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We had a great time liveblogging the 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival – thanks for tuning in! Our regular coverage of all things SA Lit resumes tomorrow.
If you missed our coverage of the festival, catch up here:
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Wijtske Sijbrandi was 32 years old when she left her home in Kampen, in the Netherlands, in a group of 259 Dutch teachers recruited to “contribute to the development of a national education in the South African Republic” in 1899. She was given a teaching post in the dusty town of Lichtenburg, in the Transvaal. Sijbrandi hadn’t been in South Africa long, however, before the Anglo-Boer War broke out and the school was converted into a hospital. The teacher was promptly trained (by the local doctor) to care for the wounded and sick, and, within months of arriving in South Africa, joined an ambulance party headed for Kimberley.
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Novelist, playwright, curator and cultural critic Jane Taylor will discuss the creative process behind her research and staging of the play After Cardenio, at the Anatomy Lecture Theatre on Hiddingh Campus, on Thursday 9 May 2013 as part of GIPCA’s Great Texts public lecture series.
The talk starts at 5 PM for 5:30 PM.
Don’t miss it!
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Rachel Zadok’s novel Gem Squash Tokoloshe was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and longlisted for the IMPAC award. Her new book, Sister-Sister, is out now.
I’m a book glutton. I have three on the go, but I need to ration fiction while working on my own or I’d lie on the couch reading all day. I’ve found that poetry sharpens my mind for writing while satisfying the reading urge.
I’m reading Cathy Park Hong’s Dance Dance Revolution. It’s a dystopian narrative poem sequence written in the voices of a desert guide and an historian. Hong invented a Pidgin English for the guide that blows my mind.
I am also reading Hilary Mantel’s Bring up the Bodies, on Kindle. I can’t read it in the bath, so last night I reread Haidee Kruger’s The Reckless Sleeper. Her poetry is sharp, clever and witty.
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Position: Editorial Coordinator – Books
Level: Junior to Mid
Reporting to: Head: Books & eCommerce
Section: Times Media LIVE (Joburg-based position)
Times Media LIVE is the online publisher of many Times Media Group titles.
Purpose of Job:
To assist with the sourcing and placement of editorial books content, including news stories, reviews, interviews, and features, for various Times Media print and digital publications.
To work to develop and maintain Times Media books projects generally, including book events, book social networks and clubs, and book publishing and ecommerce initiatives.
Main Responsibilities/Outcomes:
General
Other
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Qualification and Experience:
Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.
If you meet the above requirements, please email you CV to timesrecruitment@timesmedia.co.za
The closing date for applications is Friday 3 May 2013.
Today, on World Book and Copyright Day 2013, Books LIVE celebrates its sixth year of existence! Happy birthday to us! And thanks to everyone who had a hand in helping us to achieve this milestone, including contributors, community members, publishers and, of course, our readers.
In honour of this special day, we’re giving away a book hamper stuffed with great reads from some of the wonderful publishers that we’ve worked with over the years: Way Back Home by Niq Mhlongo (NB Publishers), The Spiral House by Claire Robertson (Umuzi), Never Let Go by Gareth Crocker (Penguin), Ride the Tortoise by Liesl Jobson (Jacana), Man or Monster by Carla van der Spuy (LAPA), The Imagined Child by Jo-Anne Richards (Pan Macmillan), Team Trinity by Fiona Snyckers (Modjaji Books), The Great African Society by Hlumelo Biko (Jonathan Ball) and Contrary: Critical Responses to the Novels of Andre Brink edited by Karina Magdalena Szczurek and Willie Burger (Protea).
More on how you can win follows, but first, let’s have a look at some of the steps Books LIVE has taken since it was started as BOOK SA by our Publishing Editor, Ben Williams, in 2006:
We’ve come a long way!
Now, to stand a chance to win the enticing hamper mentioned above, simply wish us happy birthday – creatively if you like – in the comments section below.
Competition closes 3 May 2013. Winners will be announced 10 May 2013. Good luck!
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Chimurenga’s Pan-African quarterly gazette, The Chronic, is now out. Contributors include Binyanvanga Wainaina, Niq Mhlongo, Mahmood Mamdani and Andile Mngxitama. Have a look at their list of stockists to see where you can pick up this 48 page paper, which comes with a 40 page books review magazine.
The leading runner for best @chronic_news display: Clarke’s Books, 199 Long St. clarkesbooks.co.za Any better? twitter.com/Chimurenga_SA/…
— Chimurenga Magazine (@Chimurenga_SA) April 17, 2013
A 48-page newspaper and 40-page stand-alone books review magazine featuring writing, art and photography inflected by the workings of innovation, creativity and resistance.
Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Binyanvanga Wainaina, Dominique Malaquais, Mahmood Mamdani, Andile Mngxitama, Gwen Ansell, Patrice Nganang, Achal Prabhala, Rustum Kostain, Karen Press, Niq Mhlongo, Paula Akugizibwe, Tolu Ogunlesi, Sean Jacobs, Harmony Holiday, Howard French, Billy Kahora are a few of its many contributors from around the world.
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You are invited to the launch of Johannesburg: Architecture and Heritage, a photographic collection by Patrick de Mervelec, accompanied by texts by architect and acclaimed author, Clive Chipkin.
The event will be held at Exclusive Books Hyde Park on Thursday 18 April and will start at 6 PM for 6:30 PM.
Don’t miss it!
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PAUL Weinberg, one of South Africa’s top photographers, belongs to an established struggle family with roots going deep into South Africa’s modern history. In Dear Edward, in which he presents himself in one of those ornate oval frames with fadeouts along the edges of the black and white picture, he goes back on those tracks in writing and images.
The result is a fascinating journey into a history that shows itself to be as alive today as it ever was, and into a geography that has been well trodden by artists and writers, but is shown in a sparkling new light by both Weinberg’s photos and his sober, underwhelmed reportage.
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