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Middernagstories IV

Alex J Coyne 2014-10-13 "Kom vinnig in, want die deur bly nie lank oop nie. En onthou jou flitslig – dit is baie, baie donker hier …"

Review: Entanglement by Steven Boykey Sidley

Karina Magdalena Szczurek 2014-10-10 Professor Jared Borowitz observes that the trouble with the universe is that “it has tricks and unpleasant surprises and irritating little quirks, and refuses to be ordered.”

Review: Tokoloshe Song by Andrew Salomon

Eva Hunter 2014-10-10 Tokoloshe Song, Salomon’s first published novel, is a fantasy laced with horror and humour.

Skenkers

Renée du Toit 2014-10-03 "Maar jy lewe dan nog! Jy kan mos nie ’n arm lewendig skenk nie!"

Review: The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by Penny Busetto

Jonathan Amid 2014-10-02 "How do we find our place in the world if our vision of ourselves is never fully consonant with the self-narratives we would like to believe?"

Review: A sportful malice by Michiel Heyns

Michael King 2014-10-02 "A Sportful Malice is a very funny book, fully accomplishing its subtitle 'A Comedy of Revenge'. The high points of comedy and satire are in the dialogue, especially the extended conversations in which Michael unwittingly reveals his pretentions and shallowness."

Skryfkompetisie: Beeld Afrikaans uit

2014-10-01 Dra jou deel tot ons taalerfenis by deur Afrikaans met woorde uit te beeld.

Slaweposboom

Marko van der Colff 2014-10-01 Marko van der Colff skryf 'n gedig opgedra aan DJ Opperman.

Interview: Richard Poplak on Until Julius comes

Richard Poplak, Naomi Meyer 2014-10-01 "I would not say I chose Julius Malema. He chose me."

Niemand sal slaap nie

Estelle Condra 2014-09-29 "'Hoe bedoel u?' vra die voorskootvrou weer. 'Ek bedoel ‘n vreemde vrou het ons gevra om die kind vas te hou en toe het sy net verdwyn,' las Rina by."

Review of Divided Lives: Dreams of a Mother and Daughter by Lyndall Gordon

Karina Magdalena Szczurek 2014-09-29 "Literary history has a tendency to focus on the great deeds of renowned men. Women’s lives often end up sinking like dresses in a lagoon, pushed down by the rudders of ignorance and neglect. Lyndall Gordon’s writing inflates them with life-saving breath which allows them to float and sparkle in the sunlight of recognition."

2014 Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry

2014-09-26 Karin Schimke wins the 2014 Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry

Sandton: Book Launch, The Rite Stuff

2014-09-25 Pharos Dictionaries and Nedbank invite you to the launch of The Write Stuff, the style guide with a difference.

Interview: Birdseye by Máire Fisher

Máire Fisher, Jonathan Amid 2014-09-23 "What is particularly exciting is that Birdseye is appealing to a wide range of readers: from my sons and their friends in their twenties, to my father and mother-in-law in their eighties, to middle-aged men and women. I’m so happy about that – I love knowing that Birdseye is crossing all sorts of age boundaries."

The we field

Jaco Fouché 2014-09-17 The microbus goes again, and she is alone when she trudges along the mud-smeared path to the front door of the long building, a forty-year-old woman in a long brown skirt, long red pullover, and a woollen cap with flaps hanging over her ears.

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