Books and writers
Information about the latest books and the people behind them
Interview: Rita Barnard on The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela
2014-06-19 "How could we avoid being overtaken by history?"
Penumbra by Songeziwe Mahlangu
2014-06-11 Read Jonathan Amid's review of this <em>Sunday Times</em> Award nominee.
Book launch of Antjie Krog: An Ethics of Body and Otherness
2014-06-09 You are cordially invited to the launch of a new academic book on Antjie Krog. At the launch a panel consisting of Louise Viljoen, Franci Vosloo and Christy Weyer will discuss their research.
The Write Journey workshop
2014-05-30 A workshop for screenwriters and storytellers will be held in Cape Town in June.
Interviews: Sunday Times and Alan Paton Awards 2014
2014-05-28 A total of ten books were shortlisted for the Alan Paton Award and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2014. Read Naomi Meyer's interviews with the shortlisted authors.
Seductive woman
2014-05-27 Address by Hennie Smith to open an art exhibition of Mimi van der Merwe: Pretoria Art Association, 2 May 2014.
Open Book Festival 2014: 17–21 September 2014
2014-05-22 Everything you need to know and hear before the Open Book Festival authors descend on Cape Town.
Booktown Richmond's BookBedonnerd Festival 2014
2014-05-21 Darryl David tells Naomi Meyer about Booktown Richmond, the very centre of the literary universe in the Great Karoo.
Sunday Times Literary Awards Shortlist nominees announced
2014-05-20 A total of ten books were shortlisted for the Alan Paton Award and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize at the shortlist announcement of the 2014 Sunday Times Literary Awards in association with Exclusive Books held in Franschhoek on 17 May 2014.
The cutting room by Mary Watson
2014-05-20 Read Jonathan Amid's review of this book, published by Penguin SA.
C Louis Leipoldt’s orientation
2014-05-12 There has been speculation over the decades about the sexual orientation of the Afrikaans poet C Louis Leipoldt.
African Library: Tears of the Desert – A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
2014-04-29 Tears of the Desert – A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis is a work of testimony and an important addition to the African archive.
DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism by Lindie Koorts
2014-04-22 Paul Murray teaches history and holds a DPhil in the historical sciences from the University of Pretoria. Read his review of this important book.
Field guide to the spiders of South Africa by Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman
2014-04-17 "When I see a spider, I want to kill it. Should I?" Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman answers Naomi Meyer's questions.
Justice: A Personal Account by Edwin Cameron
2014-04-17 S'thembile Cele attended a book launch of Justice: A Personal Account and writes her contribution as part of a collaboration between LitNet and the University of Stellenbosch's Department of Journalism in 2014.