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Boris Pasternak
2020-02-12"We all had feathers. Then we all had wings. Then we were shipped back home to our physical address."
Internationally acclaimed Moffie is a film about "hurt and shame"
2020-02-12"The film is also an exploration of the SADF and its effect on a generation of white men who were fed an ideology of hate and fear."
Review: The music box by Toby Bennett
2020-02-12"The music box treats its first half like a slow ascent up a steep rollercoaster, taking the time to show you the inner cogs of John’s thoughts, giving a carefully intimate look into the mind of a child in an abusive household."
Into the mind of the defeated: Motivations behind the language struggle at Stellenbosch University
2020-02-11"If you are white and Afrikaans, feelings of shame and defeat will never help build a new, dynamic and nonracial future for the Afrikaans language."
Video: Launch of White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin DiAngelo
2020-02-06Robin was interviewed by Ruben Richards.
Video: Launch of Yellow and confused by Ming-Cheau Lin
2020-02-05Ming-Cheau was interviewed by author and journalist Sara-Jayne King.
Giacomo Leopardi
2020-02-05“I am Emily Dickinson’s winter revisited in Amherst-land. I am so much more aware of age and getting older than I have ever been.”
Film review: A million little pieces
2020-02-04"A million little pieces is an engaging film that will transport you from your comfortable theatre seat, providing some limited insight into difficult lives that people endure."
Review: Bitter pill by Peter Church
2020-01-31"Bitter pill is a book built for speed. The chapters are short and the events fast paced."
Press release: Slave Route Challenge powered by Brimstone
2020-01-29One month to go to the 10th Anniversary of the Slave Route Challenge Powered by Brimstone taking place on Sunday 23 February 2020 on the Grand Parade in Cape Town.
Clarissa
2020-01-28“When I’m with Lewis, I think of you; when he yells at me, I think of you; when he hits me, I think of you, Malcolm ...”
Review: The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter Fourie
2020-01-28"Stellenbosch Mafia is a pleasant piece of research supplying a good dose of quick facts and insight into the world of South Africa’s richest Afrikaners."
Press release: The Mother City Comedy Festival is back – bigger and better than ever
2020-01-22Comedy-lovers are spoilt for choice during this fabulous festival of funniness.
Press release: The International Clarinet Extravaganza
2020-01-21The second International Clarinet Extravaganza will take place from 28 January until 1 February 2020 at the UFS Odeion School of Music (OSM) in Bloemfontein.
Of sin and dreams
2020-01-20“He would never enter the hellhole of a bookmaker’s betting room. So, he would never see how amicably people like old Jonathan were received in the betting room ...”
Review: They called me queer, edited by Kim Windvogel and Kelly-Eve Koopman
2020-01-17"In a still largely segregated and unequal South Africa, this book is a breath of fresh air to display difference and othering."
Press release: Opening ceremony and concert – 14th Unisa International Piano Competition
2020-01-15The 14th Unisa International Piano competition will commence on 20 January 2020 with an opening ceremony and concert.
The choice between us: an interview with Edyth Bulbring
2020-01-14"And like most white children, I also had several 'nannies' who looked after me and seemed to care about me. I can never get over how strange and complex these relationships were in the context of apartheid."
Interview: How authors can use social media
2020-01-10"Social media – used properly – can be an important tool within any author’s marketing arsenal." Cliffordene Norton interviews Dave Henderson, founder of MyeBook.co.za.
