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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-07-15

• Read the review of 'Making WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing' in @TheAtlanticENT http://t.co/ywVtlRxL #
• RT @WitsPress
  The Burden of History Examined in The EU and Africa: From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa http://t.co/fGyAzQ6y #
• Fiction Friday: Extract from Chika Unigwe's Night Dancer http://t.co/cABxrueG #
• Video: Dine van Zyl stel Die groot boerekos-boek bekend http://t.co/nVZCsCAs #
• RT @siberink: Introducing the New-look Siber Ink Website and iPad App http://t.co/6uijQNxn #
• Watch Toni Morrison and Peter Sellars in conversation about Desdemona, their re-telling of Othello, via @BelindaOtas http://t.co/52fc1Oi0 #
• Scott Esposito and Paula Green Review Absolution by Patrick Flanery http://t.co/ngDNqLSh #
• Willie Breytenbach resenseer Pik Botha en sy tyd deur Theresa Papenfus http://t.co/JYiBP7Gw #
• RT @hsrcpress: Destruction of Timbuktu's Ancient Tombs a Blow to Preserving Heritage http://t.co/R6dCY2Vj #
• @SalmanRushdie as an actor? Check out the film cameos and roles that some writers took on, via @The_Millions http://t.co/S9mv91uU #
• RT @penguinbookssa: Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst Match Political Liberalisation with Growth in Africa's Third Liberation… #
• RT @penguinbookssa: Video: Learn How to Draw Greg Heffley from Dagboek van 'n wimp http://t.co/qZLXZ5iJ #
• Podcast, Excerpt and Interviews: Tim Noakes Explains the Science Behind Waterlogged http://t.co/eOyOsq8N #
• Huldeblyke stroom in vir Gerrit Komrij en PH Nortje wat verlede week oorlede is http://t.co/fptcJRpV #
• A Look at Jane Raphaely's Career in Publishing and Her Recent Autobiography http://t.co/CKFxePil #
• Moira de Swardt Reviews My 100 Favourite Herbs by Margaret Roberts http://t.co/VQPZHEhy #
• Marius Crous resenseer Stigmata deur Tom Gouws http://t.co/IKaZXkyQ #
• "A Love That Dare Not Speak its Name": Teju Cole on the Destruction Timbuktu's Shrines http://t.co/FTtpi3xs #
• Enter @theblmstore's Friday the 13th Flash Fiction Contest! Follow #Fri13FlashFiction and http://t.co/0uTAvOIs for more details #
• Extended due to popular demand! Catch the @exclusivescoza Winter Sale until 15 July: http://t.co/j83itKtm #
• #FF @SowetanLIVE @Career_Junction @exclusivescoza @mapit @TimesLIVE @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi #AvusaDigital #
• Dip into the @mailandguardian's Fifty Shades of Grey feature – four women, four perspectives http://t.co/oOSr0WmD #
• RT @randomstruik: Launch of The Story of Life & the Environment at Johannesburg Zoo http://t.co/2RlPerqK #
• Interview and Review: Alexandra Fuller Talks About Truthful Writing, Her Parents' Past and Her Readers http://t.co/bimyssWY #
• RT @jonathanballpub: Book Excerpt: An Absolute Deception by Lesley Lokko http://t.co/Qjo93wyk #
• RT @nbpublishers: Nuut: Johannes Bertus de Villiers ondersoek Die einde van die wereld en hoe om dit te oorleef http://t.co/Gb461KpC #
• Wamuwi Mbao Reviews Khalil's Journey by Ashraf Kagee http://t.co/CAVLdhiO #
• @neilhimself signs deal with @HarperCollins for 5 children's books, beginning with "Chu's Day": http://t.co/tipZRt97 #
