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Dangerous Love by Ben Okri: Seeking Solace in a Brutalised Society
2013-03-13 "The novel is ambitious in its scope and complex in its rendering."
Goddamn this drizzle
2013-03-12 Goddamn this pity party, March 11, the birthday of my father. I just thought of phoning my mother to ask her to confirm his age in the name of adding another sentence.
The little yellow house
2013-03-12 A new poet on LitNet, Phelelani Makhanya, wonders about a little yellow house.
The REBIRTH graphic novel launch at The Book Lounge
2013-03-05 REBIRTH, a truely South African graphic novel set in an alternative history in which Jan van Riebeeck was actually a vampire, launches at The Book Club in Cape Town this Thursday.
REBIRTH Graphic Novel: Jan van Riebeeck was a vampire
2013-03-05 "But what interests me more than this – and I hope that in some way we have explored this a bit in the book – is how the colonial trauma creates a kind of force field, a blight maybe you could call it, that affects both colonised and coloniser for centuries afterwards."
It gets better South Africa
2013-03-01Ahmed Kathrada, Jo-Ann Strauss, Kerry McGregor and Shashi Naidoo gave hope to gay and lesbian youth.
African Library: The Past Ahead
2013-02-28 "Dear friend, this story belongs to you now. If it interested you, read it again one day, being careful not to become too absorbed by the play of the narrative, for what’s essential lies elsewhere."
Winner of Unisa International Piano Competition, Lukáš Vondrá?ek, on national tour
2013-02-27 The winner of the 12th Unisa International Piano Competition, Lukáš Vondrá?ek from the Czech Republic will tour South Africa during March as part of his prize.
Gesamentlike viering van internasionale moedertaaldag ter nagedagtenis aan Neville Alexander
2013-02-21 Die XhosAfrika-netwerk en PRAESA (Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa), sal hierdie maand hande vat om Internasionale Moedertaaldag te vier. Hierdie geleentheid, wat op Saterdag 23 Februarie van 10:00 tot 12:00 op die kampus van die Universiteit van Kaapstad plaasvind (Lesinglokaal 1, Humanities Graduate School), sal ook die lewe en werk van dr. Neville Alexander, voormalige direkteur van PRAESA en stigterslid van die XhosAfrika-netwerk gedenk.
Die melktrein stop nie meer hier nie
2013-02-19 Die melktrein stop nie meer hier nie is a Tennessee Williams play translated for the US Woordfees by Saartjie Botha. Emma Kotze asked Fred Abrahamse, the producer, about the show.
Fanie Fourie’s Lobola is an awesome South African flick
2013-02-12 "By saying Fanie Fourie’s Lobola is an awesome South African flick I do not mean compared with other South African films, or lekker for a local flick. Oh, no, I mean FFL is a world-class film with a strong South African flavour."
Our needs differ. What to do? (Advice from a life coach)
2013-02-11"If you are the partner who pretends to be asleep to avoid your partner’s sexual advances, then – out of your love for and commitment to your mate – please seek the help you need."
Finalists | Sing 'it 2012
2013-02-04 Come meet the 6 finalists for this year's Sanlam Sing 'it lyrics writing competition!
Fugard Festival at Booktown Richmond
2013-01-31 Booktown Richmond is now proud to announce that the 2013 Fugard Festival will be held from 23 to 26 May 2013, in conjunction with the JM Coetzee and Nobel Laureates Festival, in Booktown Richmond.
When Don mastered the iamb
2013-01-23 Richard Higgs writes a touching poem for poet and playwright Don Maclellan.
Hatful of tin, Marikana, August 2012
2013-01-23 Richard Higgs remebers the massacre at Marikana in this poem.
Wen met die Exclusive Books Summer Sale
2013-01-22 Lewer kommentaar oor die boek(e) wat jou lewe verander het en wen R500!Comment about which book(s) changed your life and win R500!
Teen sex law: what changed and why?
2013-01-22 "Unfortunately the criminalisation of consensual sexual acts between adolescents, which has been the status quo in this country for decades, has not been shown to have any effect in preventing sexual activity between consenting young people. It does not prevent young people from choosing to engage in sex, nor does it provide them with the tools they need to make healthy decisions."
Interview with Russell Smith: Food photographer
2013-01-18 Chrizane van Zyl talks to Russell Smith about food photography and his latest project, Lessons with Liam.