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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-05-13

by Ben - Editor on May 13th, 2012

@MinorMatters What are you doing in Kampala?? #
#stlitawards The covers of the 6 Alan Paton Award shortlist titles http://t.co/4s24tG3F #
#stlitawards The covers of the 5 shortlisted Fiction Prize titles http://t.co/7IFITGhM #
Sunday Times Fiction Prize shortlistees #stlistawards http://t.co/ymW9Nqjg #
Alan Paton Award shortlistees #stlistawards http://t.co/WwBI03zK #
The 2012 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award Shortlist http://t.co/SQf9X4bp #
The 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize Shortlist http://t.co/nwVdQiXu #
#stlitawards …and the Alan Paton award also has a special mention: Pinky's Promise by Pierre Croquet de Rosemond pub'd by 4th Wall Books #
#stlitawards The 6th and final book on the Alan Paton shortlist is Killing Kebble by @MandyWiener published by @panmacmillansa #
Lastly Mandy Wiener for Killing Kebble http://t.co/23IGPJK5 #
#stlitawards The 5th book on the Alan Paton shortlist is Little Liberia by Jonny Steinberg published by @jonathanballpub #
Jonny Steinberg for Little Liberia #
#stlitawards The 4th book on the Alan Paton shortlist is My Father My Monster by McIntosh Polela published by @jacanamedia #
McIntosh Polela for My Father My Monster http://t.co/OVfDsSPo #
#stlitawards The 3rd book on the Alan Paton shortlist is Stones Against the Mirror by Hugh Lewin published by @RandomStruik / Umuzi #
Stones Against the Mirror by Hugh Lewin #
#stlitawards The 2nd book on the Alan Paton shortlist is Diepsloot by @AntonHarber published by @jonathanballpub #
Diepsloot by Anton Harber http://t.co/iSZ5Ewfk #
Andrew Feinstein The Shadow World http://t.co/JgGplXzy #
#stlitawards The 1st book on the Alan Paton shortlist is The Shadow World by @andrewfeinstein published by @jonathanballpub #
#stlistawards Now to the Alan Paton shortlist… #
Eddie Signwriter by Adam Schwartzman #
#stlitawards And the 5th book on the Fiction Prize shortlist is Eddie Signwriter by Adam Schwartzman published by @penguinbookssa #
Bom Boy by Yewande Omotoso http://t.co/Ha0lSAvW #
#stlitawards The 4th book on the Fiction Prize shortlist is Bom Boy by Yewande Omotoso published by @modjaji_bks #
Henrietta Rose-Innes for Nineveh http://t.co/cv2jT1Dz #
#stlitawards The 3rd book on the Fiction Prize shortlist is Nineveh by @HenriettaRI, published by @RandomStruik / Umuzi #
#stlitawards … and here we go #
#stlitawards @tymonsmith: those of you who are disappointed by the shortlist announcements, PLEASE ATTACK THE JUDGES (*not me) #
#stlitawards @tymonsmith: and the Fiction panel my cultural committee. They will support my candidacy for the ANCYL presidency. #
#stlitawards @tymonsmith: I don't have much influence in the real world, but the Alan Paton panel is my politburo #
#stlitawards Ronge hands over to @tymonsmith, who is wearing a tie, as proved here: http://t.co/zEqpFfGE #
#stlitawards Amongst the judges, Coovadia and Harris are former ST Lit Award winners #
#stlitawards Ronge reads the CVs of the Alan Paton Award judges: Antony Altbeker, Prishani Naidoo, Peter Harris #
#stilitawards Ronge: this year, the literary merits and popularity of crime fiction were fiercely debated, as the fiction longlist reflects #
#stlitawards Ronge reads the CVs of the fiction judges: Mandla Langa, Imraan Coovadia, Sarah Nuttall #
#stlitawards Ronge runs down the stats: 39 fiction longlistees, 41 Alan Paton longlistees, R75 000 each for the winners, announced 21 June #
#flf12 Barry Ronge is about to get things underway #stlitawards http://t.co/4f77vtRW #
The scene at the awards cocktail function #flf12 http://t.co/fK5Dfj7k #
#flf12 We're LIVE at the Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist function. Cocktails & nouveau tapas are floating around the writers & pubs #
@ShubnumKhan Thanks! Wish you were here in reply to ShubnumKhan #
@gussilber Hilarious! And great session, you coped well with the inordinate pressure from @GarethCliff in reply to gussilber #
@karabokgoleng & @albertjackchat spotted on the streets of Franschhoek http://t.co/xUCRPuW7 #
@RandomStruik publisher Stephen Johnson caught reading JM Coetzee's latest MS. Working title: The Childhood of Jesus http://t.co/6vY4r0tO #
#flf12 ….and that's a wrap! Big applause for the panel. #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS doesn't tweet during the movies, unlike the kids these days #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE 'does Twitter' in her spare time: bank queues, waiting rooms. @JJ_UFS worries about becoming addicted to the medium. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff's trying to impress the crowd: he follows astrophysicists. @jcwLIFE cuts him to size w/ reference to fast driving. #
#flf12 @gussilber has the highest tolerance of the panelists for trolls – can rather like them. Spends '4-5 hours?' on Twitter. Crowd gasps #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: you can turn nasty things into funny things. On the k-word model: 'The only offensive thing a model cd say 2 me is no.' #
#flf12 Q about abusive comments. @GarethCliff: my default response is to RT them. #
#flf12 Question time… #
#flf12 @gussilber thinks Twitter will be useful for creating micro-communities. @jcwLIFE: @FranLitFest -goers are one such community. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff to @gussilber: there's no greater pleasure on social media than unfollowing. Everyday I follow @Jesus & then unfollow #
#flf12 @gussilber: I don't think I've ever unfollowed anyone. The other panelists are struck by horror. Crowd erupts with laughter. #
#flf12 @gussilber: Twitter is a reciprocal medium. I tend to follow SAfricans back. #
#flf12 @gussilber follows several 1000 ppl. Cliff: How? Silber: my journalistic instinct. Everyone's got a story. Cliff: no they don't! #
#flf12 @GarethCliff finds a big difference between personal and private tweets. Private is sex positions; personal is self-deprecation. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff doesn't have the time to sleep with his 275k followers – sorry all! But he does RT amusing & place-putting tweets #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: people aren't interested in being sold things or peddled nonsense on Twitter. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: there was a rumour going round that I had a 'rate card' for my Twitter account. Can you imagine how ppl wd flee? #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE: advertisers can see the potential but don't know how to use it. #