• If you love naughty Victoriana, dip into @brainpicker's recent discovery of 1890s naughtiness http://t.co/Ln2dGuGT #
• RT @sunbirdpub: Getaway's Top Winter Holidays and Places to See Snow in South Africa http://t.co/XhdIrDhz #
• Matteo Pericoli Illustrates the View from Binyavanga Wainaina's Window http://t.co/gU5U9ooB #
• Podcast: Ngugi wa Thiong'o Speaks to WANTED About In the House of the Interpreter http://t.co/Vxw2EqFh #
• RT @randomstruik: Trevor R Corbett to Sign Copies of Allegiance at Books and Books in Durban http://t.co/KmH8JLZo #
• RT @jonathanballpub: Interview: Lesley Lokko Talks Writing and Weight Loss with http://t.co/BZLOYd7O http://t.co/lRAf9OQ7 #
• RT @proteaboekhuis: Reney Warrington kies wenners van kortverhaalkompetisie en verduidelik haar besluit http://t.co/9gw0xMbk #
• Stephanie Jones Reviews An Absolute Deception by Lesley Lokko http://t.co/eivhOU39 #
• Johan Anker resenseer Die water wat verby is deur JP en Ria Smuts http://t.co/isXy907X #
• View the @mental_floss list of the 11 most amazing libraries in Africa, via @MsAfropolitan http://t.co/gjvFRzkU #
• RT @lapauitgewers: Is jy in? Die LAPA-Hoofkarakter-Soektog vorder flink http://t.co/UB84Jqtc #
• RT @jacanamedia: James Kilgore Returns to Cape Town to Launch Freedom Never Rests http://t.co/mwqQTJYK #
• RT @siberink: Cormac Cullinan to Present Lunch Hour Talk at Intaka Island http://t.co/ai73tZAq #
• Clare Mack Reviews Scrumptious: Food for Family and Friends by Jane-Anne Hobbs http://t.co/gNCJ9tF9 #
• Henning Pieterse resenseer Weerloos lewe deur Cas Vos http://t.co/5HfCfehc #
• RT @penguinbookssa: Nou in Afrikaans: Dagboek van 'n wimp deur Jeff Kinney, vertaal deur Carina Diedericks-Hugo http://t.co/092q0Ntd #
• RT @nbpublishers: Podcast: Clem Sunter Discusses the Future of South Africa with John Robbie http://t.co/qOj95fEZ #
• RT @penguinbookssa: Now in Paperback: The Mall by SL Grey http://t.co/FH7COJlY #
• RT @randomstruik: Bruce Clark Bares All at the Launch of Love, Sex, Fleas, God http://t.co/BeDuFYn8 #
• Choose a different ending: 10 re-written classic novels and films including Great Expectations and Fatal Attraction http://t.co/0KrrlpxQ #
• RT @ukznpress: Patrick Bond to Report on Rio+20 at the Diakonia Centre in Durban http://t.co/wLn88gUD #
• Book Excerpt: Songs & Secrets: South Africa from Liberation to Governance by Barry Gilder http://t.co/0nE4EWic #
• RT @nbpublishers: Wat lees Wilna Adriaanse? (Plus: Lokprent vir 'n Klein lewe) http://t.co/KQF9qxrI #
• RT @jacanamedia: Two Launches for Govan Mbeki by Colin Bundy at Rhodes University and University of Fort Hare http://t.co/d1zlSfZA #
• Andre J Brink Reviews Solace by Andrew Brown http://t.co/LjysfJqP #
• Filming of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun Wraps Up in Nigeria http://t.co/b7HxCX4Z #
• How Brooklyn became the address of choice for writers http://t.co/EE7OAeCe #
• RT @UCTPress Excerpt: Just Transitions by Mark Swilling and Eve Annecke http://t.co/z1jHFW7b #
• RT @ProteaBoekhuis Potgooi: Daniel Hugo lees sy vertalings van Miriam Van hee se gedigte uit In plaas van die stilte… #
• RT @RandomStruik Peter Slingsby and Tony Burton Celebrate the Launch of Paths to Pubs with Sabrage! http://t.co/CYTKvnUr #
• Evenings with Jane Raphaely in Johannesburg and Cape Town http://t.co/hAnSbtnT #
