Books and writers
Information about the latest books and the people behind them
A tribute to the late Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane (1948–2014)
2014-10-02 "On Saturday, February 15 the sun set on one of South Africa’s pre-eminent black scholars and writers, Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane."
Review: The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by Penny Busetto
2014-10-02 "How do we find our place in the world if our vision of ourselves is never fully consonant with the self-narratives we would like to believe?"
Review: A sportful malice by Michiel Heyns
2014-10-02 "A Sportful Malice is a very funny book, fully accomplishing its subtitle 'A Comedy of Revenge'. The high points of comedy and satire are in the dialogue, especially the extended conversations in which Michael unwittingly reveals his pretentions and shallowness."
Karin Schimke on Bare & Breaking
2014-10-01 Karin Schimke is the winner of the Ingrid Jonker prize for her debut collection of poetry, Bare & Breaking.
Interview: Richard Poplak on Until Julius comes
2014-10-01 "I would not say I chose Julius Malema. He chose me."
Review of Divided Lives: Dreams of a Mother and Daughter by Lyndall Gordon
2014-09-29 "Literary history has a tendency to focus on the great deeds of renowned men. Women’s lives often end up sinking like dresses in a lagoon, pushed down by the rudders of ignorance and neglect. Lyndall Gordon’s writing inflates them with life-saving breath which allows them to float and sparkle in the sunlight of recognition."
Melville: Dyer in Coversation with Vladislavi?, 6 October
2014-09-29 Love Books and Wits School of Literature, Language and Media invite you to a conversation between Geoff Dyer and Ivan Vladislavi?.
2014 Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry
2014-09-26 Karin Schimke wins the 2014 Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry
The Image of a Pie: Reflections on Open Book 2014
2014-09-25 "I should have started shedding tears at the beginning of the event, when the woman who is our national treasure, Sindiwe Magona, noticed that we were only a few people in the audience while the whole of South Africa should have been attending."
Sandton: Book Launch, The Rite Stuff
2014-09-25 Pharos Dictionaries and Nedbank invite you to the launch of The Write Stuff, the style guide with a difference.
Interview: Birdseye by Máire Fisher
2014-09-23 "What is particularly exciting is that Birdseye is appealing to a wide range of readers: from my sons and their friends in their twenties, to my father and mother-in-law in their eighties, to middle-aged men and women. I’m so happy about that – I love knowing that Birdseye is crossing all sorts of age boundaries."
Open Book Festival 2014: Programme
2014-09-16 Here is the exciting programme of Open Book Festival 2014: 17–21 September 2014 at the Fugard Theatre.
Cape Town: Launch of Hiking Guides
2014-09-15 The Book Lounge and Tafelberg Publishers invite you to the launch of Mike Lundy's Weekend Trails and Easy Walks on 2 October.
Cape Town: Launch of Rachel's Blue by Jakes Mda
2014-09-09 Join James Woodhouse in conversation with Jakes Mda at the launch of his new book, Rachel's Blue on Thursday, 18 September.
Launch in Kalk Bay: A Man of Good Hope
2014-09-08 Kalk Bay Books and Jonothan Ball invite you to a launch of A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg on 23rd September.
Launch in Kalk Bay: The Keeper
2014-09-08 Kalk Bay Books and Penguin SA invite you to a launch of The Keeper by Marguerite Poland on Wednesday 17 September.
Interview: Balthasar's Gift by Charlotte Otter
2014-09-05 "I grew tired of reading crime novels that began with a sexy corpse."
I am a white South African … apparently
2014-09-05 "My name is Annzra Denita Naidoo. Although my ID defines my race as Indian, I have discovered that I am actually a white South African."
Interview with Brent Meersman of Missing Ink Publishers
2014-09-03"If I have to compromise on how and what I write according to somebody else’s views based on their hunches ... about sales – well, I’d rather not write."
