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A Tale to Tell

Gail Dendy 2011-10-06

It makes sense, doesn't it?

Christina Engela Opinion 2011-10-06 If you look at all the weird and wonderful new bills being tabled in South Africa these days there is little doubt in my mind that the Constitution and the freedoms contained within it are clearly under assault. And those of us whose civil rights and equality are protected by those very clauses in the […]

Mandisa Haarhof, creator of Crush-hopper, in conversation with Janet van Eeden

Janet van Eeden, Mandisa Haarhof 2011-09-30 One of my favourite plays at the recent Hilton Arts Festival was the charming and touching Crush-hopper, Mandisa Haarhof’s semi-autobiographical story about coming to terms with her mixed heritage.

Tim Wells in conversation with Janet van Eeden about his role in God of Carnage

Janet van Eeden, Tim Wells 2011-09-29 It’s a brilliant ensemble piece where everyone gives their best performance to recreate a night of hysterical emotions where the God of Carnage is visible not only on the playgrounds.

Gasland exposes the realities of fracking

Réney Warrington 2011-09-29 When are we going to learn that if we stick crap into the earth, she’s gonna spit it out right back at us?

Open Book Report: Earl Lovelace and Etienne van Heerden in conversation

Bibi Slippers 2011-09-28 Earl Lovelace, celebrated author from Trinidad, and well-known South African author Etienne van Heerden took part in the Free the Word PEN Dialogue at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town on Thursday, 22nd September 2011.

Open Book Festival: Day 3

Bibi Slippers 2011-09-28  

Open Book Festival Report 3: A whale of a time

Bibi Slippers 2011-09-22  Henrietta Rose-Innes’s latest novel, Nineveh, was launched in the Iziko Museum’s Whale Well on Wednesday afternoon as part of the Open Book Literary Festival in Cape Town.

Independent Publishers: How do they survive?

Janet van Eeden 2011-09-20  Junkets Publisher started as a one-off. In 2005 I had written Rebel Angel, a novel based on the life of the poet John Keats. I didn’t offer it to any of the mainstream publishers because I believed that at that particular time they should be publishing South African material, not books about British poets.
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