• Kimani Kaigai Reviews Rethinking Eastern African Literary and Intellectual Landscapes http://t.co/rRPz1s2q #
• Piet Croucamp en Charl-Pierre Naude resenseer Die twee lewens van Dieter Ondracek deur Andre Kruger http://t.co/amdnnb7q #
• Last Month's Issue of City Views Presents Cape Town as "Literary City" http://t.co/OcUrrPpI #
• RT @LAPAUitgewers Kristel Loots vertel waarom sy Eendagmooi wou skryf (Plus: Boekbespreking) http://t.co/sYNsXgRN #
• RT @RandomStruik Win a Signed Copy of Love, Sex, Fleas, God by Bruce Clark http://t.co/jf7zGG0K #
• RT @RandomStruik Recipes: Sarah Graham's Mini Molten Chocolate Cakes and Coconut Fish Curry http://t.co/ZWEuOxus #
• RT @PanMacmillanSA The Mobile Revolution Could Advance African Enterprise, Says Bright B Simons http://t.co/zGe6XMYR #
• RT @WitsPress Video: Susan Booysen Weighs in on the ANC Policy Conference http://t.co/3E6MBe6D #
• Discount on @JacanaMedia's The Rhino Keepers has been triggered! Buy now from @Exclusivescoza: http://t.co/xHynvrEy #
• Sherringford Holmes? Diana Drew? Count Wampyr? Let's rejoice in the names these famous literary characters were… http://t.co/Y6KvvtK1 #
• Join Jeffery Deaver, Mark Giminez and Mike Nicol for the Bloody Book Week Masterclass on 4 August, in Sandton, Joburg http://t.co/XYvpMg8z #
• Longlist for the 2012 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa Announced http://t.co/KKcjluYA #
• Yves Vanderhaeghen Reviews The Long Way Home by Dana Snyman http://t.co/NQBQc9eZ #
• Aldu Duminy resenseer Nova: Bloedbroers deur Fanie Viljoen http://t.co/BGUCIGUQ #
• Join Jeffery Deaver, Mark Giminez and Mike Nicol for the Bloody Book Week Masterclass on 4 August, in Sandton, Joburg http://t.co/c2K6Vpk8 #
• Find out how 3:AM Magazine disappeared, and through a series of social media investigations, was 'switched back… http://t.co/SRiTDAUC #
• RT @NBPublishers
  Bekendstelling van Om die gedagte van geel deur Petra Muller by The Book Lounge http://t.co/byM1NJcI #
• RT @RandomStruik
  Win a Copy of The Story of Life & The Environment: An African Perspective http://t.co/f1hIKTmP #
• RT @PenguinBooksSA
  Reuel J Khoza, Author of Attuned Leadership, Examines Entrepreneurship http://t.co/6b8pDnvD #
• Call for Papers: Africa Century International African Writers Conference 2012 http://t.co/tbuUCDzl #
• Book Excerpt: Tanuki Ichiban by Zinaid Meeran http://t.co/LdWVW7ZH #
• Neels Blom Reviews The Devil in the Detail by Paul Holden and Hennie van Vuuren http://t.co/SIZvGZoE #
• Read an insider's take on what happened to the Pulitzer Prize fiction jury this year, in @pageturner http://t.co/yfR1ObVU #
• Launch of Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports by Tim Noakes http://t.co/wWCL27n8 #
• Let's toast to Carolyn Keene aka Mildred Augustine, one of the authors of Nancy Drew, who was born on this day in… http://t.co/BuNi6GgX #
• RT @nbpublishers: Kavish Chetty Reports on the Launch of Willie Esterhuyse's Endgame http://t.co/thww3W2J #
• The 2011/2012 Nielsen Booksellers' Choice Award Shortlist http://t.co/Y2c5HDfz #
• RT @randomstruik: Eric Miyeni Discusses His First Venture into Fiction Writing with The Release http://t.co/qzFYbEFm #
