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Kwela 25: Iconic SA publisher celebrates 25 years of local publishing
2019-02-28Come and celebrate with Kwela! Thursday 28 February 2019, 18:30, Exclusive Books, Sandton.
Murray’s food trails: Andringa Street, Stellenbosch
2019-02-28"Stellenbosch’s visitors, tourists and residents will certainly find a great deal of attraction in the area of Andringa Street, Stellenbosch, particularly the leg between Dorp and Plein Streets. There is a great deal to discover there, and lots to do ̶ everything from ice cream parlours, fashion boutiques, a book shop, to antique stores and a range of restaurants/eateries."
Energies
2019-02-27"We would be young forever
If we acknowledged lifelong learning
We would be forever young
Through new achievements and mistakes"
The prize
2019-02-27"Her hair was combed into a neat side parting, and she was pleased with how it fell to just above her shoulders. She looked her age, but she looked good. She decided to go with the black polo neck top, with pearl earrings as her only adornment ..."
A letter from Emily Hobhouse to Mr Rees-Mogg
2019-02-26"I implore you to change and listen to your conscience, as a fellow English patriot. To be brave. To admit the truth about this atrocity. For the sake of history."
Second call for papers: Fifth International Symposium on Place Names 2019
2019-02-25"Only a limited number of papers can be accommodated, as all sessions will be plenary. Deadline for abstract submissions: 4 March 2019."
Press Release: The 22nd annual Time of the Writer Festival
2019-02-25The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) presents its 22nd annual Time of the Writer Festival from 13 to 16 March 2019. Celebrating Durban’s status as the UNESCO City of Literature, Time of the Writer 2019 offers a shining gem of a four-day festival that allows audiences, budding authors and literature lovers a chance to encounter some of South Africa’s most notable writers in some wonderfully curated up close and personal encounters.
You make me possible by Karina Szczurek: a review
2019-02-25"The early email correspondence between ... Karina Szczurek and ... writer André Brink is a romantic WikiLeak of sorts that gives readers detailed and minimally censored insight into their courtship. That the growing passion between them worked out as perfectly as both imagined, coming from different hemispheres, must be the ultimate romantic plot ..."
63 days to optimum health: an interview with Sally-Ann Creed
2019-02-21"We have to be 'hunter gatherers' – we need to hunt for truth and good food, then gather it and make it work for us – it can change your life. It changed mine."
The adoption
2019-02-19"The doctor suddenly looked up from his phone. His face had turned red. He started to walk towards the clubhouse, and then suddenly turned around and walked towards Gareth, facing him. They stood facing each other."
Video: Stellenbosch launch of Sex, Lies & Stellenbosch
2019-02-13Eva Mazza's debut novel Sex, Lies & Stellenbosch was recently launched at Gino's Stellenbosch. Eva was interviewed by her publisher Melinda Ferguson.
Three poems by Abigail George
2019-02-06"Look at the winter leaf. Look at how it gathers
under your bedroom window. Look at the
arrangement of light as it falls on this cool
as spring Monday afternoon."
Press release: Nominees for the 54th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards announced
2019-02-05The nominees for the 54th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards have been announced.
Green book – unsettling, yet heart-warming
2019-02-04"The controversy surrounding this film should not dissuade people from watching it. (Google if you must.) It is a nuanced, tender tale about an unlikely friendship that overcame loneliness, bigotry and class differences. Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali’s performances appear effortless."
The rise and fall of Mmusi Maimane
2019-01-31"Over recent years, the DA has attracted South Africans of different backgrounds with diverse ideological views. Maimane is under enormous pressure to keep these different interest groups with different backgrounds happy in the party."
The favourite – a reward for the committed cinephile
2019-01-31"The film is visually sumptuous, thanks to incredibly detailed costumes, lavish locations, great camerawork, dimly lit scenes and perfectly precise editing."
First Impressions
2019-01-30"He never did text me. Charlie, I mean. We went on as if the kiss had never happened."
Press Release: Applications are open for the 2019 Gauteng International Arts Festival
2019-01-28The board of the Gaufestival is proud to extend a cordial invitation to parties who are keen to be on board, in whatever capacity, for the 2019 festival taking place 20 September to 6 October.
Press Release: PATCH Fundraiser Live Music Concert at Spier Amphitheatre
2019-01-24Press Release: Five of South Africa's most popular musical acts will be performing at an exclusive concert at the beautiful Spier Wine Estate Amphitheatre on the 2nd of February 2019.