#flf12 @gussilber appreciates that Twitter hasn't been too tainted by advertising yet. #
@ZakesMda ! in reply to ZakesMda #
#flf12 @gussilber quotes Anton Harber: ours is the 'vuvuzela democracy'. Twitter is part of that. #
#flf12 @gussilber: I'm confident that the secrecy bill has no hope in the Age of Twitter. #
#flf12 @gussilber: 'The cellphone is the 21st Century equivalent of the Molotov Cocktail.' #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: If you can't say something in 140 characters it probably isn't worth saying. #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE calls for a show of hands in the hall: Who's on Twitter? About half the room. 'You're missing out!' #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: Twitter had no small hand in the recent progress made on e-tolling, Mdluli & secrecy bill #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE: on the other hand, when I complain to Woolies, I get an almost instant response, no matter how petty #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS one frustration is when you become a target for petty complaints. 'Did you know the library opened 5 mins late today?' #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE appreciates that 80 year olds and 13 year olds talk on Twitter #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: you follow Twitter channels like you listen to & watch certain radio & TV stations #
#flf12 @gussilber has about 11k followers, @GarethCliff about 275k, & @jcwLIFE about 8k #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS: I have 21 319 followers as of this weekend! At 20k I looked up Oprah – she has 10 million… #
#flf12 @GarethCliff's advice: don't tweet too much. (Unless you're livetweeting, right Gareth?) #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE: kids who've never seen a book can pick up a cell phone & start responding to books & writing. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: Twitter gives every outsider a chance to get back in. @jcwLIFE: it makes cellphones so powerful. #
#flf12 @gussilber: the default tone on Twitter is very cordial. But it is fun to sit back and watch a gunfight #
#flf12 @gussilber is impressed by how Twitter can spread awareness on everything from hijackings to littering #
#flf12 Advice from @JJ_UFS: don't mention halaal hot cross buns on Twitter – esp in the Western Cape, or you'll quickly become a refugee #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS has experienced the dark side of Twitter & learned quickly not to respond to certain things #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: Twitter's not for wimps. The verbal fisticuffs can escalate quickly. There are no throw-away comments. #
#flf12 @gussilber says @helenzille is the most agile politician on Twitter. #
#flf12 @gussilber seconds @GarethCliff: people expose their flaws so quickly on this medium. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff takes equal joy from the clever people and the truly dof ones on Twitter #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS also appreciates the ability post ambiguous messages and watch how people respond, to take the temp of the nation #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS tried to use it strategically as a parent. His kids hated the fact that he was trying to be cool, of course. #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE asks who uses Twitter strategically. She & @GarethCliff tweet during their radio shows. #
@MandyWiener Thanks in reply to MandyWiener #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: I'm sad Zwelinzima Vavi has left. He's turned his back on real human relationships. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: on Twitter you can spot the frauds. Marketers don't get it. I'll never follow Pick n Pay. No personality, no follow #
#flf12 @GarethCliff channels the real Jacob Zuma on Twitter: @Wife4, I have a gap in 1/2 hour… #
#flf12 @gussilber: it's quite possible to live your social life on this medium. Not that you would want to! #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS has Twitter convos w/ 33000 students at a time – they constantly @ him #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS On the other hand, when last did a school teacher/Vice Chancellor have access to all his/her students at once? #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS: there's a flip side. The Mandela death rumours, for instance – they can go viral. #
#flf12 @gussilber heard recently that the Rwandan genocide wouldn't be possible in the Age of Twitter – it's harder to crack down now. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: let's not forget how Twitter helped push the Arab Spring into being, via north Africa #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE: A Twitter map of Africa shows our continent as anything but dark. SA is way in front of course – but all countries tweet #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: You can curate credibility into your Twitter stream. It's properly democratic in that way. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: Someone said T Mbeki thought Twitter lacked credibility. In a sense, true: important to be careful about who you follow #
#flf12 @gussilber In an age where everyone can be a journalist, there's no gap between when a story happens and when it's reported. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff to @JJ_UFS: But you wouldn't use the word poepol. @JJ_UFS: I just did. Cliff: I'm behind on the timeline! #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS: my latest tweet about de Klerk caused controversy all out of proportion. Again: it's not news. #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS thinks Twitter encourages lazy journalism. Example: the models who tweeted the k-word. It isn't news. #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS I just did that! #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: Everybody on Twitter is a broadcaster. If @JJ_UFS says to hell with government on Twitter he gets in trouble. #
#flf12 @GarethCliff: Twitter is closer to radio than any other broadcast medium. Not the same as Facebook and its nonsense. #
