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Ants in the Big Onion: A bustling, warm-hearted romp
2012-02-21 I would recommend Ants in the Big Onion to readers that can look past the perfunctory title and jarring cover design, those willing to suspend disbelief in service of a genuinely warm-hearted, good-natured and mostly well-written frolic in the deep end of the new South Africa.
Johannesburg launch of The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-02-21 Achmat Dangor, novelist, and Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, will speak on South African literary history.
Downloads
2012-02-20 Download the 9 songs by the Sing 'it bands. It's free! The most downloaded song wins a music video budget from MK, so support your favourite.
Cape Town launch: The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-02-20 The Cambridge University Press is launching the The Cambridge History of South African Literature. Professor Njabulo Ndebele, novelist, critic and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, will speak on South African literary history.
Wen met die Woordfees
2012-02-16 LitNet-lesers staan 'n kans om dubbelkaartjies vir elk van die volgende produksies te wen.
Leave the Door Open and the Lights On
2012-02-15 February is Crime and Thriller Month at Exclusive Books. Win 1 of 5 complete Crime/Thriller sets of novels from Exclusive Books.
AE Ballakisten in conversation with Janet van Eeden
2012-02-15 Janet van Eeden talks to AE Ballakisten about his new collection of poetry, Talking to a Tree, Poems of a Fragile World
Black sheep white sheep: who’s cartoon is it anyway?
2012-02-14 LitNet has been publishing the blacksheeptv.net cartoon strip for a few months now. Naomi Meyer asked the creators of the cartoon to give LitNet readers some background to the strip. She wanted to talk to the humans drawing the strip. Strangely enough, she didn’t receive the answers from the person she thought she’d e-mailed.
Nik Rabinowitz will Stand and Deliver at Montecasino
2012-02-13 After a hugely successful season at Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre, Nik Rabinowitz’s hit solo show Stand and Deliver comes to Pieter Toerien’s Theatre at Montecasino in Johannesburg.
Follow The Way to the Labia on Orange in aid of StreetSmart SA
2012-02-13 The intimate drama, The Way, starring Martin Sheen, set on the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain, will be showing at the Labia on Orange at 13h45 on Saturday 18 February and at 16h00 on Sunday 19 February 2012 in aid of StreetSmart SA.
BlackSheep TV #16: Facebook
2012-02-13 Sometimes you want to check out your own photos, but then they show up on someone else’s page.
Brothers in Blood opens at the Artscape Arena
2012-02-13 Brothers in Blood is an explosive drama about Jewish, Muslim and Christian relations set in Cape Town in the late 1990’s and against the background of PAGAD’s activities against crime and the drug trade.
RAMfest 2012 – 5 cities, 5 days
2012-02-13 SA fans were thrilled when RAMfest announced the first headliner In Flames in November last year. In Flames vocalist Anders Friden says that the band is excited about their upcoming performances at RAMfest.
“For the reader in Benoni, and the reader in Beijing”: UK launch of the The Cambridge History of South African Literature
2012-02-10 On Friday 3 February 2012, with the winter sun setting on the week, academics and students met in the Berrick Saul Building’s beloved “Tree House” at the University of York to celebrate the UK launch of The Cambridge History of South African Literature.
Significant exhibition at Stellenbosch University Gallery
2012-02-09 Female learners from two socio-economically disparate Stellenbosch schools were given disposable cameras to document their surroundings. These images form the heart of the Significant exhibition to be held at the Stellenbosch University Gallery.
Kalk Bay Books presents A Celebration of Ingrid Jonker
2012-02-09 Following the successful release of the film, Black Butterflies last year, there has been renewed interest in the poetry and life of Ingrid Jonker. Kalk Bay Books presents A Celebration of Ingrid Jonker with Antjie Krog, Ingrid de Kok & Professor Louise Viljoen
The Artscape Theatre presents easter eggs and the Tales of Little Grey Rabbit
2012-02-09 During the Easter holiday the Artscape Theatre will host performances of the Tales of Little Grey Rabbit.
It’s time for the ballet olympics in Cape Town
2012-02-09 The Cape Town International Ballet Competition is the Premier event of its kind on the African Continent, often hailed as the Ballet Olympics.