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"We understand completely the points made about decolonisation, and believe that creating, building and enhancing book festivals is key to reaching and growing the South African book-reading base."

The third Spier Poetry Festival: dancing in other words took place on Saturday, 7 May.

The dancing in other words / dansende digtersfees is an annual international poetry event, curated by Breyten Breytenbach, Dominique Botha and composer Neo Muyanga. This year's participating poets were introduced at a special Poets’ Welcome Dinner at Spier on Sunday, 1 May.

"The translator should be patient and persevering: endurance is the solution to difficult problems which may have left the translator in despair for quite some time." – Hans C ten Berge

"This fine and moving text by an author originally from elsewhere is a rich contribution to the African library ..."

Six award-winning Johannesburg novelists, Fred Khumalo, Harry Kalmer, Ivan Vladislavic, James Whyle, Kleinboer and Yewande Omotoso will be reading new and published work at David Krut Books.

"Poetry celebrates life through the aesthetic ordering of language comparable to the way music does through its aesthetic ordering of sound."

The Franschhoek Literary Festival will take place on 13, 14 and 15 May 2016.

"Luc Panhuysen has written a marvellous book on a period of Cape and South African history that truly enriches South African historiography. The painstaking task of rendering the original Dutch into Afrikaans, thus making it accessible to readers in this country, was undertaken by Wium Van Zyl."

There is an abiding legacy of Jews and words and the Jewish Literary Festival will explore the rich tradition of disputation, debate and dialogue with over 45 events that span Sunday May 22 in the many venues at the Gardens Community Centre in Cape Town.

"If you want to take the pulse of present-day South Africa, you can turn to his [Mhlongo's] work for insight."

"There is nothing quite as satisfying as an excellent personal essay, and William Dicey’s Mongrel contains six gems of the genre."

"Lagos is simultaneously the topic and setting of this text, and was also the title the author originally gave this fascinating modern fantasy novel."

Booktown Richmond is proud to announce, for the second time, the South African Independent Publishers Awards - awards that recognise excellence in the burgeoning field of self-published books in South Africa.

"Letters of stone is a monument to a story which refused to be forgotten."

"African wild dogs – On the front line is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of this country or in the future of this planet."

"Food, people and stories haunt me all the time. I am always intrigued and excited about what people eat wherever I find myself."

"Die titel van die boek is 'n verwysing na die eindelose ruimtes hier, waar jy jou longe uit kan skree en niemand sal jou hoor."

"The Gruffalo, Julia’s most recognised title globally, has been translated into 43 languages (excluding the Zulu version currently in translation). Publishers understand that translations of children’s books are very important, for children to identify the words that they hear daily, see the words written down in books in their own language."

"The Seed Thief is one of those rare books which deliver on all fronts and leave you completely satisfied."