#flf12 @gussilber: One of the reasons I love Twitter is that it's a direct line into someone's mind. You tweet completely naked. #
@jcwLIFE praises @gussilber's dry, witty tweets – and loves his exchanges w/ @MandyWiener. Silber: And yet I've never met her! #
#flf12 @JJ_UFS has recently published a book comprising tweets entirely (pub'd by @PanMacmillanSA ) #
#flf12 @jcwLIFE: I'm not a fanatical tweeter. @GarethCliff: I'm not fanatical about anything. #
#flf12 We'll switch to the latter – @jcwLIFE – as that account has more followers #
#flf12 @JCWBooks has two Twitter handles of course. The other is @jcwLIFE #
#flf12 The School Hall is packed! People still trickling in… http://t.co/YmPQTW1w #
Let's try that again… #flf12 And here they are: @gussilber, @JJ_UFS, @GarethCliff & @JCWBooks http://t.co/2VjhIVXs #
#flf12 …and here they are: @gussilber, @JJ_UFS, @GarethCiff & @JCWBooks http://t.co/vcW2oKH8 #
#flf12 Arrived at the School Hall for 'Tweeting for Africa' with @JCWBooks, @JJ_UFS, @gussilber & @GarethCliff #
#flf12 And that's a wrap! Tan's poise and wit certainly recommend his work. #
#flf12 Botha asks Tan to read again. 'Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds.' #
#flf12 Tan's influences include Ishiguro: he makes a point to read An Artist of the Floating World at least once a year #
#flf12 Tan: strangely, there's more lingering resentment against the Japanese in the west than east #
#flf12 Discussion sidetracks into questions about the foundations and consequences of Japanese imperialism #
#flf12 Tan: my 3rd novel will be set in China – but I don't want to talk about it – it's strange to talk about something that doesn't exist #
#flf12 Tan: when you write you have to be honest and unflinching with yourself. #
#flf12 Tan: at home we spoke English and Hokkien, plus Cantonese and a bit of Mandarin – and of course Malay. I think and dream in English. #
#flf12 Tan's parents were educated under the British system, couldn't speak Mandarin. Tan was sent to Chinese school, found it uncomfortable #
#flf12 Botha remarks that Tan's descriptions of old age are exceptionally fine. Tan: am interested in it b/c it's where we all end up. #
#flf12 Tan: All my dad asked is that I not get a girl pregnant. I've kept that pledge to date! #
#flf12 Tan: I'm fortunate in that my parents let me read anything when I was young. Read Lady Chatterly's Lover in his teens. #
#flf12 Tan: being a lawyer has served me well. I had to be organized, disciplined, meticulous. Had to craft stories for court. Good training #
#flf12 Tan: what I don't know is now to get from the opening scene to the ending one. It's blind groping in the dark. #
#flf12 Tan on his writing process: it starts with two characters, and I know the opening scene and the last scene, even the last paragraph #
#flf12 Tan refers to Jim Thompson, a silk magnate (IRL) who appears briefly in his novel. #
#flf12 Another audience member remarks on the book's love story. The most erotic part: the man tattoos the woman. #
#flf12 Eng: my gardens reinforce the qualities of my characters. #
#flf12 Question time. Audience member points out the tensions between the book's 3 cultures: Malay, Japanese, South African #
#flf12 Tan: it's also fun to invert standard novelistic patterns. Botha: you've even included boerewors. Tan: because I love boerewors! #
#flf12 Eng: People have been talking about globalisation like it's something new. POWs from the Boer War settled in Ceylon, for example #
#flf12 Botha: there are also Afrikaans characters, references to the Anglo-Boer War, etc. What's behind the SA dimension? #
#flf12 Botha speaks about the references to SA in Tan's book – which includes a quote from NP van Wyk Louw #
#flf12 Tan: it was harder to write a female character than a male one – especially given the strictures women faced in Malay in the 50s #
#flf12 Botha: how did you write from the perspective of a woman? Tan: I spoke to Pieter-Dirk Uys a lot! #
#flf12 Tan: In fact, some of the best hunting scenes out there are written by Wilbur Smith. #
#flf12 Tan: the only current writer I can think of who's like Hemingway is Wilbur Smith. He travels and hunts (1st class), writes about it #
#flf12 Tan: I hope not! My book is about a blind, one-legged character. #
#flf12 Botha: do you have to experience things to write about them authentically? #
#flf12 Tan: as a writer, the first person I have to interest is myself. #
#flf12 Tan: The Gift of Rain cast a cool shadow over my life. I was afraid of being a one-book writer. I wanted to show I wasn't. #
#flf12 Tan: to be a writer, you need to buy lots of bum glue. To glue yourself to the chair, of course. #
#flf12 Tan: 'I take my ending from Sewende Laan'. (Laughter) #
#flf12 In Tan's novel, a judge takes early retirement to return to The Garden of Evening Mists, a memorial garden for her sister #
#flf12 Tan's story was inspired by meeting the Gardener of the Emperor of Japan – who later became a character in the book. #
#flf12 …and now Botha asks Tan to read. '…and what was time but merely a wind that never stopped?' #
#flf12 Botha reads a passage from The Garden of Evening Mists. 'The garden has to reach inside you… It should change your heart.' #
#flf12 Tan: Panang, my hometown, has the best street food in Asia. Forget Bangkok and Singapore! #
#flf12 Cape Town reminds Tan of Malaysia – he often wants to talk to locals in Malay. He's ethnic Chinese so can picture how odd this looks #
#flf12 Tan: Malaysia's darkest hour came when Japan invaded during WWII. #
#flf12 Tan speaks out Malaysia: colonial history is not dissimilar to SA's. Jan van Riebeeck is actually buried in Malaya. #
#flf12 Tan: really, I love writing, and write a lot. It's like being alone, but not being alone. #
#flf12 No: I want fame and fortune, of course. #
#flf12 Botha: in the age of Twitter, why do you write long books? Tan: I once thought I could live off the royalties! #
#flf12 The Gift of Rain has been translated into Italian, Greek, Serbian, Czech, Marathi, among others #
#flf12 Tan: next day it was back to reality, housecleaning and chores! #
#flf12 Tan's 1st novel was longlisted for the @ManBookerPrize. Botha: How did you feel? Tan: only time in my life that I didn't sleep. #
#flf12 Tan was born in Panang, Malaysia and received a law degree there. Now he writes full-time, living between KL & Cape Town. #
