Archive for the ‘Competitions’ Category
by Chiara on Mar 6th, 2012
This month, Africa Book Club is giving away a copy of The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini, which won the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers. To stand a chance to win, you have to become a member of Africa Book Club and answer the following two questions:
1: Which author wrote the book – Petals of Blood?
2: In what country was Irene Sabatini (author of The Boy Next Door) born?
Mail your answers to memberservices@africabookclub.com with the subject “March 2012 Book Giveaway”. Answers to the questions can be found by browsing the Africa Book Club site.
The competition closes on Saturday, 31 March 2012. Good luck!
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by Sophy on Feb 6th, 2012
Africa Book Club is giving away a copy of Teju Cole’s highly acclaimed novel, Open City, which appeared on over twenty Best of 2011 lists – including our very own Half-dozen.
To enter and stand a chance to win, you’ll first need to join the Africa Book Club mailing list. Then, prepare answers to the following questions:
1. Name the author and title of the book that won the 1991 Booker Prize for Fiction.
2. In what year was Chinua Achebe born?
Email your answers to memberservices@africabookclub.com with the subject February 2012 Book Giveaway. Competition closes Wednesday, 29 February 2012. Good luck!
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by Carolyn on Dec 23rd, 2011
Aspirantdigters word genooi om 7 ongepubliseerde Afrikaanse gedigte voor 31 Maart 2012 in te skryf en die kans te staan om in die bloemlesing Nuwe stemme 5 opgeneem te word.
Nuwe Stemme bied sedert 1997 vir voornemende digters ‘n platform om hul werk te laat publiseer. Verskeie gerekende digters het in dié bundels gedebuteer, insluitende Danie Marais, Ronelda Kamfer, Fourie Botha en Bernard Odendaal.
Vanjaar gaan Loftus Marais (wat in Nuwe Stemme 3 gedebuteer het) en Heilna du Plooy die gedigte beoordeel. Daar is ook die geleentheid om jou vaardighede te slyp voor die finale voorlegging van jou gedigte: Sluit aan by Nuwe Stemme 5 se Facebook-groep, waar jy nou reeds 3 van jou gedigte kan plaas en terugvoering van ander lede kan kry.
Meer besonderhede is op Versindaba beskikbaar:
Heilna du Plooy en Loftus Marais stel Nuwe Stemme 5 saam. Dit sal die nuutste versameling in hierdie opwindende poësiereeks wees. Alle aspirantdigters word genooi om werk voor te lê vir keuring.
Heilna du Plooy is professor in Afrikaanse en Nederlandse letterkunde aan die Noordwes-Universiteit. Sy is ‘n gerespekteerde literator en het ook twee digbundels gepubliseer, Die donker is nooit leeg nie (1997) en In die landskap ingelyf (2003).
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by Sophy on Dec 20th, 2011
Wildside Magazine is giving away a copy of Alex Perry’s Lifeblood: How to Change the World, One Dead Mosquito at a Time or Turtle Walk by Joanne Macgregor to five lucky readers. To enter, simply fill out the form on Wildside Magazine’s website, specifying which of these fabulous reads you’d like to win.
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by Carolyn on Sep 19th, 2011
Die eerste, internasionale Open Book-skrywersfees is hier! Boeke24 het met ‘n paar van die internasionale skrywers gesels wat aan die fees van 21 tot 25 September in Kaapstad gaan deelneem. Lees die onderhoude met die Pulitzer-pryswenner Paul Harding van Amerika, die bekroonde Shehan Karunatilaka van Sri Lanka/Singapoer, en die Britse The Guardian-rubriekskrywer John Crace, hieronder. Ons plaaslike skrywers word natuurlik ook by die fees gevier. Besonderhede oor hoe om kaartjies na drie van die fees se Afrikaanse aanbiedinge te wen, volg ná die onderhoude:
Onderhoud met Paul Harding:
Waar is jy nou en wat kan jy sien?
