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RT @PanMacmillanSA Entanglement by Steven Boykey Sidley Shortlisted for the 2013 Sunday Times Fiction Prize http://t.co/cthtsscfjx

What Emma van der Vliet would like readers to take…

Emma van der Vliet: "Don't Confuse Doing it All with Having it All"

What Emma van der Vliet would like readers to take away from her new novel Thirty Second World, is that you shouldn't confuse doing it …

The idea for Niq Mhlongo's new novel, Way Back Home…

Niq Mhlongo Relates How a Ghost Story Inspired His Latest Novel, Way Back Home

The idea for Niq Mhlongo's new novel, Way Back Home, comes from a ghost story he heard as a young boy growing up in Soweto. …


 
PEN Afrikaans bied ’n opwindende kortverhaalkompetisie vir skrywers tussen die…

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 …

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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

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

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

The Development of Competition Law and Economics in South Africa Launched at Origins Centre

Simon Roberts and Kasturi Moodaliyar   The launch on Tuesday evening of The Development of Competition Law and Economics, edited by Kasturi Moodaliyar and Simon Roberts, was held in the Tapestry Room at the Origins

Imraan Coovadia to Deliver WiSER Seminar on "Coetzee: In and Out of Cape Town"

The Institute for Taxi Poetry Imraan Coovadia, author of The Institute for Taxi Poetry, will be delivering a Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research (WiSER) seminar titled "Coetzee: In and Out of Cape Town"

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

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

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

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

Jenny Morris at the Good Food and Wine Show Cape Town Tonight

Cooking with Jenny Morris Jenny Morris, Giggling Gourmet and author of Cooking with Jenny Morris, will be appearing in the Checkers Celebrity Chef Theatre at the Good Food and Wine Show in Cape Town