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The Midlands Literary Festival has become one of the major book events in KwaZulu-Natal. Simply look at the programme to see why! A weekend in the Natal Midlands is a wonderful way to recharge. Do it for yourself.

"Chat to one of our helpful booksellers. We can order titles in and source books from many sources. Sometimes it feels like we conjure up books from magical places and we feel like wizards, although Book Wizard is not yet an official job title."

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"Men don’t cry is her fourth novel and the hilarious moments do not disguise the poignance of what is at heart a family tragedy, exploring the inevitable generational cultural split in that sector of society in which parental values and cultural preferences are all too often abandoned and disrespected by their offspring, who wish to 'make it' in the setting of an economically and educationally extremely different setting from the one in which their parents were raised and attained maturity."

Don’t upset ooMalume! captures the essence of Xhosa heritage and culture, and explores different aspects of village life.

"This book can be categorised as a dictionary of Xhosa Weltanschauung, a comprehensive conception and apprehension of a mode of life that has been transferred by experience through the centuries from the ancient of times."

"Lategan also shares moments of beauty, happiness and warmth in a narrative that is insightful, ironic, humorous and compassionate. And it’s a page-turner."

"I invite you to get your mind around reading this book. There is a lot to learn from it."

"In this hauntingly beautiful volume of poetry, Makhanya chronicles the all too familiar, universal experience of the dysfunctional family. However, My father’s blazer quickly transitions to a wider family, that of the South African people, Africa – and mankind."

PEN International is deeply shocked and appalled to learn that former PEN America President and renowned writer, Salman Rushdie, was attacked today just before giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. | PEN Afrikaans se bestuur onderskryf hierdie stellinginname deur PEN International. PEN Afrikaans is ’n deel van én deel die waardes van internasionale PEN-sentrums.

"The man who loved crocodile tamers is a strongly stitched patchwork of events in the life of Paddy Dowling, Finuala Dowling’s father, interspersed with extracts from the 'writer’s' personal diary."

The event in September brings people together for lively conversations with authors and other guest speakers, in one central location in Cape Town’s historic District Six. The program sees a mix of established and debut authors engaging with audiences over three days.

Can a dream be born in Cedarville, a place of grinding poverty? Izak de Vries chats to Bridget Krone about The Cedarville Shop and the wheelbarrow swap, published by Catalyst Press.

On October 27, 2022, the Hurston/Wright Foundation will announce, during their annual Legacy Awards celebration, the winners of the juried awards for books by black authors published in 2021 in the categories of debut fiction, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Janet van Eeden asked Colleen a few questions about the exhibition that is on from 4 to 13 August at the Spin Street Gallery in Cape Town, Uncovering Modjaji Books, a celebration of the beautiful covers which have come out of Modjaji’s imprint.

Book launch: Friday, 12 August. Bridget Krone will be in conversation with Kim Ward.

For Stolen focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons why our teenagers now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and why office workers on average manage only three minutes.

Well done to Ntombenhle Dlamini, Khayelihle Mnguni, Sandile Ngwenya, Mplang Masha, Phineas Mashilo, Kholofelo Thaba, Mahlatsi Maqwenjo and SJ Naudé.

The winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize for English poetry 2022 was just announced.