Litnet

"Haram is not just about the tension of authenticity, but, moreover, about the limits of sin and redemption. Charles writes about the way in which shame silences and stifles the other."

Saturday’s workshop is aimed at getting the public to write in their mother tongue. The outcome will determine whether another anthology can be published, as was done in 2025.

Amongst the familiar themes that are reappraised, are Smuts’s successes and failures in policies and leadership, domestically and internationally.

"That’s what makes this story unforgettable: It doesn’t ask you to witness history. It asks you to feel what history leaves behind."

"The book leaves residue – unease that outlives the page, compelling readers to dwell in its frictions."

"This rhythmic style of writing keeps children engaged, and it is a wonderful way to remember the words on the page and retain information, especially the animal facts. Children love to guess the next word when reading in rhyme, and it makes for entertaining and expressive reading aloud."

"This is not a novel that wants you to feel comfortable, and its structure won’t let you, either."

"A culinary icon synonymous with Cape flavour, Dudley has infused the experience with a playful, 'naughty-but-nice' energy inspired by the region’s Cape Malay roots."

"In these digital, transcontinental and often invisible spaces, I’m learning what it means to engage fully – not just as a publicist, but as a professional, a writer, a reader and a South African working at an American press – in a globally connected, book-loving world."

All South African writers who have not had a full-length book published are invited to submit short stories for an anthology to be published in South Africa and the UK by Holland House Books. 

"In observing entropy, there is sufficient chance for acceptance, for continuation, and that is enough."

"That is what Haram does. It does not give you permission. Permission is the wrong word – too small, too transactional. What it gives you is recognition."

"From that shocking opening, he builds a propulsive crime novel that asks, 'Who polices the police?'"

Die kortlyste vir die boekpryse wat op 29 Mei 2026 toegeken word is pas bekend gemaak. Die pryse dien veral as aansporing en erkenning vir skrywers om gehalte publikasies op teologiese en Christelike gebied in al ons landstale te lewer. 

"The parallel with contemporary South Africa is difficult to ignore here also. One hears, in the fading rhetoric of former liberators, echoes of a language that once mobilised masses but now dissipates into the air, uttered with conviction and received with indifference."

"It is about perceiving the world from another perspective, about documenting war while dreaming about opera, about seeing someone’s tears and twirling in a stunning dress in front of them to make them smile, about knowing that all that matters is love. It is about not giving up."

"Cape fever is a thoughtful and evocative work, probing the quiet violences and lingering spectres embedded within Cape Town’s social history. Beneath the city’s contemporary image – its wealth, its postcard beauty, its carefully curated cosmopolitanism – lies a deeper archive of stories too often suppressed. Davids’s novel, through the intimate drama of a haunted household, draws those buried histories back into the light."

This is a cop with a side racket. Which gets the attention of captain Zara Dewane of the Internal Crime Unit. A single mom, known among cops as the Jackal. What Zara uncovers about the family murder puts her in the firing line.

Amazwi is hosting its annual Literature, Heritage, Ecology Conference on 25 and 26 March 2026.

The run-away success of Simon’s Town’s three previous literary festivals has inspired a knock-out line-up for 2026. The town is set to host some of the most celebrated writers on Friday 13 March to Sunday 15 March 2026.