@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2011-07-10
- Fiction Friday: Excerpt from Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson (Plus: Video) http://bookslive.co.za/FuEz #
- RT @Tammy24_7 @slgreyhorror Our book of the day? The Mall http://t.co/qBiL0mu <- great review :-) #
- Die nuutste oor die verfilming van @MeyerDeon se boek 13 uur: http://fb.me/Rn1xLp0W #
- Barbara Cole Reviews Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver http://bookslive.co.za/k6wJ #
- Adele Dempers resenseer sewe kinderboeke ('n Wortel vir elkeen!) http://bookslive.co.za/fpQ2 #
- Caroline Smart Reviews Evita's Kossie Sikelela by Evita Bezuidenhout http://bookslive.co.za/gizM #
- In @VanityFair What it would be like if Sophocles, Herman Melville and Samuel Beckett wrote for Groupon: http://fb.me/wKAfj9sz #
- Beguiling: The Self and the Subject Opens Saturday at Cape Town's Irma Stern Museum http://bookslive.co.za/gq8A #
- RT @PanMacmillanSA Podcast: Jenny Crwys-Williams Talks to Moeletsi Mbeki About Advocates for Change http://t.co/IseHiiW #
- RT @RandomStruik Interview with David Bristow (Plus: Win a Copy of Been There Done That!) http://t.co/TgS80zM #
- In @GuardianBooks Meet the spider who inspired Charlotte's Web: http://fb.me/18ZE2TYCB #
- "Prince of the Absurd", Alain Mabanckou, Conquers the World of French Literature http://bookslive.co.za/VNKO #
- In @LAReviewofBooks Tom Lutz ponders the "odious and unpleasant" nature of book reviewing: http://fb.me/W2mgIyn8 #
- @ZapponCT deal of the day is particularly hot; Get 11 romance eBooks from eBook Diva for R10: http://fb.me/PpRF1aw1 #
- Dinaw Mengestu Explores His "Personal Greek Myth" on the Island of Patmos http://bookslive.co.za/yQ3F #
- Entries Open for Bloody Parchment's Short Story Competition (Plus: Download Bloody Parchment Volume 1) http://bookslive.co.za/qFzB #
- RT @WitsPress Wits Sarah Nuttall to Chair Second "Locations and Locutions" Session: Atlantic Locations http://t.co/hwHKS2D #
- RT @kalkbaybooks No plans for tonight? How about Diane Awerbuck's book launch at Kalk Bay Books http://t.co/dOMdy5D #
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is Suspicious of Omniscient Narratives http://bookslive.co.za/N77H #
- Via @LaurenBeukes Roger Ebert detests re-telling of Great Gatsby for "intermediate readers": http://fb.me/QA7mP9Qn #
- RT @brodiegal @Stevenson_JHB: Don't miss a walkabout with Zanele Muholi today at 11.00am #
- Adam Chang's "Violent" Portrait of JM Coetzee Wins 2011 Archibald People's Choice Award http://bookslive.co.za/Jvuq #
- The Word Fiend Reviews The Mall by SL Grey http://bookslive.co.za/YGGg #
- RT @Jason_Boswell #FF one of @BooksLIVESA brand new editors @carolynmeads definitely worth a follow! #
- Immerse the baby's head / Wrap her up in the #NOTW / Dump her on a doorstep, girl / This night has opened my eyes… – The Smiths #
- @zarsa @brodiegal Ducks was what killed the dinosaurs, darling. #replaceawordinafamousquotewithduck #dmgwac #
- RT @brodiegal: Duck Me Gently With A Chainsaw #replaceawordinafamousquotewithduck cc: @BooksLIVESA @zarsa <= Brilliant! #dmgwac #
- Via @Sapartridge Cape Town-based Jesca Marisa launches graphic novel this Saturday: http://fb.me/19VhnspAs #
- Emmanuel Sigauka Interviews Caine Prize Shortlistee, Beatrice Lamwaka http://bookslive.co.za/827x #
