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Home is where the hurt is: Diane Awerbuck’s Home Remedies

Jonathan Amid 2012-11-07 After finishing Diane Awerbuck’s latest novel, Home Remedies, successor to Gardening at Night, I sat dumbfounded, almost in tears, thinking to myself: How do I describe this evocative novel to someone who loves reading?

Francis Galloway reageer op The Cambridge History of South African Literature

Francis Galloway 2012-11-05 "Twee uitsprake in The Cambridge History of South African Literature met betrekking tot die oeuvre-ontwikkeling, uitgeegeskiedenis en loopbaan van Breyten Breytenbach verdien kritiese kommentaar." Francis Galloway reageer.

Booktown Richmond to relaunch the Athol Fugard Festival

Darryl David 2012-11-05 The Athol Fugard festival is being planned for the first quarter of 2013.

African Library: The Deadly Ambition

Annie Gagiano 2012-10-31 "Anyone who reads novels is aware of the not merely lasting, but seemingly increasing, popularity of the thriller format. In African writing (in English), there have been interesting variations in local incarnations of this genre, some examples of which have been discussed in previous African Library entries."

Sailor: Telemachus's journey

Elzette Steenkamp 2012-10-29 "The volume negotiates the painful distance (as well as the awkwardly acknowledged moments of connection) between academic, artistic son and utilitarian father, and grapples with the trauma surrounding Jack Wylie’s rapid loss of eyesight, his illness, and, ultimately, his death."

Writing in prison: Ampie Coetzee responds to Helize van Vuuren

Ampie Coetzee 2012-10-23 "Breyten's prison writing – Afrikaans poetry, of which little has been translated into English – comprises an anthology of 448 pages! The quality of these verses has been maintained in the more or less 20 books written since then."

Winners of the M-Net Literary Awards 2012 announced

2012-10-23 The winners of the prestigious M-Net Literary Awards were announced at a glorious event at the Hyatt Hotel in Johannesburg on Friday, 19 October. The M-Net Literary Awards are the only fiction awards that honour novels in all eleven South African official languages.

David Attwell and Derek Attridge respond to the reviews of The Cambridge History of South African Literature

Derek Attridge, David Attwell 2012-10-18 "It is true that the book is produced in English by a global publisher based in the UK, but how else do we tell the story of South Africa’s literatures to as wide a readership as possible?"

Everybody loves the drawings UK illustrator Emily Gravett loves drawing

Emily Gravett, Naomi Meyer 2012-10-17 From picking strawberries and life on the road to award-winning illustrator – Emily Gravett talks to Naomi Meyer after her recent visit to South Africa.

Dividable Grand creating a buzz

Henry Cloete, David Vermeulen 2012-10-15 "Music has never been a competition for us, and shouldn't be for anyone. Our sound is our sound, and we don't try to be better or different, because it wouldn't be 'us'."

A state of grace on the Crocodile Flats

Jonathan Amid 2012-10-11 "The people of Crocodile Flats are in dire need of something to lift their spirits – and a vision of pious purity and pure piety by a young girl is just the ticket."

LitNet: Karoo Book | Boek Bonanza

2012-10-11 An exciting line-up of authors and books awaits you at the Karoo Book Bonanza, presented by LitNet, this Sunday in Beaufort West.
Hierdie Sondag word daar by die Karoo Boek Bonanza gesels oor ekokritiek, Haai Karoo en die karretjiemense. Aangebied deur LitNet.

The new Sing 'it is coming soon ...

2012-10-10 This is where it starts | Dis waar dit begin

Open Book 2012: Constructive Engagement

Elzette Steenkamp 2012-10-10 At the 2012 Open Book Festival Michela Wrong and Jillian Reilly explored the complexities surrounding writing about Africa as outsiders in a session titled “Constructive Engagement”.

Eish! The succession is with us again

FM Lucky Mathebula 2012-10-09 "As the murky road to Mangaung assumes a character of a dog-eats-dog fight, unlike a pig that eats its offspring, the ANC needs to demonstrate that its known resilience is equally fit to withstand conditions of legality, 'ruling-party-ness' and incumbency."

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