Ek sit by my kombuistafel met ’n koppie koffie en kyk na my jongste seun wat die punt van ’n groot stok in ons oprit skerpmaak.
Wat lees jy op die oomblik?
Ek lees Tsjechof se briewe, ’n boek genaamd The New Jim Crow deur Michelle Alexander oor ras en gevangenskap in Amerika, asook ’n Sweedse teoloog Karl Barth.
Onderhoud met Shehan Karunatilaka:
Waar is jy nou en wat kan jy sien?
Ek sit-lê in ‘n boontjiesak voor die TV, waarop Sri Lanka besig is om die onderspit te delf teen ‘n redelik middelmatige Aussie-span.
Toetskrieket is seker die enigste sport wat jy kan kyk terwyl jy werk sonder dat jou aandag te veel afgetrek word.
Wat lees jy op die oomblik?
Ek hou altyd vyf boeke byderhand: ‘n vette, ‘n dunne, nie-fiksie, ‘n grafiese roman en iets onverwags. So op die oomblik is dit Ben Okri se The Famished Road, The Gunslinger deur Stephen King, The Cage deur Gordon Weiss, Lucifer: Crux deur Mike Carey en Stewart Copeland se biografie.
Onderhoud met John Crace:
Waar is jy en wat kan jy sien?
Ek sit by my lessenaar in my huis in Streatham en kyk by my venster uit terwyl ek wonder wanneer die vuilgoed verwyder gaan word.
Wat lees jy op die oomblik?
Great Expectations. The Guardian beplan ‘n Dickens-projek vir die volgende jaar en ek is gevra om ‘n beknopte opsomming van ‘n roman een keer elke maand te skryf. Dis my eerste smaak van die porodiëring van 19e eeuse letterkunde en ek’s effens angstig daaroor.
LitNet gee dubbelkaartjies na een van die volgende Afrikaanse Open Book-aanbiedinge weg:
Om ‘n kans te staan om te wen, moet jy slegs ‘n e-pos met jou naam na wen@litnet.co.za en aandui watter geleentheid jy wil bywoon.
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by Chiara on Sep 5th, 2011
South African crime writer Deon Meyer has been shortlisted for this year’s Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, which celebrates the eight best must-reads of the year. Meyer’s Thirteen Hours is the sole South African title on the shortlist of ten which consists of Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, The Glass Room by Simon Mawer, The Slap by Christos Tsiolakis, The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi and When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman.
From the press release:
So it’s that time of the year again: BOEKE 2011 – a celebration of the eight best must-reads of the past year. Exclusive Books has announced the shortlist for the ever-popular 2011 Boeke Prize, with the winner being announced on the 6 October 2011.
This prize always starts a heated debate and much discussion amongst South African leading publishers, book lovers, media and fanatics members across South Africa. So how do you decide what has been the best read of the year? With eight fantastic books to choose from in 2011, the debate will be as hot and the decision as difficult as ever.
Stand a chance to win one three amazing prizes by voting for your favourite finalist on Exclusive Books’ Facebook page.
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by Carolyn on Jul 29th, 2011
Die reisigers Johan Bakkes, Dana Snyman en Johan Badenhorst het saamgespan om ‘n oudioboek, Drie reisigers aan die woord, uit te gee. Nou gaan die drie manne saam met Valiant Swart op 5 en 6 Augustus by die Atterbury-teater in Pretoria optree. Hulle sal oor hul reise gesels en van die stories, wat op die CD ingesluit is, voorlees. Valiant Swart sal by die driemanskap aansluit om liedjies oor die langpad te sing.