- RT @PanMacmillanSA Marianne Thamm Speaks to Jonathan Jansen at the Kalk Bay Books Launch of We Need to Talk http://t.co/sCOKpk0 #
- In @GuardianBooks Frank Dikötter's "Stunningly Original" study of Mao wins Samuel Johnson prize: http://fb.me/12FX7JzXf #
- RT @JonathanBallPub Anton Harber Anticipates the Release of Branco Brkic's iPad Newspaper, iMaverick http://t.co/nvPLSVp #
- Margaret von Klemperer Reviews The Colour of Power by Marie Heese http://bookslive.co.za/61Ko #
- Michiel Heyns resenseer Wals met Matilda deur Dan Sleigh http://bookslive.co.za/a38f #
- Book signing and Q&A with The Vagina Monologues' @EveEnsler at Market Theatre 10 July: http://fb.me/12jTaSJXB #
- RT @DavidKrut Zanele Muholi's Inkanyiso Opens Tonight at the Stevenson in Johannesburg http://t.co/yZsNBXs #
- Onderhoude met outeurs + leserresensies op blogs = dood van spesialisresensies in gedrukte media? http://fb.me/127HHO0fw #
- Is there any literary merit to songwriting? Jarvis Cocker to publish book of lyrics with @FaberBooks: http://fb.me/19wroe6IH #
- RT @GrantaMag On Sunday, the best in short fiction from African authors: @CainePrize shortlist readings at the Southbank: bit.ly/ihiA8n #
- Extract from Harry Garuba's "Locations and Locutions" Lecture: Viewing Africa from the Cape http://bookslive.co.za/XQMY #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA Paige Nick Highlights the Gross Side of Groupon http://t.co/ecx9bYy #
- In @GuardianBooks Rick Gekoski says writing brings out the worst in him: http://fb.me/12AJJqVPU #
- David Pike Reviews The Classics and South African Identities by Michael Lambert http://bookslive.co.za/dmPJ #
- RT @RandomStruik Max du Preez: There's Something Rotten About South African Revolutionary Sentiment http://t.co/C5w3FrV #
- Francois Verster resenseer Kampvuurstories deur Pieter Grobbelaar http://bookslive.co.za/g6bq #
- In @GuernicaMag Eric Benson searches for Borges in Texas: http://fb.me/JmecNuE6 #
- Now on Books LIVE! A page out of @RicharddeNooy's travel diary, “You go … à Toulouse” http://t.co/iq2PwkW #
- RT @RandomStruik Calling All Twitchers! Spot the Difference and Win a Birding Library Worth R500 http://t.co/3Qdt5TD #
- Poolside Interview with Sefi Atta: Why The Cost of Living is Not Another Niger Delta Story http://bookslive.co.za/ATie #
- @TOMolefe points us to this tongue-in-cheek post by @karenjeynes on football as religion: http://fb.me/VaNcu8uh #
- RT @laurenbeukes @angryrobotbooks: Our biggest competition ever – win ALL our books – http://t.co/OhfKeOw #
- PanMacmillanSA Jonathan Jansen Calls for Campaign to Get Children Reading and Improve Literacy http://t.co/Q9KiJfK #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA Q&A with "Elephant Whisperer", Gareth Patterson http://t.co/E2RhMzG #
- Now on Books LIVE! @HenriettaRI reveals the cover of her new novel, Nineveh, coming August 2011 from @RandomStruik http://t.co/lZ9V5fu #
- In @nybooks: Read a new translation of Kafka's *very* short story A Message From the Emperor: http://fb.me/12l4sbjgO #
- Book Excerpt: Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa'Thiong'o http://bookslive.co.za/xNf7 #
- Hilary Claire O'Hagan Reviews History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason http://bookslive.co.za/EEYz #
- In @NewYorkObserver: Book readings are "awkward, turgid, sexless" events? http://fb.me/WJUbnAks #
