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A Modern African Fairy Tale

Coenie Kukkuk New writing 2012-02-02

There once was a king in a faraway land who had six wives and twenty-seven legitimate children.

The Big Stick: Where Laughter meets Fear in Tentative Motion

Jonathan Amid 2012-02-02 The Big Stick is South African-born Richard de Nooy’s follow-up to the acclaimed Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot, the second part of what the author terms a “loose trilogy”.

Kat and the Kings comes home to District 6

2012-02-01 Olivier Award-Winning Kat and The Kings set for the Fugard Theatre.

Weense Wals-konsert met Johann Strauss Ensemble Wien

2012-02-01 Enjoy a unique opportunity to experience one of the finest Viennese ensembles.

BlackSheep TV #14: Virgin Active

Blacksheep 2012-02-01 Malema's in trouble for not paying his ANC membership ...

The parcel

Gail Dendy 2012-01-30 I made a parcel of it
and I left it there
on the kitchen table:

Not like myself

Gail Dendy 2012-01-30 I’m not myself today.
From the bathroom sink
I lift up a face with its glassy eyes
and pallid flesh, shake off the water,
look again.
No, that’s not me. Definitely.

Don’t be afraid

Gail Dendy 2012-01-30 We’ll keep his ashes safe,
so don’t be afraid
to open the box.

Call for Applications: International Writers Project at Brown University

2012-01-27 The Brown Department of Literary Arts and Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies are seeking applications and nominations for the 2012 - 2013 International Writers Project Fellowship.

Gallows Hill not a match for Daddy's Girl

Janet van Eeden 2012-01-26 Gallows Hill is the fourth novel in the Clare Hart series, which has made Margie Orford one of this country’s most successful crime novelists.

Call for Submissions for the 4th FEMRITE Regional Women Writers’ Residence

2012-01-26 Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE) calls for submissions for her 4th Regional Women Writers Residence to be held in November 2012.

Exclusive Books Summer Sale: Winners announced

2012-01-25 The Exclusive Books Summer Sale starts nationwide on Friday 27th January. It’s the perfect opportunity to snap up books that you have always wanted and choose your favourite read to unwind with.

Margie Orford, author of Daddy’s Girl, in conversation with Janet van Eeden

Margie Orford 2012-01-25 Janet van Eeden picks the krimi brain of South Africa's female krimi writer supreme, Margie Orford

A Private Affair – Love comes at a price

Louise Anne Buchler 2012-01-25 No matter who you are, love comes at a price ...

Being flows in Malikhanye

Kyle Allen 2012-01-25 Malikhanye is Mxolisi Nyezwa’s third collection of poetry, continuing his trend of potent and highly lyrical poetry containing the reality of a landscape that is both political and personal, both painful and beautiful, in writing filled with intense and startlingly evocative imagery.

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