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Geskep vir meer: ’n onderhoud met Johan Botha
2026-07-06"Vir baie jare werk ek met mense wat worstel met hul identiteit, selfbeeld, emosionele seer en die vraag: Wie is ek werklik?"
PenAfrican: Land by Maggie O’Farrell – a book review
2026-07-06"Land is among the finest historical novels of recent years: intellectually ambitious, emotionally resonant, politically alert and written with extraordinary grace. It confirms Maggie O’Farrell as one of the most accomplished novelists writing in English today."
Boekevat met Deborah: Seuns weet deur Frederick Botha en Grensloos deur Wilna Adriaanse
2026-07-06"Dis ’n lieflike debuut, weerloos, broos en bittersoet." En: "Dis van meet af aan hoogs spannend, en dis veral Adriaanse se vermoë tot karakterisering wat die leser vasgenael hou." Lees Deborah Steinmair se boekrubriek.
Press release: Winners announced for the 61st Cape Town Theatre Awards
2026-07-06The winners of the 61st Cape Town Theatre Awards were announced at an intimate, elegant ceremony at The Baxter on Sunday (5 July), powered by CapeTalk.
’n Manuskrip is nog nie ’n boek nie
2026-07-03"Teen die tyd dat ’n boek op ’n winkelrak beland, het ’n hele span reeds daaraan gewerk: redakteurs, proeflesers, ontwerpers, bemarkers, verkoopsmense en boekhandelaars."
Frederick Botha beantwoord vrae oor Seuns weet
2026-07-03"Om te hoor dat lesers hulself in jou werk herken, daarmee kan identifiseer, en op ’n manier selfs getroos word daardeur, is ’n wonderlike gevoel."
When the stick becomes a slogan: Zulu cultural weapons and the politics of theatre
2026-07-03"The tragedy is that the theatre works. A crowd with placards may be ignored. The image of a crowd with sticks and spears travels. The image circulates. The message hardens. Migrants see it."
Nuut by Human & Rousseau: Kanniedood deur Irna van Zyl
2026-07-03Maar Jane het ’n verskuilde agenda: ’n sindikaat het die vorige week bitter skaars vetplantjies van haar plaas gestroop en sy smeek Storm om die smokkelnetwerk oop te vlek.
Nuut by Human & Rousseau: Rillers: Omnibus 1 deur François Bloemhof
2026-07-03Ontdek waarom François Bloemhof een van die mees geliefde spanningskrywers is met hierdie lekker omnibus wat twee van sy gewildste verhale bevat.
Afrikaanse resensies en boekgesprekke in Junie 2026
2026-07-03Hier is PEN Afrikaans se oorsig van Afrikaanse resensies wat in Junie 2026 verskyn het en digitaal beskikbaar is. Daar is ook skakels na boekbesprekings of -gesprekke en voorlesings wat op die radio of TV uitgesaai is.
Amendment of the amendment of the Copyright Amendment Bill?
2026-07-03"The consequences of the Court’s decision are that uncertainty over the constitutionality of numerous provisions of the Bills will persist after their adoption and entry into force, and creators and owners of copyright works will have to turn to the courts time and again to protect the rights in their works."
Fresh off the press: Wild things never die by Sally Andrew
2026-07-02Tannie Maria is wrestling with a fear of the dark and Henrietta has PTSD. But this doesn’t stop the intrepid agony aunt – and her hen – from going undercover with Maria’s fiancé, detective Henk Kannemeyer, to the Karoo Wilderness Reserve. Their mission: Save the vetplantjies!
Johan Allers die storieverteller
2026-07-02"Hy wil nie mense in kampe verdeel nie, daarom praat hy met almal. Van Julius Malema se bondgenote tot mense in Solidariteit en AfriForum."
Karoo Writers Festival 2026: a photographic overview
2026-07-02"Writers, educators and book lovers from all over the country got together from 18 to 20 June 2026, celebrating the power of storytelling. The setting was Die Tuishuise and Victoria Manor in the renowned 'story street', so lovingly restored by Sandra Antrobus."
Ons laaste probeer het misluk
2026-07-02"dalk moes hierdie huis ineenstort,
die balke kraak
en die mure stof word in ons hande"