- RT @JonathanBallPub Video: Peter Godwin Highlights the Significance of Violence in Mugabe's Zimbabwe http://t.co/XHn2KGG #
- RT @Sapartridge New blog: It's alive! http://t.co/YBWwC6k #
- RT @NBPublishers Maureen Isaacson Interviews Sifiso Mzobe: Young Blood Breaks New Ground for SA Lit http://t.co/eX9MjgF #
- Jesse Miller Reviews The Book of Happenstance by Ingrid Winterbach http://bookslive.co.za/8lCj #
- 'n Stokkie en 'n wortel vir Rugbymal (Plus 'n wortel vir Rugby in Our Blood) http://bookslive.co.za/lfTP #
- Book Lounge offers regulars special deal on The History Boys, showing at Theatre on the Bay: http://fb.me/NCEl9Iig #
- Shereen Essof and Andile Mngxitama Discuss Searching for South Africa at Centre for the Book http://bookslive.co.za/zH25 #
- RT @RandomStruik Steve Hofmeyr teken kopieë van Die verste uur by Exclusive Books, Centurion http://t.co/l0D3A5q #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA The Malema Debate: RW Johnson vs Fiona Forde http://t.co/3rL20vr #
- Skryf in vir Exclusive Books se skryfwedstryd, wat deel vorm van hul Afrikaanse Lekkerleesfees: http://fb.me/JNtI1Qfz #
- RT @Sapartridge Okay, it looks like Dark Poppy's Demise is officially on sale. Exclusives in Kloof Street just got a box full. #phew #
- RT @JJ_UFS I just read the best book of the year Hugh Lewin's Stones against the mirror. There goes the good versus evil narrative #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA Podcast: Zakes Mda Reveals His Ways of Writing http://t.co/0naKG5F #
- In @TelegraphNews The mysterious relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne: http://fb.me/15lABzW2g #
- Amanda de Lange resenseer Sin, Sushi and Survival deur Erla-Mari Diedericks http://bookslive.co.za/iE03 #
- Met wie stem jy saam? RT @RandomStruik Max du Preez verskil van Samantha Vice se stellings oor "witlikheid" http://bookslive.co.za/pa5p #
- Yesterday was the 40th Anniversary of Project Gutenberg! RT @e_relevant See this mini guide > http://t.co/YDvOy5C #
- Ed Lemke Reviews What's that Reptile? by Johan Marais http://bookslive.co.za/wEJy #
- RT @PanMacmillanSA Mike Nicol Speaks to Joanne Jowell at the Book Lounge Launch of Finding Sarah http://t.co/YbAdimx #
- Launch of Gabrielle Lubowski's On Solid Ground at The Book Lounge http://bookslive.co.za/cb95 #
- @TelegraphNews reviews The Wasteland iPad app, an audio-visually enhanced version of TS Eliot original: http://fb.me/MtUsj6gm #
- #cabinfever Helen Moffett describes School Photos as "Haunting", we agree – what do you think? http://t.co/b5SCiqf #
- Diane Awerbuck's story "School Photos" (from new book Cabin Fever) takes us inside an all-girls' school. Read here http://t.co/b5SCiqf #
- Update: Jenny Crwys-Williams' Bloody Book Week (25-31 July) http://bookslive.co.za/mash #
- RT @e_relevant Innovation in the Japanese eBook Market by Robin Birtle http://t.co/DCkMm57 #
- Amazwi Ethu SA Literature Talent Search: Spend and evening with the winners 19th July: http://fb.me/M89Yl4PH #
- RT @ChrisRoperZA Excellent piece on intimidation of a free press in SA. By @mandyldewaal http://t.co/iXeaH2w #
- And we're back! #
- Whoops, site load is a bit high. Fixing now! #
- In @GuardianBooks New krimi has 26 authors incl Alexander McCall Smith & Jeffrey Deaver! http://fb.me/NI3NuYri #
