Books and writers
Information about the latest books and the people behind them
Review: Garden of Dreams by Melissa Siebert
2014-08-20 Karina Szczurek reviews Garden of Dreams by Melissa Siebert.
Interview: Garden of Dreams by Melissa Siebert
2014-08-18 Melissa Siebert discusses her debut novel with Jonathan Amid.
Inexplicable Present: Post-Apartheid Subjectivity in Vladislavic?’s City
2014-08-14 Writing South Africa Now: Twenty Years On is a graduate conference on South African literature that took place at the University of York, UK, in June 2014. Read Thando Njovane's abridged paper, "Inexplicable Present: Post-Apartheid Subjectivity in Vladislavic?’s City".
Sinister Surfaces: Contemporary South African Horror (On Stage and Off)
2014-08-14 Writing South Africa Now: Twenty Years On is a graduate conference on South African literature that took place at the University of York, UK, in June 2014. Read Esthie Hugo's abridged paper, "Sinister Surfaces: Contemporary South African Horror (On Stage and Off)".
Interview: I See You by Ishtiyaq Shukri
2014-08-13 "I am the people I know, the books I have read, the countries in which I have lived – and very nearly died. In January I visited the Yemeni island of Socotra. It is truly the most remarkable place I’ve even been to."
Ken Barris + Michael Cope = Cope Barris
2014-08-12 "We worked the way we did because we’re the personalities we are, and we approach writing as we do, and the alchemy came from that wonderful unlikely combination."
Interview: Frankie Murrey on the Open Book Festival 2014
2014-08-11 "Really, though, for me success is seeing people coming out of events looking like the world has opened up to them ..."
Literary Trials: Janet Malcolm, Narrative Journalism and the Courtroom in South Africa and the United States
2014-08-07 Writing South Africa Now: Twenty Years On is a graduate conference on South African literature that took place at the University of York, UK, in June 2014. Read Anneke Rautenbach's abridged paper, Literary Trials: Janet Malcolm, Narrative Journalism and the Courtroom in South Africa and the United States.
Drawing South Africa Now: Writing Urban Environments in the Graphic Novel Form?
2014-08-07 Writing South Africa Now: Twenty Years On is a graduate conference on South African literature that took place at the University of York, UK, in June 2014. Read Dominic Davies's abridged paper, "Drawing South Africa Now: Writing Urban Environments in the Graphic Novel Form?".
Writing South Africa Now 2014: The online edition
2014-08-07 Writing South Africa Now: Twenty Years On, a one-day colloquium on South African literature, recently took place at the University of York, UK. This week, read Sanja Nivesjö's abridged paper.
Launch: Dare We Hope? by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
2014-08-01 Launch of Gobodo-Madikizela's new book, Dare We Hope?, 18 August at The Book Lounge.
Overview: Man Booker Prize longlist 2014
2014-07-31 "Complete whitewash for African writers as Americans join the Man Booker Prize longlist party," writes Jonathan Amid.
Reader's review: Paradise by Greg Lazarus
2014-07-30 "Expertly edited by the superb Henrietta Rose-Innes, these four voices, channelled through the authorial lens of Greg Lazarus, offer an almost musical sense of harmony and melody in a novel that hits subtle notes, tugs at the heartstrings, alternates between moments of rich light and shade, and ultimately leaves the reader with a huge grin and an urge to say 'More, more!'"
Interview: London Cape Town Joburg
2014-07-29 Jonathan Amid interviews Zukiswa Wanner about London Cape Town Joburg.
Celebrating the intellectual legacy of AC Jordan
2014-07-29 This contribution by Phil Ndlela "aims to accord Jordan his rightful place as one of the key figures in the advancement of the black literary tradition within the borders of South Africa and beyond".
Paradise by Greg Lazarus
2014-07-22 Read Donald Powers's review of the third book by “Greg Lazarus”, the husband-and-wife team of Greg Fried and Lisa Lazarus.