#flf12 Botha quotes Boyd Tonkin from the Independent (UK). Tonkin bursting with praise for Tan's novel. Botha: 'This book stays w/1.' #
#flf12 …and we're off! Botha: Twan is a good friend of mine, tho following Chinese protocol I should call him Twan Eng. #
#flf12 Prof Botha is with the University of Stellenbosch. Here's an earlier Twitter interview w/ Tan: http://t.co/6IO3dbME #
#flf12 Here's another snap of the panelists. Tan's book is The Garden of Evening Mists http://t.co/dWdhcVkY #
Coming to you from the @FranLitFest screening room – where Tan Twan Eng is in convo w/ Prof Jan Botha #flf12 http://t.co/ULs5f4fl #
Tweeting underway at the @FranLitFest! Follow @TymonSmith, @Afrockcentric, @sophycola, @LindsayCal & @CarolynMeads for all the action #flf12 #
And that's that! #flf12 #
DA ends with the quip – well that's about Bad Sex! #flf12 #
His answer is about 50 000 #flf12 #
Brief talk about sales. LdK asks Frederick de Jager in audience how many copies a book about Herschelle Gibbs sells #flf12 #
LdK recommends Portnoy's Complaint, slightly tongue-in-cheek, then describes it as "masturbation all the way through" #flf12 #
LdK says Bad Sex is more of an adult novel & perhaps fiction isn't the write place for adolescents to be learning about sex #flf12 #
Audience member asks if Bad Sex would be appropriate as high school setwork #flf12 #
Van Zyl in audience reveals how he got Portnoy's Complaint unbanned while on Censorship Board in '72 #flf12 #
LdK: It is not an unapologetic account of masculinity as Michael Titlestad has said, it is very apologetic #flf12 #
LdK: Bad Sex is an anti-buldungsroman #flf12 #
LdK says that growing up he struggled immensely with being a boy #flf12 #
Audience member reveals how he is taken with de Kock's brave honesty #flf12 #
LdK on writing and rewriting: some of the best parts come out right the first time and tampering spoils #flf12 #
LdK – Benefits of reading prose out loud – "but you need to live alone!" #flf12 #
LdK advises his students that if they want to write, they should first translate #flf12 #
DA lets audience in on "secondary determinism" – looking back on past and falsely concluding that experiences made you who you are #flf12 #
LdK once walked out of a therapy session thinking "What a waste! All that incredible narrative!" #flf12 #
LdK wanted to write a kind of memoiristic fiction #flf12 #
LdK: Some of the events in the book happened to me, and some didn't but I'm not telling you which #flf12 #
Writing is a kind of exposure #flf12 #
Audience member asks if prospect of future relationship is limited by possibility of relationship being narrativised #flf12 #
DA suggests that people have affairs because they want affirmation #flf12 #
LdK reminds us that he was married for 11 years – it starts as love and proceeds slowly to surveillance #flf12 #
LdK: Dialogue of meeting and separating is a beautiful dialogue #flf12 #
LdK – he'd like to engage people in non-coercive ways; he has problems with the concept of a relationship #flf12 #
Da: What is Sammy's ideal world? Who is his ideal partner? #flf12 #
LdK- when you write you rupture the surface of civility #flf12 #
#flf12 LdK: People will always try to change you, but how far until this becomes abuse? #
Non-servia is the notion of standing one's ground but also "going down fighting" in a relationship #flf12 #
LdK questions illusion of "but I'll die alone" – "How else will you die but alone!" #flf12 #
If Sammy stands his ground, will he be alone? #flf12 #
#flf12 LdK: psychic landscape between partners is such a complicated and multi-layered thing #
#flf12 audience member asks about "non-servia", drawing the battle lines, I will not serve – reminiscent of Joyce #flf12 #
LdK refers to Slavoj Zizek – we know that men mistreat women but women narrativise men #flf12 #
LdK notes how a lot of female writes – including Dowling – loved Bad Sex #flf12 #
LdK: If you ever write a book, forget about the reviewers, what's important is what other writers say #flf12 #
LdK: occlusions can occur as much against men as against women #flf12 #
LdK notes that he is a lot like Sammy #flf12 #
He mentions Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint "a threnody of masculinity" "masculinity bursting out of its gonads" #flf12 #
LdK: Setting the novel in a therapist's room is a complete cliche #flf12 #
LdK: Writing is about clearing space, opening up the occlusions #flf12 #
DA asks about boxing motif in Bad Sex #flf12 #
DA describes Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart as one of the finest novels she has ever read #flf12 #
De Kock likes Finuala Dowling's work #flf12 #
DA asks LdK if he reads any female writers? #flf12 #
LdK reflects on stories of suffering vs stories of happiness #flf12 #
DA asks about future of character Sammy, "you seem to take a kind of vicious pleasure in his keeping on" #flf12 #
LdK: Sammy keeps on finding himself back in the land of the blue print #flf12 #
LdK speaks about the "blue print" #flf12 – which he describes as going with your gut, your id #
DA: So you're against any bettering of the self? #flf12 #
#flf12 LdK: This is a book about sexual politics. What happens in relationships #flf12 #
LdK: Anna is his perfect woman and his perfect man because he undoes himself and reveals his homosexuality #flf12 #
LdK: Yes. She listens to him! DA: She's paid to listen to him! #flf12 #
DA: Is Anna his perfect woman? #flf12 #
End of passage reveals main character as talking to his therapist, Anna, reflecting on childhood moment #flf12 #
Characters described viscerally – groaning, gnashing hips together #flf12 #
Child describes public intimate moment as "shameful", "something that seemed scandalous" #flf12 #
LdK reads passage from Bad Sex about child's witnessing of Uncle Hennie and Auntie Marie "smooching" #flf12 http://t.co/ar1gE2Gl #
LdK: Where do adults lose control? Sex. #flf12 #
LdK wanted to write about childhood sensibility of encountering immoral behaviour in adults #flf12 #
De Kock begins with reading from Bad Sex #flf12 #
De Kock begins by introducing himself – he has always been a writer in some form – journalist, academic, poet #flf12 #
Diane Awerbuck and Leon de Kock #flf12 http://t.co/6QpMaois #
Discussion on Leon de Kock's Bad Sex about to begin. De Kock is in convo w/Diane Awerbuck #flf12 #
#flf12 We give the last word to @gussilber, who says of Mxit's 50 million strong community, 'it's a country worth visiting!' #
