Lirieke
Hier’s splinternuwe lirieke - soos lirieke vir Sing ’it, LitNet se liriekkompetisie, geborg deur Sanlam.
Cool new lyrics – like lyrics for Sing ’it, LitNet’s lyrics competition, sponsored by Sanlam.
Biko: The biography deur Xolela Mangcu
2012-09-12 ’n Omvattende kyk na die lewe van Steve Biko, sekerlik een van die mees invloedryke politieke figure uit Suid-Afrika se moderne geskiedenis.
Sing 'it 2011 se MK musiekvideo: Dans Dans Lisa en Pierre Smith
2012-09-10 Die wag is verby! Hier is die musiekvideo vir verlede jaar se Sing 'it-wenliedjie, "Die ouer ek", geskryf deur Pierre Smith en opgeneem deur Dans Dans Lisa.
Reader's review: Impressions of Adventures of a Waterboy
2012-09-05 "Scott is an accomplished musician and lyricist, as well as an entertaining writer. His writing is engaging and vivid (give or take a cliché or two) and he has a knack for characterisation that would probably make him the envy of seasoned novelists."
Author of The Book of War, James Whyle, in conversation with Janet van Eeden
2012-08-30 "Whyle’s marriage of history with fine craftsmanship has shot him straight to the forefront of our writing community. His style is inimitable, his ways with language poetic, and he can hold his own against the few literary giants who have emerged from this continent."
African Library: The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods
2012-08-30 "Safari’s text is harrowing to read for most of its length, but is a rich work in the breadth of its reach, though so unassumingly presented."
In Imbewu we Trust: an interview
2012-08-29 On Thursday the 31st of August 2012, the launch of the Imbewu Trust takes place in Cape Town. Sam de Romijn, co-founder, gives Naomi Meyer some background on the Trust.
William Gumede's Restless Nation launch at Taj Cape Town
2012-08-21 Join renowned political commentator William Gumede at the launch of his latest book, Restless Nation: Making sense of troubled times.
Darryl David on the third Midlands Literary Festival
2012-08-20 Founder and director of the Midlands Literary Festival, Darryl David, talks to Naomi Meyer about this exciting event, now in its third year.
Clinton V du Plessis launches Flitse at Karoo Writers Festival
2012-08-16 The poetry launch of Flitse by Clinton V du Plessis took place at the third Karoo Writers Festival in Cradock, in the gardens of Albert House.
From "whydunnit" to "whodunnit" – Michiel Heyns on his novel Lost Ground
2012-08-07 Michiel Heyns, well-known translator and English professor, recently won two prizes for his novel Lost Ground. The book is packaged as a crime novel, but readers of more serious novels will be pleasantly surprised by the story, if not completely blown away. Naomi Meyer asked Heyns about this memorable book.
Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival: "Every year the festival attendees double"
2012-08-07 "It seems fitting that the festival is held on and around Women’s Day, as we’d like to celebrate the tenacity of women, and people in general, who have succeeded, despite their upbringing."
Get (paper)slammed at Oppikoppi
2012-08-01 Oppikoppi isn't just about dusty pleasure seeking pagans dancing in thorn infested veld. Gerdus Senekal chats to Elisma Uys, director of PostBox, about this year's Paperslam art exhibition to be held at the festival.
Photos: Breyten Breytenbach Festival 2012
2012-07-31 The Breyten Breytenbach Festival took place from 13 to 15 July 2012 in Montagu. Darryl Davids, organiser of the festival, showed LitNet his photos.
William Gumede se Restless Nation: Making Sense of Troubled Times
2012-07-26 ’n Ontleding van hedendaagse Suid-Afrikaanse politieke kwessies deur William Gumede.
Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival
2012-07-20 "Now in its third successful year, the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival will run from 9 to11 August 2012 in Cradock. There will be a special emphasis on women to coincide with National Women’s Day on Thursday, 9 August. Headline authors launching books will include the likes of Etienne van Heerden, Stephen Gray, Clinton V du Plessis and Aubrey Jones."
Zoë Wicomb and the Translocal: Scotland and South Africa
2012-07-20 The conference will ask how the different sites of Wicomb’s life and work illustrate and challenge notions of the ‘translocal’ in her fiction and criticism, and in new and emerging scholarship about her writing.
Jonathan Jansen discusses his new book, Letters to My Children
2012-07-17 Professor Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State, has written a new book, Letters to my children, which was recently published. The book contains thoughts posted by Jansen on Twitter as "letters" to his children and/or students. Henry Cloete asked him a few questions about his book.
Nicky Grieshaber discusses his book, the empowerment of clear communication and macaroni and cheese
2012-07-11 "Served on a potato rosti with avocado and crème fraiche, my mom loved the salmon." Nicky Grieshaber talks about common spelling mistakes and communication – and about his book Diacs and Quirks in a Nutshell – Afrikaans Spelling Explained.
A Spook's Progress: From Making War to Making Peace
2012-07-05 At times serious, at times ironic and satirical, A Spook’s Progress is a fascinating and frank account of an intelligence agent’s life and work, and his shift from making war to making peace.