceremony in Johannesburg.

Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realise his ambition of a Greater South Africa when the First World War ushered in a final scramble for Africa. He set his sights firmly northward upon the German colonies of South West Africa and East Africa.

"What makes Bronwyn Davids’s story so interesting and engaging a read is the vigour and vividness with which she recreates the ups and downs of life within the circle of her nearest and dearest in and around her Lansdowne family home."

Bargain Books will be giving an extra 20% discount on any South African author’s book for Heritage Day.

Take storytellers, authors, academics, historians and activists; mix in the smell of a Karoo fire, the tinkling of silver on dining tables dressed in white, and a few dogs, and you have summarised the Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée taking place in Cradock from 23 to 25 September 2022. Book now!

Young blood, the gripping coming-of-age novel by Sifiso Mzobe, has been nominated for a 2022 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award! The award honours books by black authors in the categories of debut fiction, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Yet, there is more!

The first 300 entries will receive a free copy of Thérèse Hulme’s book and free refreshments will be provided. The workshops take place in Gqeberha and Somerset East respectively.