• RT @randomstruik: Launch of Scrumptious: Food for Family and Friends by Jane-Anne Hobbs http://t.co/WabayWbM #
• RT @panmacmillansa: Auma Obama wys sy hoef nie vir broer Barack terug te staan nie in And Then Life Happens http://t.co/svMo8Txy #
• Keineetse Keineetse Reviews Head on Fire by Lesego Rampolokeng http://t.co/YKns1To5 #
• Jeanette Ferreira resenseer Boerekryger: 'n Seun se hoogste offer deur Albert Blake http://t.co/wpYnZYHt #
• Check out @brainpicker's list of children's books by famous authors of grown-up literature http://t.co/rbgoOUrv #
• Rian Malan: True Confessions of a Joburg Rolling Stones Fan http://t.co/lJdhSlmR #
• RT @panmacmillansa: Little Lucky Lolo and the Very Big Boy Introduces Children to the Topic of Bullying http://t.co/Hfd2l2Ux #
• Dee Andrew Reviews Menopause: Everything You Need to Know by Nicole Jaff http://t.co/8vhuAKyJ #
• RT @uctpress: Witchcraft-related Crimes Place Traditional Religions Under the Spotlight http://t.co/fU4alcEj #
• RT @jacanamedia: Sarah Wild Sheds Light on the Elusive God Particle http://t.co/gz0b2zhS #
• RT @randomstruik: Shaida Kazie Ali gesels oor die "driehoekige verhoudings" in Lessons in Husbandry http://t.co/GwfVdK0Z #
• Quick Review: Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn http://t.co/o8IDHFZP #
• Woman Cop and Victims in Saudi: New Recommendations from Andrew Donaldson http://t.co/lJCOfAN9 #
• RT @proteaboekhuis: Reney Warrington gaan oor Oktober gesels by Graffiti Boeke, Lynnwood Bridge http://t.co/bXTGwE0L #
• Book Excerpt: Invisible Furies by Michiel Heyns http://t.co/5H2IaDc9 #
• Read the first lines of Zadie Smith's NW in @The_Millions http://t.co/NlavVeaw #
• Family Frustration: A Review of The Red House by Mark Haddon http://t.co/c9TTg1qs #
• Pillowtalk: Colin Cotterill http://t.co/kmwKT4KX #
• Peruse @BookRiot's list of books about books, including Possession by AS Byatt and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak http://t.co/a5AJ6QJl #
• RT @nbpublishers: Fred de Vries gesels met Afrikaners regoor die land in Rigtingbedonnerd http://t.co/PlNj9BJJ #
• RT @randomstruik: Jane-Anne Hobbs Explains Why She Did Her Own Food Styling for Scrumptious http://t.co/wwX0H7hU #
• RT @penguinbookssa: Book Trailer: Navigating Your Career by Kerry Dawkins and Graeme Codrington http://t.co/BlnmuUgp #
• RT @panmacmillansa: Kate Sidley Combines Fiction and Food in The Agony Chef http://t.co/6bKWAhiA #
• Leigh Cuen Reviews The Loss Library by Ivan Vladislavic http://t.co/TMo9BrTV #
• Call for applications: authors of general non-fiction, educational or academic work can now apply for an ANFASA grant http://t.co/XmSiJPD1 #
• @zunguzungu's essay on flights of fantasy, memory and life in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of… http://t.co/yxXnamsD #
• Donate books for the new community library in Blikkiesdorp to be erected on Mandela Day: http://t.co/eEH7TsYh #
• RT @hsrcpress: Video: Authors of Old Enough to Know Give Children Innovative Tools to Talk About Sex http://t.co/m2U98Fab #
• RT @randomstruik: Steve Hofmeyr se nuutste roman, Kapabel, verskyn in Oktober http://t.co/kH5N7AxB #
• RT @penguinbookssa: Video: Terry Crawford-Browne Speaks to http://t.co/mQ64x1cl About Eye on the Diamonds http://t.co/Q29wfPlG #
