Litnet

The South African Literary Awards (SALA) have shortlisted 26 authors in 13 awards categories for this year’s awards. The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony on the 7^th November at Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History.

BookBedonnerd XII takes place from 23 to 26 October 2019. Here is the full programme. 

"If, however, the stories of these Afrikaner business tycoons are completely unknown to you, a reading of this book could and would be of great benefit and could assist you in understanding South African politics much better."

"The writing is visual and visceral, the world created is tangible, and the character of Malachi has expressed his voice with utmost clarity."

Kwela Books invites you to the book launch of Impossible return by Siona O'Connell.

In October Kwela Books celebrate one of our country’s finest novelists and poets, Finuala Dowling and the publication of her new novel Okay, Okay, Okay.  

The tenth Midlands Literary Festival took place from 30 August to 1 September 2019. Izak de Vries attended and shared some of his photographs and insights.

"Thematically, Triangulum is a compelling work that explores ideologies that are often at odds with one another, but which Ntshanga brings to an uneasy kind of integration while not leaving the reader with a clear, comfortable sense of resolution."

The book launch of Betrayal: The secret lives of apartheid spies by Jonathan Ancer will take place on Thursday 19 September 2019 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town.

The book launch of Ming-Cheau Lin’s biography, Yellow and Confused, will take place on Wednesday 18 September 2019 at 17:30 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town.

"Ultimately, it is about coming to terms with being the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd."

The book launch of Sally Andrew’s Death on the Limpopo will take place on Saturday 14 September 2019 at Protea Bookshop in Stellenbosch.

"And after many days contains a terrible and beautiful narrative of enduring family love, principled conduct and horrific power abuse and the greed it permits to destroy lives. Quietly told, it is a story that will linger in the mind of any reader, long after they have closed its back cover."

"When Pieter-Dirk Uys appeared on a lonely stage at the 2017 Woordfees in Stellenbosch, dressed in black and discernible only by a white face, white hands and the words 'Almost famous' dancing white on his chest, I was in the audience. For over 90 minutes, I was mesmerised."

Press release: Worlds come alive from page to stage at #cocreatePOETICA, a celebration of rap, poetry and the spoken word at Open Book Festival (Cape Town). We look forward to welcoming Dutch poets Simone Atangana Bekono and Radna Fabias. Join The Book Lounge and The Fugard Theatre for the ninth Open Book Festival which takes place from 4 to 8 September 2019. 

Why did it refuse to rain for 2 years? What might happen if we don’t listen to the water? What the Water Remembers is a multilingual poetry production that explores our personal, historical, socio-economic and spiritual relationships to water in the Mother City. What the Water Remembers will debut at the Open Book Festival on Wednesday 4 September at 18:00 in the Fugard Studio.

"The tenth Midlands Literary Festival will take place from 31 August to 1 September 2019 at the Fern Hill Hotel in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal. Here is the programme."

"Despite the occasional punctuation blunder many a self-published book is guilty of, Where do you go to is a lovely and unforgettable read, and a fitting tribute to Sarstedt’s song; and, although one expects a feel-good ending culminating in Marie-Claire learning more about the first few years of her life, the revelation still comes as a surprise."

The Open Book Festival will take place between 4 and 8 September 2019 in Cape Town. The programme is now live and features many brilliant authors!