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McIntosh Polela in conversation with Janet van Eeden about his memoir My Father, My Monster
2012-01-18 Janet van Eeden reads My Father, My Monster and speaks to author McIntosh Polela about the past, the present and his future literary projects
Buck – A subtle life lesson
2012-01-17 Buck (short for Buckshot) Brannaman is the real horse whisperer. The oke Robert Redford phoned.
Traditional hatred
2012-01-17What an interesting holiday season this has been! Three weeks went by so fast that I once again find myself writing the first article for the new year!
BlackSheepTV #12: Parking meters
2012-01-16 Suddenly there's a parking meter outside my house and I have to pay!
Oepse Daisy recommended for those with itchy feet
2012-01-16 This new collection of 27 travel sketches takes us on a journey around the globe with master raconteur Johan Bakkes.
Sculpting the Earth eye-catching and soothing
2012-01-13 Jenna Burchell reads Strijdom van der Merwe's new book, Sculpting the Earth
NB wins Gourmand World Cookbook Awards | NB wen Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
2012-01-13 NB Publishers is proud to announce that three of our cookbooks won in their respective categories (in South Africa) in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011.NB-Uitgewers is trots om aan te kondig dat drie van ons kookboeke in hul onderskeie afdelings (in Suid-Afrika) in die Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011 gewen het.
Exhibition: Tjorts! / Cheers!
2012-01-12 An exhibition of drawings in dialogue around a poem by Danie Marais
Win with Kwela Books: Winner announced
2012-01-09Kwela Books recently published the much acclaimed The Lazarus Effect by HJ Golakai and you could be the winner of your very own copy!
Pharos Giveaway: Winner announced
2012-01-09 If you in your everyday life deal with a lot of writing (be it scripts, letters, poems or grocery lists) you should definitely read on.
Top 11 2011: Poetry anthology gift recommendations
2011-12-15 Anthologies are a great introduction to the work of individual poets – and they’re fabulous gifts. If you’re unsure where to start, here are a few suggestions from my bookshelves.
Triumph of the Pennywhistle: Occasionally stirring but entirely overwrought debut
2011-12-15 While I was reading Sofi Adelbrand’s debut novel Triumph of the Pennywhistle(the author’s real name is Runa Prinsloo) a few questions relentlessly battered against the hinges of my reading experience: Is there a limit to the ways that certain stories can be ...
Occasions in demand
2011-12-15 The huge number of varieties and ingredients on supermarket shelves has changed our eating habits. Fresh salads, herbs and vegetables jostle for space with many local and exotic ingredients. Dishes that appear on our family tables and when we entertain ...
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives tackles contemporary African culture
2011-12-15 With a plot as complex as the one deployed here, one needs to keep one’s wits about one as the secrets alluded to in the title gradually unfold or are suddenly exposed to the reader and to one or other of the characters.
Top 11 2011: Christina Engela's list of events concerning the LGBTI community
2011-12-15This is a list of the top 11 events concerning to LGBTI people in SA in 2011. It has been compiled by Christina Engela, a trans-woman who lives in the sunny South African city of Port Elizabeth (known as the Windy City) – a tourist haven with an ...
Crime and contemplation
2011-12-15This past week I have been contemplating crime ... that is, the concept of crime and punishment. People seem to think that punishment and the concept of consequence provides a framework of limitations which go beyond just saying "don't". Punishment ...
The Boers in Angola: There for even longer than you thought
2011-12-14 The author’s close interest in the lives of the Angolan Afrikaners has resulted in a detailed, scholarly and yet very readable history that recreates a tough and mostly messy rural world.
Top 11 2011: Poems
2011-12-14 In no particular order, a list of 11 or so poems that appeared on LitNet in 2011.
Top stories from The Pink Tongue
2011-12-13This list has been compiled by Gary de Klerk, editor of The Pink Tongue. The Pink Tongue is Independent Newspapers’ community newspaper for and about South Africa’s gay community. It was launched in 2007 and is a free monthly community ...