#flf12 Convo is wrapping up. Visit http://t.co/h4qvl5iQ to find the @FunDzaClub stories #
#flf12 Marlon gives out the address for downloading Mxit on to your mobile: http://t.co/ApniTo1Y #
#flf12 Elinor Sisulu remarks that teachers don't know what teenagers are reading – and don't know how to use tools like Mxit #
#flf12 @gussilber Nothing is new, is it? Mxit fiction is akin to the 19th C penny dreadful in its economics: drip-feed people stories #
#flf12 Marlon is explaining Mxit's revenue model, which comes from advertising & content sales #
#flf12 @FunDzaClub mentions 'Things to do in Durban when you're dead' – a Lily Herne zombie story #
#flf12 Question time @ the Church Hall. How long are the @FunDzaClub stories? Answer: seven 500-word chapters per story #
#flf12 @FunDzaClub – a lot of our writers compose and send their stories to us directly from their phones #
#flf12 @FunDzaClub asks its readers to become writers – the writers find it very rewarding #
#flf12 @gussilber: Mxit-ese should be our 12th official language, I think #
#flf12 @gussilber: to me, Mxit-ese is very dynamic and fluid, it would be fascinating to see a short story written solely in it #
#flf12 Marlon: biggest language on Mxit is English, but Mxit language (textese) is well-subscribed too. It's possible to write in this lang #
#flf12 @gussilber mentions that Mxit's sheer numbers aid models for content payment. Adds that cellphones are 'great literary devices'. #
#flf12 Talking content economics here. @FunDzaClub doesn't charge for its stories but sees a future in micropayments. #
#flf12 Here's a sneak preview of @gussilber's forthcoming book w/Alan Knott-Craig, pub'd by @PanMacmillanSA http://t.co/RNBx6nTu #
#flf12 Marlon of Mxit makes the pt that phones, unlike books, become part of who we are. Compare leaving your phone @ home vs leaving a book #
#flf12 @FunDzaClub: I don't know if you can get the same level of interest – and measurable data – from a published book #
#flf12 @FunDzaClub: getting comments in from readers is invaluable. We've actually changed a story based on reader revolt! #
#flf12 @gussilber: We're in the Digital Uhuru age. The cell phone is a tool of liberation. To teens, it's like a third hand. #
#flf12 More on Maloni's book here: http://t.co/roZdraFP #
#flf12 @FunDzaClub mentions Mbu Maloni's Nobody Will Ever Kill Me as a Mxit publishing success. It's a real book, now, too – from @ukznpress #
#flf12 @gussilber waxes lyrical about reading on Mxit: it's been an eye-opener. @FunDzaClub finds cliffhanger stories work well on it #
#flf12 Marlon is talking about the economics of Mxit, which makes for low-cost data consumption in addition to social networking #
#flf12 The other panelists are Marlon of Mxit and @FunDzaClub #
#flf12 Here's a picture of the Cellphone fiction: MXit with M4Lit panel: @arthurattwell & @gussilber are the bookends http://t.co/yrYPksZM #
#flf12 I'm back in the Church Hall for the session, Cellphone fiction: MXit with M4Lit, featuring @arthurattwell & @gussilber #
#flf12 Time to wrap up. Thanks to @art2gee & @simondingle for the chat! #
#flf12 Bookstorm's Louise Grantham makes the pt that publishers aren't ignoring the digital tsunami. 'But there's no 1 size fits all answer' #
#flf12 @art2gee's top rule for authors on Twitter: don't tweet what you eat. #
#flf12 Author Joanne Hichens describes how liberating it is to see one's books on Kindle & engage with readers beyond SA #
#flf12 @art2gee: If the publishing industry doesn't streamline its processes it faces similar destruction #
#flf12 @art2gee draws comparison with the music industry. After iTunes debuted, within 5 years Tower Record shops were closing down. #
#flf12 Q from audience: How quickly is 'legacy' publishing going to disintegrate? #
#flf12 @art2gee mentions iAuthor's multimedia capabilities: it's easy to make enhanced books & is a no-brained for textbooks #
#flf12 @simondingle: With iAuthor you can see the finished product on your iPad before you start selling it – incredibly satisfying #
#flf12 @simondingle on iAuthor: I've been using it for a while & am delighted by the experience & encourage anyone with a Mac to use it. #
#flf12 @art2gee: It may well be that the self-pub experience will chase me back to a traditional publisher. #
#flf12 Anton Harber rises: I want to challenge panel. We need 2 count the hours you've spent, look at the book quality & compare w/trad book #
#flf12 @art2gee: Professional editors have more opportunity than ever before. Self-pub'd authors need them very much. #
#flf12 Another Q: what role does the panel see for editors nowadays? #
Question for @art2gee & @simondingle: Did you consider using iAuthor? #flf12 #
#flf12 @art2gee: Another model open to self-publishes is to seek corporate sponsorship for their titles. Ads appear in the work. #
#flf12 @art2gee: Compare Amazon: keeps 30% of a $10 book. U earn R50 per book. Sell 10k copies, make R500k. Why do all authors not self pub? #
#flf12 @art2gee: Some figures: on R100 book published the std way, author sees R7. Sell 10k copies, make R70k, keeps you in petrol for 1 yr #
#flf12 Q from audience: How much do you need to sell to make the book worthwhile? @art2gee: part of the reward is getting the book in hand #
#flf12 @simondingle: Cream really rises to the top online. Quality writing stands out. #
#flf12 @art2gee: your friends and followers become an army of marketers. #
@Jane_Anne62 We're using #flf12 – it's shorter. in reply to Jane_Anne62 #
#flf12 @art2gee: The most powerful tool u have is social networks, but u need 2 build your position on them. Every author shd be on Twitter #
#flf12 @simondingle: With a bit of hard work you can make an impact. Start with your own community. Look at what musicians are doing. #
#flf12 @art2gee: That said, in this age every author has to become a marketer, no matter how mucky it feels. #
#flf12 Q from the audience about how to market one's self-pub'd work. @art2gee: helps to start out as a recognised author #
#flf12 An audience member points out that there are local eBook & POD solutions. @art2gee says they're too expensive. #
#flf12 @art2gee: There's a great platform out there for this, called 'Abuse Your Friends When They Travel to the US'. #
#flf12 Panel will take a few audience questions. 1st up: 'How to get one's self-pub'd book made in US (by CreateSpace) into SA?' #
#flf12 @art2gee: Quality is still the main differentiator; & this is where peer-reviewing is essential. It doesn't exist in self-publishing #
