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Interview: Cape Town Fringe Festival 2014
2014-09-22 The first-ever Cape Town Fringe Festival takes place from 25 September to 5 October. Steyn du Toit chats to the festival’s artistic director, Ismail Mahomed, about this new initiative, Cape Town as host city, and the benefits for independent artists taking part in the event.
The we field
2014-09-17 The microbus goes again, and she is alone when she trudges along the mud-smeared path to the front door of the long building, a forty-year-old woman in a long brown skirt, long red pullover, and a woollen cap with flaps hanging over her ears.
Open Book Festival 2014: Programme
2014-09-16 Here is the exciting programme of Open Book Festival 2014: 17–21 September 2014 at the Fugard Theatre.
Cape Town: Launch of Hiking Guides
2014-09-15 The Book Lounge and Tafelberg Publishers invite you to the launch of Mike Lundy's Weekend Trails and Easy Walks on 2 October.
Zabalaza Theatre Festival now calling for applications for the 2015 festival
2014-09-10 The Baxter’s Zabalaza Theatre Festival is calling for applications from theatre-makers, directors, script writers, community groups and theatre companies to participate in the 2015 Zabalaza Theatre Festival.
Odeion Quartet Plus One to Perform in Pretoria
2014-09-10 The highly respected Odeion Quartet of the University of the Free State will be joining forces with clarinettist Danrè Strydom on Sunday 14 September.
Baxter Theatre: BeSpoke by comedian Staurt Taylor
2014-09-10 Popular comedian Stuart Taylor presents his new, incredible ninth one-man show for a limited season at the Baxter Theatre. BeSpoke will be performed from 22 September to 3 October.
Cape Town: Launch of Rachel's Blue by Jakes Mda
2014-09-09 Join James Woodhouse in conversation with Jakes Mda at the launch of his new book, Rachel's Blue on Thursday, 18 September.
Launch in Kalk Bay: A Man of Good Hope
2014-09-08 Kalk Bay Books and Jonothan Ball invite you to a launch of A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg on 23rd September.
Launch in Kalk Bay: The Keeper
2014-09-08 Kalk Bay Books and Penguin SA invite you to a launch of The Keeper by Marguerite Poland on Wednesday 17 September.
Poetry Reading: Dulce et Decorum Est
2014-09-08 Kalk Bay Books invite you tot a programme of readings from the literary flowering of World War One, collated by Finula Dowling.
Interview: Balthasar's Gift by Charlotte Otter
2014-09-05 "I grew tired of reading crime novels that began with a sexy corpse."
I am a white South African … apparently
2014-09-05 "My name is Annzra Denita Naidoo. Although my ID defines my race as Indian, I have discovered that I am actually a white South African."
Interview with Brent Meersman of Missing Ink Publishers
2014-09-03"If I have to compromise on how and what I write according to somebody else’s views based on their hunches ... about sales – well, I’d rather not write."
A Reading of Claudius’s "State of the Nation Address" in Hamlet
2014-09-02 Shakespeare Against Apartheid: "Those of us who seek an equitable, just and democratic South Africa ... need to recognise that there is no neutral territory for Shakespeare studies in present-day South Africa."
18th Poetry Africa International Poetry Festival
2014-09-01 The Poetry Africa festival, from 13 to 18 October, brings some of the world’s finest poets and musicians to Durban.
African Library: The Case of the Socialist Witchdoctor and Other Stories by Hama Tuma
2014-08-29 "In his author’s note to this text, Hama Tuma declares his belief 'that Ethiopian reality is stranger (and more horrible) than fiction'."
Students hold the future of Africa in their hands
2014-08-29 "South Africa has a democratic system, a vibrant civil society and an independent judiciary. You have a remarkable story to tell. Especially for those countries on the continent who are not yet at peace with themselves."
Whoever fears the sea by Justin Fox
2014-08-29 Gerrit Rautenbach reviews this book by an intrepid traveller and travel writer.