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A tribute to Nadine Gordimer
2014-07-17 "A signature is what defines you." Karina Szczurek, who completed her PhD on Nadine Gordimer’s post-apartheid writing, writes an In Memoriam contribution and shares a personal photo of Gordimer's signature.
National Arts Festival 2014: #omnomnom
2014-07-16 "You are what you tweet." Elzette Steenkamp reviews #omnomnom.
Impressions of contemporary South Africa through the theatre of the National Arts Festival 2014
2014-07-16 Mike van Graan shares his thoughts on the National Arts Festival in a year that marks 40 years of the festival, but more importantly, 20 years of democracy.
Review: The Unsaid by Richard de Nooy
2014-07-16 "The Unsaid is a powerful book in which everything makes sense, the humour is black where it has to be black and the characters are perfect in their imperfection."
Forged in battle by Jan Breytenbach
2014-07-08 "To hell with that, I say. Read this book, whether you're into military affairs, African history, adventure, action movies or masculine power plays. Read it."
The National Arts Festival and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) announce Arts Journalism Awards
2014-07-07 Charl Blignaut, Arts Editor of City Press newspaper, has been named South Africa’s Arts Journalist of the Year for the second consecutive year.
Writing South Africa Now 2014 – Photos from York
2014-07-04 The 20th anniversary of South Africa’s democracy offers timely cause for reflection on the complex changes and continuities concerning South African literature and literary studies. Imke van Heerden shares her pictures of the event which took place on June 7th 2014.
Breyten Breytenbach Boekefees | Literary Festival 2014
2014-07-03 Vanaf 11 tot 13 Julie 2014 lei alle paaie na Montagu. | All roads lead to Montagu from 11 to 13 July 2014 for the Breyten Breytenbach Literary Festival.
African Library: The Yacoubian Building by Alaa al-Aswany
2014-07-02 "You don’t understand because you’re well-off. When you’ve stood for two hours at the bus stop or taken three different buses and had to go through hell every day just to get home ... then you’ll know why we hate Egypt."
Big Shot at the Cannes Film Festival
2014-07-02 Janet van Eeden's movie A Shot at the Big Time was screened at the Cannes Short Film Festival in May. She tells Naomi Meyer about the film festival and the experience of a lifetime.
Life begins at forty: National Arts Festival 2014
2014-07-01 The National Arts Festival is 40 years old this year. Ismail Mahomed tells Naomi Meyer why everybody should attend the party.
Ann Jangle: "Call me a rebel or whatever ..."
2014-07-01 "On many occasions I jumped out of classroom windows during class at school, failed subjects, got expelled due to complete boredom. I have walked out of just about every job I have ever attempted."
Winners announced: Sunday Times Literary Award and Alan Paton Award 2014
2014-06-30 “First time fiction writer Claire Robertson, and political correspondent and commentator Max du Preez were awarded top honours at the 2014 Sunday Times Literary Awards.”
Die vere van die duiwel by Sigrid Schmidt
2014-06-25 Modern folklore: Sigrid Schmidt tells about the birth of her book Die vere van die duiwel.
Reader's review: London Cape Town Joburg by Zukiswa Wanner
2014-06-23 "Three places and many heartbreaks in this superb novel." Jonathan Amid shares his thoughts on this book by Zukiswa Wanner.
Interview: Rita Barnard on The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela
2014-06-19 "How could we avoid being overtaken by history?"