#flf12 @simondingle: a question that confronted us was how to stand out in the self-publishing jungle. There's much rubbish out there. #
#flf12 @simondingle: the book is, inter alia, an experiment to find out how self-publishing works these days #
#flf12 @art2gee: I've been known to miss a deadline by up to 10 years. #
#flf12 @art2gee …including the title, which is now going to be 'Destination Future'. #
#flf12 @art2gee: When the proof copy arrived, we decided to change… everything #
#flf12 @art2gee & @simondingle are taking questions via Twitter, btw #
#flf12 @simondingle: getting the columns was easy, but making the book was hard! Everything from ISBNs to EINs (via the IRS) got in the way #
#flf12 @art2gee: Project isn't finished yet – our plan was to complete it in 3 weeks. @simondingle: We ran into massive complexities. #
#flf12 @art2gee: The book documents the most tumultuous year in tech and publishing so far. It's avail as an eBook & via POD #
#flf12 The two have put together a book with Toby Shapshak, collecting the best of their columns from the last year #
#flf12 @art2gee: Tech is dizzying. But you don't have to have the latest phone on the market. @simondingle: you don't?? #
#flf12 The two gentlemen introduce themselves. @art2gee: I'm having the most fun I've had in my life, in the world of tech. #
Here are @art2gee & @simondingle, about to talk The Technology Tsunami #flf12 http://t.co/oBO5Fz7B #
Coming to you from the Church Hall, where @art2gee will shortly be in conversation with Simon Dingle. Topic: The Technology Tsunami #flf12 #
#FF @SowetanLIVE @Career_Junction @exclusivescoza @timesLIVE @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi #AvusaDigital @mapIT #
RT @FranLitFest Snaps from the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival Welcome Event http://t.co/ZbmoEOgS #flf12 in reply to FranLitFest #
Sandile Memela to Talk on His Master's Voice at Indulgence Cafe http://t.co/zgaG01KA #
Caine Prize Fiction Friday: "Urban Zoning" by Billy Kahora http://t.co/Zd22wzrP #
@modjaji_bks Thanks See you later! in reply to modjaji_bks #
Dylan Valley Reviews Bom Boy by Yewande Omotoso http://t.co/dJbj3QMH #
…and of course the @BooksLIVESA will be quite active too #flf12 #
Books LIVE's intrepid @FranLitFest tweeters are @sophycola, @CarolynMeads, @afrockcentric @lindsaycal and @TymonSmith #flf12 #
Greetings! We're coming from you LIVE from the @FranLitFest. Watch for #flf12 tweets all today, tomorrow and Sunday #
@TurtleWalkSA Glad you like it in reply to TurtleWalkSA #
@siyamtandaskota Thanks, wish you were here in reply to siyamtandaskota #
Alexandra Fuller #flf12 http://t.co/zJru5rCC #
Craig Higginson& Kate Sidley #flf12 http://t.co/iOtgwagj #
@PetinaGappah & Imraan Coovadia #flf12 http://t.co/18RtxrWm #
James Hendry & Laura Hammond #flf12 http://t.co/TZPgsF5n #
#flf12 …and that's all there is to it! May the games begin #
#flf12 Hobbs thanks sponsors The Sunday Times & Porcupine Ridge wines (cheers!) & her fellow organisers #
Jenny Hobbs says a few words at the @FranLitFest welcome even #flf12 http://t.co/OZXmKz2d #
@ArjaSalafranca #flf12 http://t.co/oKY4r3wE #
@isobeldixon & Finuala Dowling #flf12 http://t.co/2LKOSrRC #
Mike Robertson, Elaine Proctor & Anton Harber #flf12 http://t.co/Oz9Hnppp #
@REVOLP No indeed, but our team will be live tweeting throughout in reply to REVOLP #
Sarah Lotz, Astrid Vonk & @RicharddeNooy #flf12 http://t.co/HNgH5n7R #
Elinor Sisulu & friend #flf12 http://t.co/YO5XGnfD #
Chris van Wyk #flf12 http://t.co/rFlvThgQ #
Fearsome Foursome at the @FranLitFest welcome do #flf12 http://t.co/d6R6b89g #
Barry Ronge & friend #flf12 http://t.co/34CefoZK #
Ivan Vladislavic & Minky Schlesinger #flf12 http://t.co/i40Ywbcy #
Margie Orford, Imraan Coovadia & Jenny Hobbs #flf12 http://t.co/bgRBDY37 #
@JCWBooks & Shaun Johnson #flf12 http://t.co/l3gNbtG0 #
Darrel Bristow-Bovey & friend #flf12 http://t.co/74XPITeQ #
Zukiswa Wanner & friends #flf12 http://t.co/j1nuyFyw #
Twan Tan Eng & friend #flf12 http://t.co/ArpCkmDs #
Dennis Beckett, Steven Boykey Sidley & Moeletsi Mbeki #flf12 http://t.co/LAyABeRu #
Henrietta Rose-Innes & @RicharddeNooy #flf12 http://t.co/nT4gkfyq #
Maya Fowler at the #flf12 welcome function http://t.co/UuZMcZx5 #
At the #flf12 welcome function – stand by for some pics! #
@TallStoriesBook It is a rhino indeed – @exclusivescoza sells rhino-conservation bracelets in reply to TallStoriesBook #
Books LIVE has arrived at the #flf12 (which starts tomorrow). Here's a preview of the @exclusivescoza shop, city hall http://t.co/wvu6zFLK #
Ellen Degeneres narrates erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James… http://t.co/bOnCQjFl #
RT @jonathanballpub: Extract from Chris Wadman's The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma http://t.co/OTSpUUxy #
RT @unisapress: From the Archives: Karretjie People of the Karoo Face Extinction http://t.co/K9hOQEKi #
@laurenbeukes Whew in reply to laurenbeukes #
@laurenbeukes Hey – have you tried shift + refresh? We're using chrome over here…. in reply to laurenbeukes #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of Eric the Brave by Johan Vlok Louw at Kalk Bay Books http://t.co/z4dEkz7I #
Rebecca Davis Speaks to Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler About Bicycle Portraits http://t.co/BEl7dq3d #
RT @hsrcpress: Shamil Jeppie Fears the Fate of Timbuktu Manuscripts After Tomb's Destruction http://t.co/dacrkusI #
RT @nbpublishers: Dan Sleigh met Nederlandse ridderorde vereer http://t.co/BtmWel8C #
Ruth Browne Reviews The Miracle of Crocodile Flats by Jenny Hobbs http://t.co/ZHOmAXS7 #
The Bronte sisters may have been able to write, but they were terrible gardeners. http://t.co/VbSwCppq #
Thys Human resenseer Oktober deur Reney Warrington http://t.co/0TRCmEk9 #
Meet James Fouche and Steve Reeder at Exclusive Books Walmer Park http://t.co/TQo8TERp #
RT @randomstruik: Andrew Brown's Solace Sells Out at Cape Town Launch http://t.co/KlOSvnvj #
Confirmed: Sean Bean to Star in Deon Meyer's Devil's Peak Trilogy http://t.co/TH1N9mtg #
From Macbeth to Alice in Wonderland: the seven best dinner parties in literature and film. http://t.co/2UUtoq9n #
RT @jonathanballpub: Jonny Steinberg Comments on the ANC's Mismanagement of South African Policing http://t.co/Be875u3x #
Ed Lemke Reviews The White Bushman by Peter Stark http://t.co/8Mx4h9VP #
