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"Soos ’n geliefde troeteldier wat ’n paar dae lank weg was en nou weer eensklaps in jou voordeur staan, daag The sound of music in die Kunstekaap op."

The beloved Afrikaans children’s classic Liewe Heksie vang vis, performed by Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck, flies into The Baxter for a short season this summer from 13 to 21 December 2023 at 10:00 and 12:00.

Here is the final round of feedback from the LitNet | STAND theatre review workshop mentors: Tracy Saunders and Nkgopoleng Moloi react to the second version of Kwanele Nyembe’s theatre review.

Here is the final feedback from the LitNet | STAND theatre review workshop mentors: Tracy Saunders and Nkgopoleng Moloi react to the second version of Klara van Rooyen’s theatre review.

Here is the final round of feedback from the LitNet | STAND theatre review workshop mentors: Tracy Saunders and Nkgopoleng Moloi react to the second version of Jane Mpholo’s theatre review.

Here is the final feedback from the LitNet | STAND theatre review workshop mentors: Tracy Saunders and Nkgopoleng Moloi react to the second version of Ignus Rademeyer’s theatre review.

Here is the final round of feedback from the LitNet | STAND theatre review workshop mentors: Tracy Saunders and Nkgopoleng Moloi react to the second version of Alberto Smit’s theatre review.

Hier is die finale terugvoer vanaf die mentors van die LitNet STAND-teaterresensieslypskool. Wayne Muller en Mercy Kannemeyer reageer op die tweede weergawe van Olga Leonard se resensie.

Hier is die finale terugvoer vanaf die mentors van die LitNet | STAND-teaterresensieslypskool. Wayne Muller en Mercy Kannemeyer reageer op die eerste weergawe van Paul Kammies se resensie.

Hier is die finale terugvoer vanaf die mentors van die LitNet | STAND-teaterresensieslypskool. Wayne Muller en Mercy Kannemeyer reageer op die tweede weergawe van Jeani Heyns se resensie.

Hier is die finale terugvoer vanaf die mentors van die LitNet | STAND-teaterresensieslypskool. Wayne Muller en Jean Meiring reageer op die finale weergawe van Cathy Hugo se resensie.

Hier is die finale terugvoer vanaf die mentors van die LitNet | STAND-teaterresensieslypskool. Wayne Muller en Jean Meiring reageer op die tweede weergawe van Candice Jantjies se resensie.

In LitNet Akademies se SteedsDink-video’s vertel Afrikaanse akademici van die interessante navorsing waarmee hulle besig is. In hierdie video gesels Hein Willemse oor onder andere marginale kulturele praktyke.

Met die ses groot Afrikaanse kunstefeeste – Suidoosterfees, KKNK, Innibos, Vrystaat Kunstefees, Toyota US Woordfees en Momentum Beleggings Aardklop – wat die afgelope jaar weer volstoom aan die gang was ná die pandemie, het dié in die kunste weer gewys dat talent in Suid-Afrika volop is.

Vir Stemme, LitNet se dialoogprojek saam met die Suidoosterfees, NATi en die ATKV, is tien dramaturge genader om kort dialoë te skryf. Twintig akteurs is gevra om daarin te speel en tien regisseurs het elkeen ’n stuk afgerond. In Rachelle Greeff se dialoog Onthuts vertolk Susanne Beyers en Desiré Gardner die rolle. Kanya Viljoen was in die regisseurstoel.

Waarom kry ’n mens nie die dorpie Gebeente op ’n kaart nie? Hoekom het hierdie roman twee mense wat ’n misdaad moet ondersoek – die gewone speurroman het dikwels net een speurder nodig?

The conversation meanders through churchyards, book towns, festivals and academic departments. Darryl David, the man who has started so many book festivals, also talks about his love for his wife, his daughter, his dogs and church buildings.

"Ek kan nie met die ou Scrooge identifiseer nie, maar met die nuwe Scrooge, wat agterkom dat Kersfees oor baie meer as net jouself gaan en dat jy in ’n posisie is om een keer ’n jaar mense se lewens te kan verander met positiwiteit, absoluut!"

"[South Africa’s] biggest challenge is self-esteem for our own talents – having to be told who’s world-class by international speculators, rather than realising this through our own people and media. Then, we’re also struggling to get the funding of local films right, performing miracles on shoestring budgets and being expected simply to rinse and repeat these miracles."

Tony Jackman interviewed Marita van der Vyver on her novel Still breathing and her memoir A long letter to my daughter. What is it like to get older? How does one hold an entire cast of characters in one’s hand? Are her characters based on real people? How does it feel to dream in a language that differs from the one your daughter dreams in?