• RT @jonathanballpub: Concluding the Political Novel Debate: Michiel Heyns on Lost Ground http://t.co/7wEEIyJB #
• Bringing Books to Blikkiesdorp http://t.co/HoL5O6lx #
• Geoff Gyasi Reviews Foe by JM Coetzee http://t.co/xlRqrU96 #
• Bernard Odendaal resenseer Karos orie dyne deur Hans du Plessis http://t.co/dtU2NmRh #
• Join @MeyerDeon and @MikeNicol on 7 August for a literary evening at Welgemeend in Cape Town: http://t.co/ps8MRglZ #
• Watch Saturday Night Live's take on Fifty Shades of Grey with Amazon Mother's Day ad http://t.co/kDsrobL3 #
• While not quite beach weather in the global south, you can still dip into these brainy reads http://t.co/BAEc2ihZ #
• Book Excerpt: Saturdays Are Gold by Pierre van Rooyen http://t.co/ZST6FThQ #
• RT @uctpress: Rory Pilossof Summarises the Findings of The Unbearable Whiteness of Being http://t.co/bnnIcybl #
• RT @proteaboekhuis: Nuut van Piet van Rooyen: Vaarwel, klein soldaat http://t.co/joGenY98 #
• RT @panmacmillansa: Podcast: Chai FM Talks to Nicole Jaff About Menopause: Everything You Need to Know http://t.co/1DRJ90Du #
• RT @witspress: Launch of Zakes Mda's Our Lady of Benoni at The Baxter Theatre http://t.co/gHWJuhtv #
• Nathan Englander wins Frank O'Connor award for "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank": http://t.co/SYboDkXF #
• Cover of JK Rowling's First Adult Novel Revealed http://t.co/wfhyRZ2W #
• RT @jacanamedia: Jacana Presents the Latest Pocket History Series http://t.co/Y1l3ZeSs #
• RT @randomstruik: Eric Chaline Returns with Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History http://t.co/9YfoIB5L #
• Kelwyn Sole and Mbongiseni Buthelezi Contribute to the Sunday Independent Political Novel Debate http://t.co/lT7Uyplb #
• Take a look at @flavorpill's list of 10 most powerful female characters in literature http://t.co/EP7GVKaF #
• RT @JacanaMedia
  Podcast: Sue Grant-Marshall Interviews McIntosh Polela on Radio Today http://t.co/myRimpIZ #
• RT @DavidKrut: Cross Currents Opens 31 July at David Krut Projects Cape Town http://t.co/zar3Dmlx #
• RT @NBPublishers: Nuwe bundel kortverhale: Bloedfamilie deur MS Burger http://t.co/xT2XVt2E #
• RT @eKhaya_news: Have you frightened your #kindle with BLOODY PARCHMENT yet? http://t.co/f8suB8Yr #
• Being the President's Sister: An Interview with Auma Obama http://t.co/FCdT2zjI #
• Stephanie Saville Reviews The Reunion by Joanne Fedler http://t.co/Mz1t8MrY #
• What I'm Reading: Kerry Dawkins http://t.co/1j28iTvl #
• Last alt Sun Read no.5: What does Sheila Heti's "How Should a Person Be?" have in common with HBO's "Girls"? http://t.co/G4cYcwUc #
• Alt Sun Read/Watch no.4: @RealDMitchell on the Atkins Diet – "Who'd want a bacon sandwich without the sandwich?" http://t.co/65D3xPdK #
• Alt Sun Read no.3: Mills & Boon challenges EL James with "12 Shades of Surrender": http://t.co/YPHcq4fG #
• Alt Sun Read/Watch no.2: Footage from the launch of The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter: http://t.co/aOMqXiZq #
• Alt Sun Read no.1: Michael Chabon considers the "simple unreadability" of Finnegans Wake in @NYbooks: http://t.co/ALMy9GQK #
• Sunday Read: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Battles Senile Dementia, No Longer Able to Write http://t.co/u99hL2ih #

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