Mia van Tonder resenseer Rugbyballe en bikini's deur Janie Oosthuysen http://t.co/z19PKENb #
Podcast: Jenny Crwys-Williams Features An African Love Story and The Last Rhinos http://t.co/AjnXY26Y #
RT @randomstruik: Margaret von Klemperer Interviews Shaida Kazie Ali, Author of Lessons in Husbandry http://t.co/VUS84S3c #
RT @uctpress: Mark Swilling demonstreer volhoubaarheid by die Lynedoch-ekodorpie http://t.co/AqJhmBNe #
RT @nbpublishers: Introducing the Fourth in Francois Bloemhof's Chillers Series: Old Aunty Claws http://t.co/4Lx2gyKD #
RT @panmacmillansa: Jay Naidoo's Foreword to Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life by Emma Mashinini http://t.co/GK70bh2W #
Have vampires lost their bite? The Americanisation of Stoker's Dracula: http://t.co/Vt5eAToI #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuut: Nina en die wacky hare deur Elizbe van der Colff http://t.co/bWRrphK8 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Guardian Books Podcast: Patrick Flanery Discusses His Debut Novel, Absolution http://t.co/jVyCBkzK #
RT @greg_lazarus: Heat named 'When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes' one of the top three books of the week. #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of Lessons in Husbandry by Shaida Kazie Ali at Love Books http://t.co/3Mil8PDy #
RT @lapauitgewers: Kyk die lokprent en lees 'n uittreksel uit Nova: Bloedbroers deur Fanie Viljoen http://t.co/fvT2poNl #
RT @sapartridge: Loving @BooksLIVESA's new look. http://t.co/S6Zd4htL #
Alain Mabanckou Speaks on Translation Ahead of the Publication of Black Bazaar http://t.co/O4e81ihB #
Duncan Brown Reviews Becoming UWC by Premesh Lalu and Noeleen Murray http://t.co/AvMbsrwn #
Books LIVE unveils a new look today! Visit http://t.co/qVWoPujp and send us your thoughts Use shift+refresh to clear your browser cache. #
RT @uctpress: Mark Swilling, author of Just Transitions, to Talk at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences http://t.co/gITcMz7p #
RT @lapauitgewers: Boekpraatjie met Annemari Coetser oor Die kamer langsaan by The Angel's Place Boutique Hotel http://t.co/vl5lgxbG #
RT @nbpublishers: Die liewe, lawwe karaktertjie is terug in 'n nuwe boek, Moemin en die komeet http://t.co/PlipImUi #
Author Jonah Goldberg drops Pulitzer nomination claims. http://t.co/tk6ppon4 #
RT @jacanamedia: Shoe Shop Festival Arrives in Johannesburg: Percy Zvomuya Speaks to Marie-Helene Gutberlet http://t.co/CJHPSrjp #
RT @ukznpress: Partick Bond to Launch Politics of Climate Justice at London's Bookmarks Bookshop http://t.co/gaCJyOGW #
ITCH Releases e.10: Featuring Andie Miller, Megan Voysey-Braig and Others http://t.co/soBv6XEo #
Sue Blaine Reviews Cairo: My City, Our Revolution by Ahdaf Soueif http://t.co/cCJtzw1U #
Martie Retief-Meiring resenseer Een stad, drie rooikoppe, sewe dae deur Adeline en Lili Radloff http://t.co/5KWLZi7N #
Hitchcock's James Bond? http://t.co/RHnXbnWb #
Wale 5.0 Kicks Off at Wits Main Campus (Complete Programme) http://t.co/lWU43mTq #
@NYMag asks how much poets make. The answer might not surprise you: http://t.co/P6XhBCSQ #
RT @siberink: South African Labour Law Prevents Employers From Accessing Employees' Facebook Accounts http://t.co/gN7UkWSY #
RT @unisapress: Partick Bond Takes Durban's Climate Gamble to London http://t.co/6EFwKJD1 #
RT @witspress: Wits Press at the 2012 Wits Arts and Literature Experience (WALE 5.0) http://t.co/YePOhdIB #
Evette Weyers gesels oor haar boek, Wat die hart van vol is (Plus: Uittreksel) http://t.co/Nssn2fbm #
Alida van der Westhuizen resenseer Roots and Routes deur Michael de Jongh http://t.co/spg6HSkW #
Jakes Gerwel Acknowledges a Place of Resistance at the Launch of Becoming UWC http://t.co/G9TvnJGc #
RT @randomstruik: Rusana Philander Reports on the Kalk Bay Launch of Imraan Coovadia's The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://t.co/Kt8sWa3j #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Lees "Kameel", 'n gedig deur Johann Lodewyk Marais http://t.co/fY8OsUP3 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Mark Behr gee 'n voorsmakie van sy gesprekke by die Franschhoek literere fees http://t.co/LQdFwgCG #
RT @sunbirdpub: Recipes: "Giggling Gourmet" Jenny Morris Wants You to Try Crushed Caper http://t.co/LMv14XQN #
RT @randomstruik: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens Featured in the Sydney Morning Herald http://t.co/KZTbxoLb #
Damon Galgut Makes List of Top Ten Long Walks in Literature for In a Strange Room http://t.co/Dd9HaZ5z #
Tshepo Tshabalala Reviews Come Again? by Andrew Donaldson and Mandy Roussouw http://t.co/h7XvNE8K #
Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, dies http://t.co/UFiIKX24 #
@PatrickFrench2 takes a retrospective look at literature on India: http://t.co/baiLPuHT #
RT @nbpublishers: Bekendstelling van Die staat teen Anna Bruwer by Exclusive Books Walmer Park http://t.co/D7UNMdhi #
RT @panmacmillansa: Introducing What to do When You Want to Give Up by Allon Raiz and Trevor Waller http://t.co/GXD1Jqov #
RT @jacanamedia: Nozuko Poni Interviews Thando Mgqolozana, Author of Hear Me Alone http://t.co/4jj0Qy1E #
RT @randomstruik: New Edition of Ivan Vladislavic's Award-winning Novel The Restless Supermarket http://t.co/k920dVkZ #
The Itch Reviews: Nineveh, The Big Stick and The Loss Library http://t.co/deSYgTDX #
Malcolm Forbes Interviews Patrick Flanery and Asks Tough Questions About Writing as an "Outsider" http://t.co/ZzaLjDfB #
RT @chrisroper: And…. My first ever tweet pic from the sky. #GConnect http://t.co/0kMlU0CN #
Andrew Donaldson Celebrates 50 Years of the Rolling Stones – In Books http://t.co/Is22CMep #
RIP Maurice Sendak: Read Dave Eggers' fictional tribute to "Where the Wild Things Are": http://t.co/pUMCde6B #
Richmond Readers April and May 2012 http://t.co/PplfgO8a #
It's World Donkey Day! Support the Donkey Sanctuary at McGregor's book fair, 25-27 May: http://t.co/daBiE9iq #
RT @penguinbookssa: Read an Extract from Bubbles by Rahla Xenopoulos http://t.co/vFU2tmGz #
Leigh Andrews and East Coast Radio Review Lessons in Husbandry by Shaida Kazie Ali http://t.co/qA5f7QKY #
Zandra Bezuidenhout resenseer Stigmata deur Tom Gouws http://t.co/fAyWHAN0 #
RT @nbpublishers: Kirby van der Merwe besoek Etienne Leroux se plaas en graf http://t.co/wIj8Lz3l #
RT @shapshak: Infight WiFi is launching in SA today, via #WirelessG @Vodacom & @FlyMangoSA – R50/flight http://t.co/birLwAcA #