- @TallStoriesBook Nope, just a quick visit! #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA Book Excerpt: Beyond the Wild Wood by Bookey and Richard Peek http://t.co/wSHYEP7 #
- RT @carolynmeads @karinbrynard Today at Java Bookshop in Amsterdam: I talk about my book! bit.ly/iErUIJ #
- Faith Parker Reviews African Cookboy by David Dinwoodie Irving http://bookslive.co.za/XLEu #
- @Jason_Boswell Quite right! Just didn't have one on me :) #
- @TOMolefe Ja, that's best :) #
- FROST SCRAPING TIP for Johannesburgers faced with white windscreens: use a credit card. Doesn't damage the card, clears the glass cleanly. #
- For the first time ever in SA, this morning I had to break out my honed-but-dormant frost scraping skills in order to drive. #johannesburg #
- Books LIVE Welcomes Two New Editors http://bookslive.co.za/zklf #
- Amazon buys the Book Depository. Gulp! Britain's Office of Fair Trading is sniffing around: http://fb.me/xvd2SHBp #
- In @Guardian Sarkozy gets his own Where's Wally-style comic book, Where's Sarko: http://fb.me/VdeUvY7E #
- RT @RandomStruik Book Excerpt: Read "School Photos" from Diane Awerbuck's Cabin Fever http://t.co/b5SCiqf #
- RT @NBPublishers Saturday Voices: Shaun de Waal Presents Not the Movie of the Week at Boekehuis http://t.co/oLNpJdK #
- In @nytimes Tea Obreht, Jeffery Deaver and others share their summer reads: http://fb.me/OcrRg8Yi #
- Allan Mwesiga Reviews The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe http://bookslive.co.za/v8mP #
- Marlies Taljaard resenseer Splintervlerk deur Marlise Joubert http://bookslive.co.za/rZpP #
- Herken jy hierdie slotparagrawe uit Afrikaanse boeke? Hou die antwoorde onderaan toe: http://fb.me/RB8BQE6d #
- RT @CCArtsfest Great Line-up at the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (21-31 July 2011) http://t.co/dJ5CPOh #
- In @nytimes David S Reynold's new book looks at the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin: http://fb.me/J3shdRbm #
- RT @HuffPostTech The 9 most controversial apps censored by Apple http://t.co/0l7lWbi #
- RT @PanMacmillanSA Jonathan Jansen on Librarians Who Commit Bibliocide http://t.co/FDCqWV7 #
- In @Slate AS Byatt thinks back to the days of men's-only clubs in the UK: http://fb.me/19yKgZ7Jw #
- Get Your Sci-Fi and Horror Fix with the July Issue of Something Wicked http://bookslive.co.za/26XD #
- Andries Visagie resenseer Visums by verstek deur Joan Hambidge http://bookslive.co.za/UpXq #
- Western Cape schools to take part in pioneering e-Learning project: http://fb.me/EZ4AggNu #
- RT @RandomStruik Open Position at Zebra Press: Editor http://t.co/N7NlgOw #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA Stephanie Saville Interviews @paigen (Plus: A Carrot for This Way Up) http://t.co/vAsDptK #
- RT @PanMacmillanSA Dinner and Drinks with Moeletsi Mbeki, Editor of Advocates for Change at The Troyeville Hotel http://t.co/RAeJQB1 #
- In the @TimesLIVE: Lin Sampson's "Don't date me if…" list: http://fb.me/LHOHxn5x #
- NoMU Reviews Cakebread, Pudding & Pie by Callie Maritz and Mari-Louis Guy http://bookslive.co.za/7XhG #
- RT @PenguinBooksSA Something to Wag Your Tail About: Penguin Releases Jock of the Bushveld Film Tie-ins http://t.co/AmrhgvX #
- Book your place on Allaboutwriting's McGregor Creative Writing Weekend 22-24 July: http://fb.me/11zGRNBYk #
- Aderinsola Ajao Reviews Voice of America by EC Osondu http://bookslive.co.za/UFqH #
