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Don’t upset ooMalume! captures the essence of Xhosa heritage and culture, and explores different aspects of village life.

"This book can be categorised as a dictionary of Xhosa Weltanschauung, a comprehensive conception and apprehension of a mode of life that has been transferred by experience through the centuries from the ancient of times."

"All wars in history, from the Greek heroes onwards, spawn such intense memoirs, long and short. They are a bedrock of classic literature. We are fascinated by them. They invite us to eavesdrop on the confessional. They are a form of writing therapy, a way of laying the ghost, and a psychiatrist is not needed to tell us that. But there is also more to it. War memoirs involve all of us, including the bystanders. They make the reader complicit."

Stemme | Voices | Amazwi is LitNet’s series of 15 short, powerful monologues, presented in collaboration with Suidoosterfees, NATi and ATKV. In Fred Khumalo’s Ingoma kaTutu a praise singer pays homage to the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and chastises the South African government for corruption and ineffective leadership. Zamah Nkonyeni performs the monologue, directed by Mdu Kweyama. Watch the performance in isiZulu with English subtitles here.

"Lategan also shares moments of beauty, happiness and warmth in a narrative that is insightful, ironic, humorous and compassionate. And it’s a page-turner."

"I invite you to get your mind around reading this book. There is a lot to learn from it."

"In this hauntingly beautiful volume of poetry, Makhanya chronicles the all too familiar, universal experience of the dysfunctional family. However, My father’s blazer quickly transitions to a wider family, that of the South African people, Africa – and mankind."

Stemme | Voices | Amazwi is LitNet’s series of 15 short, powerful monologues, presented in collaboration with Suidoosterfees, NATi and ATKV. Watch Gary Naidoo perform The fate of your soulmate, written by Paige Nick and directed by Rafiek Mammon. The monologue text is also available here.

PEN International is deeply shocked and appalled to learn that former PEN America President and renowned writer, Salman Rushdie, was attacked today just before giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. | PEN Afrikaans se bestuur onderskryf hierdie stellinginname deur PEN International. PEN Afrikaans is ’n deel van én deel die waardes van internasionale PEN-sentrums.

"The man who loved crocodile tamers is a strongly stitched patchwork of events in the life of Paddy Dowling, Finuala Dowling’s father, interspersed with extracts from the 'writer’s' personal diary."

The event in September brings people together for lively conversations with authors and other guest speakers, in one central location in Cape Town’s historic District Six. The program sees a mix of established and debut authors engaging with audiences over three days.

Can a dream be born in Cedarville, a place of grinding poverty? Izak de Vries chats to Bridget Krone about The Cedarville Shop and the wheelbarrow swap, published by Catalyst Press.

Stemme | Voices | Amazwi is LitNet’s series of 15 short, powerful monologues, presented in collaboration with Suidoosterfees, NATi and ATKV. Watch Tshegofatso Mabutla perform Matlakala, written by Jerry Mofokeng wa Makhetha and directed by Mahlatsi Mokgonyana.

On October 27, 2022, the Hurston/Wright Foundation will announce, during their annual Legacy Awards celebration, the winners of the juried awards for books by black authors published in 2021 in the categories of debut fiction, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Janet van Eeden asked Colleen a few questions about the exhibition that is on from 4 to 13 August at the Spin Street Gallery in Cape Town, Uncovering Modjaji Books, a celebration of the beautiful covers which have come out of Modjaji’s imprint.

Stemme | Voices | Amazwi is LitNet’s series of 15 short, powerful monologues, presented in collaboration with Suidoosterfees, NATi and ATKV. Watch Motlatji Mjamba perform Country duty, written by Mike van Graan and directed by Chuma Sopotela.

Book launch: Friday, 12 August. Bridget Krone will be in conversation with Kim Ward.

Marianne de Jager tribute concert with organists Stephen Crookes and David Orr: They will play music of the German Baroque and English 20th Century. Admission is free, but donations in support of the Hilton College two-organ project will be appreciated.

"This brings me to the strange case of Sisulu and Socrates, who have become unlikely bedfellows in this fight to speak your mind, albeit from diametrically opposed corners."

For Stolen focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons why our teenagers now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and why office workers on average manage only three minutes.