Johan Bakkes se boeke, Samoe(r)sareis, Moer toe die vreemde in en Norrevok, Dana Snyman se pennevrugte Op die toneel, Anderkant die scrap, en Op die agterpaaie, en Johan Badenhorst se reisjoernaal Voetspore: Casablanca tot die Kaap sal by die vertoning te koop aangebied word. Valiant Swart se bundel lirieke, Toorwoorde roep my, sal ook beskikbaar wees. Jy kan ook die Book Finder-skakels hieronder gebruik om die boeke aanlyn te vind:
Besonderhede van die vertoning:
- Datum: Vrydag, 5 Augustus en Saterdag, 6 Augustus 2011
- Tyd: 8:00 nm
- Plek: Atterbury-teater
Daventrystraat 4 (h/v Lynnwood- en Daventrystraat),
Lynnwood,
Pretoria | Padkaart
- Besprekings: Bespreek by Computicket
Wen!
Jy staan ‘n kans om ‘n kopie van die oudioboek Drie reisigers aan die woord en een van ses dubbelkaartjies na die vertoning met Valiant Swart te wen. Om vir die kompetisie in te skryf moet jy slegs hier op SARIE se webblad die eenvoudige vraag beantwoord: “Wat is die naam van die oudioboek?”
Hier is ‘n voorsmakie van die stories op die oudioboek. Luister na Johan Badenhorst se verhaal “Die barbier van Nefertiti” en Dana Snyman se verhaal “Goeie tyding”:
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by Chiara on Jul 18th, 2011
Judah Ben-Hur is the lucky winner of the Sunday Times “Spirit of Jock” competition!
The four-year old staffie was voted the top dog out of 10 finalists, all competing to be named as the dog that best resembles South Africa’s beloved canine, Jock of the Bushveld. The competition is a tie-in for the world premiere of South Africa’s first ever animated feature about the legendary dog, which takes place on Tuesday.
Judah’s owners Randall Sewpershad and his wife Seema get to take home R10 000 and a year’s supply of Bobtail dog food. Read the remarkable story that made this dog a winner:
The four-year-old Staffie may not quite be from the Bushveld, but he came top in the Sunday Times Spirit of Jock competition after saving his family’s toddler from being abducted by a stranger.
Randall Sewpershad and his wife Seema’s attention strayed from their daughter, two-year-old Sienna, while the family was picnicking at Zoo Lake, Johannesburg, two years ago.
A stranger was trying to lure Sienna away and Juda – who is named after Charlton Heston’s character in the classic film – realised the danger.
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by Carolyn on Jul 14th, 2011
Siber Ink and Little White Bakkie are giving away 15 eBook copies of renowned environmental attorney Cormac Cullinan’s Wild Law: 2nd edition.
The eBook is available for purchase from the Little White Bakkie online store at the already tempting price of R99 (a hard copy in a retail store costs about R250), but now 15 lucky readers will have the chance to download the eBook for free!
Wild Law has played a seminal role in inspiring the global movement to recognise rights for Nature. In the book, Cullinan, who led the drafting of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth, dicusses how governance systems should change to address climate change.
To stand a chance to win a copy of the Wild Law ebook, for download from the Little White Bakkie store, follow these simple steps:
- Post a comment below this post on Siber Ink’s Facebook Wall, describing what you do to lead a more environmentally friendly lifestyle and reduce your carbon footprint. In what creative ways are you helping Mother Earth?
- Entrants will go into a draw to win an eBook
The competition closes on Tuesday, 16 August 2011.
Good luck!
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by Carolyn on Jul 11th, 2011
You stand the chance to win R5000 in cash by voting for the dog you believe should win the Sunday Times “Spirit of Jock” competition.
Ten dogs, who are believed to embody the courageous, tenacious spirit of the legendary canine, Jock of the Bushveld, have been selected as finalists. Now it is up to you to vote for your favourite. SMS the code for your choice, along with your full name and physical address to 41933. SMSs cost R1.50 each. Your SMS vote will be entered into a lucky draw for the cash prize.
Voting closes on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 at 10.00 PM.
View the SMS codes at Times Live:
We have been touched by very interesting stories and beautiful pictures of your ‘Jocks’.
Thanks for all your entries – they were heartwarming and they all definitely showed the spirit that we were looking for.
View the finalists:
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