- The Nielsen Booksellers’ Choice Award 2010/2011 Shortlist http://bookslive.co.za/DE1b #
- Podcasts: BBC Profiles Caine Prize Shortlistees (Plus: Diarise 10 July for Southbank Centre Readings) http://bookslive.co.za/2cEI #
- KJ Mulder Reviews Bad Blood by Amanda Coetzee http://bookslive.co.za/9dfU #
- Fred de Vries resenseer Grond/Santekraam deur Ronelda Kamfer http://bookslive.co.za/JK76 #
- RT @WitsPress Podcast: Achille Mbembe's Lecture on Law, Democracy and the Ethics of Mutuality http://t.co/zvQg8Hd #
- In @latimes: Death of the Oxford comma is just a rumour. But what about the Shatner comma? http://fb.me/YGe1lqal #
- RT @SiberInk Judge Dennis Davis Speaks to Cormac Cullinan at the Book Lounge Launch of Wild Law: 2nd Ed http://t.co/Y5P2UnX #
- Bibi Slippers gesels met Nini Bennett oor haar debuutbundel Kodeks: http://fb.me/Eu66nYKp #
- In @nytimes Chester Brown's comic-strip memoir about being "a John" – a man who pays for prostitutes: http://fb.me/sYjmNIgZ #
- RT @ProteaBoekhuis Achmat Davids' The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims Launched at Timbuktu Books http://t.co/m8RfM6p #
- Annari van der Merwe resenseer Sometimes there is a Void deur Zakes Mda http://bookslive.co.za/XmuZ #
- Introducing Shaggy: 14 Rather Amusing Rambles by Anton Krueger and Pravasan Pillay http://bookslive.co.za/dANs #
- RT @Grondwerk Die Minnesang van J. Alfred Preufrok: wp.me/p3ZN6-2i #
- Schreiner-skrywersfees in Cradock word uitgebrei (8-11 Julie 2011) http://bookslive.co.za/REIp #
- Bruce Dennill Reviews Bilingual Pocket Dictionary by Pharos http://bookslive.co.za/RgEv #
- @nytimes: Who needs Scrabble when you can play novelist with the Paperback Game? http://fb.me/186ExNSWE #
- Helen Oyeyemi Searches for a City to Call Home http://bookslive.co.za/Clg6 #
- Via @TallStoriesBook, in the @the_irish_times: Are Tiny Books the next big thing? http://fb.me/CxUkjQiB #
- Tymon Smith Celebrates Tom Stoppard at 74 http://bookslive.co.za/c3Pq #
- What I'm Reading: Patricia Schonstein http://bookslive.co.za/O3RF #
- RT @JonathanBallPub Reviewing Blindly: Jeremy Gordin on the "Genius" of Eric Miyeni http://t.co/j2w7i9x #
- @itchmagazine calls for submissions for new theme, Infinite: http://fb.me/14NqqIEGk #
- Kalk Bay Books "Deep Reading" with Lynda Gilfillan: Zoo City and Double Negative http://bookslive.co.za/etnJ #
- Nikki Temkin Interviews Richard Mason, Author of History of a Pleasure Seeker http://bookslive.co.za/u1X6 #
- Hedley Twidle and Robbie Scholtz Review Stones Against the Mirror by Hugh Lewin http://bookslive.co.za/0ndz #
- @VanessaYPerez I gather you're a Hlonipha Mokoena fan? Tks for the tweets :) #
- Last, alt Sun read no. 5, an excerpt from @ManBookerPrize winner Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child: http://fb.me/156QVNMc7 #
- Alt Sun read no. 4: whither the art of literary reading? http://fb.me/EyiNCcod #
- Alt Sun read no. 3: nice travel piece on "nature-watching in South Sudan": http://fb.me/Z2McAD6L #
- Alt Sun read no. 2: one minute with Colm Tóibín: http://fb.me/w4lJUe9q #
- Alt Sun read no. 1: To go where no punctuation mark has gone before! 'Bye Oxford comma, 'lo Shatner comma: http://fb.me/11D2YDrW2 #
- Sunday Read(s): Modern Life, Marriage and Infidelity (Go Together Like Paparazzi and Celebrity?) http://bookslive.co.za/bou2 #
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