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Biko: The biography deur Xolela Mangcu
2012-09-12 ’n Omvattende kyk na die lewe van Steve Biko, sekerlik een van die mees invloedryke politieke figure uit Suid-Afrika se moderne geskiedenis.
Lark: Gong is Struck "more tribal"
2012-09-12 "We have all been busy with other work. I have been doing as much as I can to stay busy and keep the pot boiling this side."
Who is African and who is not?
2012-09-06 "Well, I am an African and owe it not to my blackness, brownness or whiteness, but to my Khoisan, Malabar slave, Xhosa, Dutch, French, German and Scottish forefathers who embraced this continent with their hearts and souls, who made it their home and who developed this country."
Reader's review: Impressions of Adventures of a Waterboy
2012-09-05 "Scott is an accomplished musician and lyricist, as well as an entertaining writer. His writing is engaging and vivid (give or take a cliché or two) and he has a knack for characterisation that would probably make him the envy of seasoned novelists."
Author of The Book of War, James Whyle, in conversation with Janet van Eeden
2012-08-30 "Whyle’s marriage of history with fine craftsmanship has shot him straight to the forefront of our writing community. His style is inimitable, his ways with language poetic, and he can hold his own against the few literary giants who have emerged from this continent."
African Library: The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods
2012-08-30 "Safari’s text is harrowing to read for most of its length, but is a rich work in the breadth of its reach, though so unassumingly presented."
In Imbewu we Trust: an interview
2012-08-29 On Thursday the 31st of August 2012, the launch of the Imbewu Trust takes place in Cape Town. Sam de Romijn, co-founder, gives Naomi Meyer some background on the Trust.
Poison Karoo
2012-08-23 Poison Karoo was written out of concern and dismay at the proposals for hydraulic fracking in the Karoo. It is a work of fiction, written as if commercial hydraulic fracking has already begun in the Karoo.
William Gumede's Restless Nation launch at Taj Cape Town
2012-08-21 Join renowned political commentator William Gumede at the launch of his latest book, Restless Nation: Making sense of troubled times.
Darryl David on the third Midlands Literary Festival
2012-08-20 Founder and director of the Midlands Literary Festival, Darryl David, talks to Naomi Meyer about this exciting event, now in its third year.
“Unlock the room that you are”: LitNet’s first Youth Indaba a success.
2012-08-16 Photos from LitNet's first Youth Indaba, held at the Karoo Writer's Festival.
Restless Nation launch at the Book Lounge
2012-08-16 Tafelberg invites you to the launch of William Gumede's latest book, Restless Nation: Making sense of troubled times.
Clinton V du Plessis launches Flitse at Karoo Writers Festival
2012-08-16 The poetry launch of Flitse by Clinton V du Plessis took place at the third Karoo Writers Festival in Cradock, in the gardens of Albert House.
From "whydunnit" to "whodunnit" – Michiel Heyns on his novel Lost Ground
2012-08-07 Michiel Heyns, well-known translator and English professor, recently won two prizes for his novel Lost Ground. The book is packaged as a crime novel, but readers of more serious novels will be pleasantly surprised by the story, if not completely blown away. Naomi Meyer asked Heyns about this memorable book.
Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival: "Every year the festival attendees double"
2012-08-07 "It seems fitting that the festival is held on and around Women’s Day, as we’d like to celebrate the tenacity of women, and people in general, who have succeeded, despite their upbringing."
Anti-fracking: "It will affect us all ..."
2012-08-03 "One of our key challenges is to ensure that this campaign is not seen as one where white people alone say no to fracking."