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"Forgotten honey and milk ..."

"when we call, our voices
dissolve, across the water,
in Vietnam, a giant soft-shell turtle ..."

ANFASA, the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa, announces the next round of the grant scheme to benefit authors of academic and general non-fiction works. 

"While it is true that white racism and attitudes of supremacy are still present to an unacceptable degree, it is not the crucial problem in South Africa right now."

"The state's support is needed. Industry support is needed."

"The SA Booksellers Association is delighted to announce the shortlisted finalists for the 2016 Booksellers’ Choice Awards." 

"Being able to have more songs enabled me to tell more stories and there's a whole lot more freedom in my approach."

"My losses now lie quietly –
a landscape of perfect ruins, softly shining
with ferns and moss in the low light"

"Consultation, for want of a better word, with the universities alone is not enough. The matter should have been subject to systematic public discussion."

"Narrated in a style initially resembling that of the typical adventure tale or the traditional “rollicking yarn” (but with several intriguing twists), Witch Girl is a novel that darkens as it moves along into the sinister aspects of a modernising African society."

On Ingrid Jonker: "I really felt her despair and wanted to fight alongside her ..."

"I say start a literary festival in one of the most famous places on the planet - Soweto. And I believe all races will come to Soweto for such a literary festival."

"So what’s up with the hesitation to speak Afrikaans publicly? Or to conduct interviews about politics in Afrikaans? Or speak about the magic of books in Afrikaans?"

"In the scheme of things
I cast small shadows ..."

"The publishers have made sure that they give pride of place to Burchell’s life and travels in a highly accessible tome that is as attractive as it is readable. They have ensured that a life of extraordinary experience, in art and science, is appropriately commemorated."

"Afrikaans, one of the youngest languages in the world, will be extinct in less than a century from now."

"Most importantly, Omotoso shows that life and love are rarely black and white. They are full of nuances and contradictions. We can be simultaneously kind and cruel, open and closed, warm and cold."

"Sunday, 22 May, one of those glorious winter days in Cape Town: all light and revelation. It wasn’t even 9 am, but the queue in front of the Gardens Community Centre in Hatfield Street looked overwhelming."

"Piracy has provided us with endless entertainment options."

"I’d like to think that people would be able to identify with all the universal human aspects of my story – starting from humble beginnings, trying to succeed as a musician, deciding what to do with my career, getting married, divorced, starting businesses, nearly going bankrupt, learning to fly aircraft, making a name for myself in the legal profession, and so on. There’s something for everyone in the story ..."