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World Press Freedom Day 2013
2013-05-03 Pieter Dirk-Uys launched a political "movement" on World Press Freedom Day 2013 to unite those seeking an alternative democracy in the country. He addressed journalists at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town on 3 May 2013. Read the full text of his speech.
African Library: Oil on water
2013-05-02 Habila, a poet as well as a prize-winning novelist, has been a journalist in Lagos like the main character (Rufus) of his novel ...
Random House Struik and GetSmarter presents Non-Fiction Story Course
2013-05-02 Random House Struik and GetSmarter, a high?touch online educationompany, are proud to present the Random House Struik Write a Non?Fiction Story course. This course is compiled and facilitated by leading South African author Mike Nicol.
Western political ideologies
2013-04-30Mark Whelan writes a poem in memory of Freedom Day, April 27, 2013
Black Bird
2013-04-23"When you said that word – it was the way you said it –
rage soared, spread its wings
covered me"
Franschhoek Literêre Fees belowe gróót en nuwe stemme
2013-04-17 Daar is heelwat gróót Afrikaanse name wat hierdie jaar die Franschhoek Literêre Fees gaan bywoon.
Support the Treasure Karoo Action Group
2013-04-17 "Jonathan Deal, chairman of the Treasure Karoo Action Group has won the Goldman Prize for Environment Activism for Africa 2013 for his anti-fracking campaign."
Sam Woulidge's Confessions of a Hungry Woman
2013-04-17 Sam Woulidge’s Confessions of a Hungry Woman reads like a food diary full of beautiful and also riveting stories.
Book launch: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
2013-04-16 Random house and The Book Lounge invite you to the Cape Town launch of Lauren Beuke's The Shining Girls. Five book launches will take place in April.
the cliff
2013-04-15A simple strong poem about a man standing on a cliff, written by a new poet on LitNet.
Dancing in Other Words Programme Announcement (Dansende Digtersfees)
2013-04-12 Poetry and the reflections of award-winning international literary figures, political dissidents, activists and a Nobel Prize frontrunner, will fill the Spier Manor House and Old Wine Cellar on 10 and 11 May.
In conversation: Lance Herman and Josh Ginsburg on interdisciplinary, creative practice as a research methodology
2013-04-11 2011 Donald Gordon Creative Arts Fellow, Lance Herman, will be in conversation with artist-curator Josh Ginsburg at a public seminar hosted by GIPCA and the UCT English Department on Thursday 18 April at 13:00.
South African Students' Psychology Conference 2013
2013-04-11 "Students and staff from psychology departments across Southern Africa are invited to join us in this venture. The conference will take place from the 24 – 28 June 2013 at Wits. Pre-conference workshops will be scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 24 & 25 June 2013."
Fiksie-kompetisie: Reisende skrywers
2013-04-10Aandag alle reisende skrywers! Neem deel aan LitNet se nuwe fiksie-kompetisie.
Kayang Gagiano reviews Shaida Kazie Ali's Lessons in Husbandry
2013-04-09 The novel is an enticing synthesis of mystery, eulogy, playful feminist tract and romance - and it is the central love story and sense of promise and liberation it offers which provide succour from grief for both protagonist and reader.
the cliff
2013-04-09A simple strong poem about a man standing on a cliff, written by a new poet on LitNet.
Crime fiction in South Africa: the history, the hype and the “genre snob” debate
2013-04-02 "To return to the “genre snob” debate, and the contention that crime fiction acts in post-apartheid South Africa as the new 'political novel': there are obvious problems with this blunt categorisation – genres are frequently blurred ..."
For the sake of repeating a story
2013-04-02A traveller, a receptionist, her husband, a boy the traveller dreamt of, and the receptionist again. Adriaan Coetzee retells a story.
Video: Leon de Kock and Michiel Heyns in conversation
2013-03-22 Michiel Heyns and Leon De Kock in conversation with Jonathan Amid18 March 2013
JS Gericke Library Auditorium
