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Anton Harber Recalls JM Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer's Disagreement over Salman Rushdie http://t.co/DBxkalvOm5

Stephen Coan from The Witness attended the launch of uKhahlamba…

John Wright and Sylvia Zulu Discuss the Translation of uKhahlamba into a Dual-language Text

Stephen Coan from The Witness attended the launch of uKhahlamba: Umlando wezintaba zoKhahlamba / Exploring the History of the uKhahlamba Mountains at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum.

Wright …

Moemas and Penguin Books take pleasure in inviting you to…

Enjoy a Three Course Dinner with Susan Newham-Blake, Author of Making Finn

Moemas and Penguin Books take pleasure in inviting you to a three course dinner with Susan Newham-Blake, author of Making Finn.

Tickets cost R250 per …

Alta Cloete se Seisoen van vergifnis is hierdie jaar die…

Alta Cloete vertel Izak de Vries meer oor haar skryfwerk en Seisoen van vergifnis

Alta Cloete se Seisoen van vergifnis is hierdie jaar die eerste boek in LAPA se Lekkerlit-kompetisie waarin die skrywer van die wenboek met die titel …

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Hazel Barnes Reviews Ride the Tortoise by Liesl Jobson

Ride the Tortoise Verdict: carrot LIESL Jobson is an internationally acclaimed South African writer, winner of the Ernst van Heerden Award for her writing of “flash fiction”, which is apparently extremely short 400 word

Margaret von Klemperer Reviews The Imagined Child by Jo-Anne Richards

The Imagined Child Verdict: carrot LIVING in a city and dealing with rush-hour traffic and urban crime can cause a hankering for the simpler life. The urge to move to a small town, to

Vivian Attwood Reviews Munch by Hein Scholtz

Munch Verdict: carrot “Don’t just make good food. Make good food and enjoy doing it. Live a little.” So exhorts young media personality Scholtz, and believe you me, if you like to

Enjoy a Three Course Dinner with Susan Newham-Blake, Author of Making Finn

Making Finn Moemas and Penguin Books take pleasure in inviting you to a three course dinner with Susan Newham-Blake, author of Making Finn. Tickets cost R250 per person and space is limited

John Wright and Sylvia Zulu Discuss the Translation of uKhahlamba into a Dual-language Text

uKhahlamba Stephen Coan from The Witness attended the launch of uKhahlamba: Umlando wezintaba zoKhahlamba / Exploring the History of the uKhahlamba Mountains at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum. Wright explained that uKhahlamba is a

Jane-Anne Hobbs at the Good Food and Wine Show this Weekend

Scrumptious Food for Family and Friends Jane-Anne Hobbs will be at the Good Food and Wine Show this weekend, which is on at the Cape Town Internation Convention Centre until Sunday 26 May. Hobbs, author of Scrumptious

Alta Cloete vertel Izak de Vries meer oor haar skryfwerk en Seisoen van vergifnis

Seisoen van vergifnis Alta Cloete se Seisoen van vergifnis is hierdie jaar die eerste boek in LAPA se Lekkerlit-kompetisie waarin die skrywer van die wenboek met die titel van Lekkerlitskrywer 2013 wegstap. Lesers

PEN Afrikaans: Jong skrywers kan $1000 en ’n reis na Ysland wen met kortverhale

  PEN Afrikaans bied ’n opwindende kortverhaalkompetisie vir skrywers tussen die ouderdomme van 18 en 30 jaar aan. As jy gou speel en voor of op 10 Junie 2013 ’n getikte

Ian Raper resenseer Die gewildste Afrikaanse gedigte saamgestel deur Leserskring

Die gewildste Afrikaanse gedigte Uitspraak: wortel ’n Bloemlesing waarvan die keuse gegrond is op die afsonderlike gedigte is nogal seldsaam, hoe teenstrydig dit ook kan klink. Per slot van sake is so ’n boek nie in

Lauretta Ngcobo and Annemarie Wolpe Meet for the First Time at the Franschhoek Literary Festival

Prodigal Daughters Palesa Morudu chaired the "Prodigal Daughters" session at the Franschhoek Literary Festival last weekend and has written about her highlight from the festival for Business Day. Morudu chaired Lauretta Ngcobo, Barbara

Learn How Africa as We Know it Was Shaped in Rob Marsh's Understanding Africa

Understanding Africa Starting eight million years ago, Understanding Africa provides an accurate and detailed account of the natural, political and social forces that have created the Africa we know of today and

Excerpt from Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe by Erin McCandless

Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe UKZN Press has shared an excerpt from Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe: The Counter-Movement for Land Redistribution and Constitutional Change by Erin McCandless. In the excerpt polarization in Zimbabwe is

Travel and Nature

Video: Kingsley Holgate Discusses His Expedition to Aid Fight Against Rhino Poaching

Africa: In the Footsteps of the Great Explorers Kingsley Holgate is currently on the Izintaba Zobombo Expedition, which started at Crooks Corner in the north of the Kruger National Park and will end at KwaZulu-Natal’s historic Ghost Mountain.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Takes Gold at This Year's Chelsea Flower Show

Kirstenbosch At this year's Chelsea Flower Show in London, Kirstenbosch Gardens' exhibit won its 33rd gold medal. Kirstenbosch also celebrates it centenary year, which makes this great achievement even more special.

Introducing The Field Guide to Shorebirds of South Africa by Roy Cowgill and Stephen Davis

The Field Guide to Shorebirds of South Africa Discover South Africa's shoreline aviary species in The Field Guide to Shorebirds of South Africa from Jacana Media: This unique new guide will help identify the more common waders (shorebirds) in

Green and Lifestyle

Jane-Anne Hobbs at the Good Food and Wine Show this Weekend

Scrumptious Food for Family and Friends Jane-Anne Hobbs will be at the Good Food and Wine Show this weekend, which is on at the Cape Town Internation Convention Centre until Sunday 26 May. Hobbs, author of Scrumptious

Franck Dangereux and Sydda Essop at the Good Food and Wine Show Cape Town

Feast at Home Franck Dangereux and Sydda Essop will be at the Good Food and Wine Show, which is being held at the Cape Town Internation Convention Centre from Thursday 23 to Sunday

From the Archives: Ilse Groenewald Discusses the Afrikamasutra

Afrikamasutra Bryony Whitehead from iafrica.com recently chatted to the author of the Afrikaans interpretation of the Kama Sutra, Afrikamasutra, Ilse Carla Groenewald. Groenewald said that she decided to write Afrikamasutra