RT @jonathanballpub: Podcast: Chris Wadman Discusses His Satirical Novel, The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma http://t.co/Hx7vkeiv #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Extract from Gunship Ace: the Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary by Al J Venter http://t.co/9DQNrQMe #
RT @witspress: William Beinart and Luvuyo Wotshela Discuss the Importance of the Prickly Pear in the Eastern Cape http://t.co/hbNhmL2J #
RT @randomstruik: Recipe from The Vegetarian Kitchen: Spiced Butternut and Sweet Potato Tart http://t.co/SKi0eWyb #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuwe prenteboeke: Wie's my ontbyt? en Baba se slaaptyd-storieboek http://t.co/HQZ0y9f2 #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Agste boek in die reeks: Die Uile by die see deur Cor Dirks http://t.co/Y2lfm0X1 #
The Latest News from Open Book Cape Town http://t.co/26wk5f3p #
Maurice Sendak, author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are' has passed away at age 83 (Via @nytimes) http://t.co/QbYCaCdn #
How Fragile We Are: Jackie May Considers Joan Didion's Blue Nights http://t.co/a3AQxJY5 #
The 2012 JM Coetzee Literary Festival Programme http://t.co/7oejnQke #
RT @jacanamedia: Read Andie Miller's Short Story "From the Margins" in Itch http://t.co/xhX3vkdd #
GIPCA presents The Exuberance Project as part of UCT's Africa Month celebrations: http://t.co/Up2S428M #
RT @penguinbookssa: Potgooi: Cas Vos lees voor uit Fokken gaan slaap http://t.co/VFRGE0t0 #
RT @nbpublishers: Introducing the Fifth Novel by Award-winning Author Ken Barris: Life Underwater http://t.co/x8vBx2hH #
Pillowtalk: Cedric Nunn http://t.co/eiF45tlq #
Published Richmond Reader May 2012 on Scribd http://t.co/2gDbGofd #readcast #
Published Richmond Reader April 2012 on Scribd http://t.co/0q0F4Eo2 #readcast #
Published JMC Newsletter May 2012 FINAL on Scribd http://t.co/OhyIoFHf #readcast #
Caroline Smart Reviews Diesel & Dust by Obie Oberholzer http://t.co/QEuksshh #
Salome Snyman resenseer Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away deur Christie Watson http://t.co/vVcwGuUQ #
RT @panmacmillansa: Zwelinzima Vavi's Address at the Launch of Emma Mashinini's Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life http://t.co/rAMT6QSt #
Previously unseen pages from Antoine de Saint-Exupery's Le Petit Prince go on auction: http://t.co/0ExqoSDV #
@Sapartridge Have done so in reply to Sapartridge #
RT @penguinbookssa: Launch of The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng at The Book Lounge http://t.co/UqLewtkz #
RT @hsrcpress: Mahmood Mamdani Addresses the Ugandan Government's Banning of Activists for Change http://t.co/LBKiiKsj #
RT @lapauitgewers: Deborah Steinmair gesels oor Poppekas (Plus: Wen 'n eksemplaar en lees 'n uittreksel!) http://t.co/iRKkDQuf #
Quick Review: Year of the Gherkin by John Dobson http://t.co/afemB364 #
Hadrien Diez Interviews Leila Marouane, Author of The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris http://t.co/mNaE4V4j #
Emily Donaldson Reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer and Absolution by Patrick … http://t.co/o0Fb29Vz #
John Crace struggles to digest Sweet Revenge – The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell: http://t.co/yiLJ5Aao #
An 1889 illustrated guide to tree-dwelling crabs that eat goats and other creatures that will kill us (via… http://t.co/JkWgPX64 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Joburg Launches for Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller http://t.co/ve4LbAMK #
Justice Malala Addresses the Absence of Black Voices in SA Lit via Patrick Flanery's Absolution http://t.co/NSQwFK06 #
Friederike Knabe Reviews The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut http://t.co/WITx17qX #
Marius Visser resenseer Poppekas deur Deborah Steinmair http://t.co/qWtcPAC2 #
RT @jacanamedia: Raenette Taljaard Launches Up in Arms at The Book Lounge http://t.co/SjAcvwJL #
Dinner with Greg Mills and Terence McNamee at the Troyeville Hotel http://t.co/RYa9DDyd #
RT @nbpublishers: Anchien Troskie gesels oor Die staat teen Anna Bruwer en haar leesvoorkeure (Plus: Lokprent) http://t.co/Cp6M1KqF #
RT @lapauitgewers: Resep vir granaatstroop uit Bottel en gebruik deur Hannetjie Joubert http://t.co/maQC2pJT #
RT @panmacmillansa: Emma Mashinini Launches Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life at Constitution Hill http://t.co/1uCb3r4p #
Annie Gagiano Reviews Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes http://t.co/pFgRGNc6 #
RT @uctpress: UCT Press Titles on the 2012 Alan Paton Award Longlist http://t.co/0nQ2Ibsc #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Protea Boekhuis Titles on the 2012 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award Longlist http://t.co/rZAjbywi #
Travelling abroad? In the tradition of the Flemish Masters, some in-flight entertainment: http://t.co/BRM1Xt9m #
RT @uctpress: Book Launch: Rural Resistance in South Africa by Lungisile Ntsebeza and Thembela Kepe http://t.co/O7CseCJy #
RT @unisapress: Michael de Jongh gesels oor die sterfte wat aanleiding gegee het tot Roots and Routes http://t.co/TWsd3mcI #
RT @nbpublishers: Launch of Dana Snyman's Hiervandaan and The Long Way Home at Exclusive Books, Somerset Mall http://t.co/CiJESqz2 #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of Solace by Andrew Brown at Kalk Bay Books http://t.co/lhC3RwBG #
Graham Low Reviews Guide to Night Skies of Southern Africa by Peter Mack http://t.co/kP5Cpzz3 #
Pieter van Zyl resenseer Boela van die blouwater deur Chris Barnard http://t.co/dkPFrP0l #
Blood on the Finger: Terry Crawford-Browne Discusses Eye on the Diamonds http://t.co/60asrsir #
Win a copy of The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma by Chris Wadman; details here: http://t.co/4CTepbVZ #
Ons gee 'n pakkie Afrikaanse jeugboeke met die komplimente van NB-Uitgewers weg; besonderhede hieronder: http://t.co/3Pslnlaz #
@charltonbrooker advises politicians to become more like penguins: http://t.co/tL307R1j #
Reviews and Recipes: The Latest Cookbooks to Grace the Market http://t.co/nxOEgDIi #
Launch of At Large: Reviewing the Arts in South Africa by Chris Thurman at WALE 5.0 http://t.co/dKCkKYNK #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Herman Lategan gesels met Philip de Vos oor Kop op 'n blok (Plus: Resensie) http://t.co/bmqsYC8v #
Bruce Dennill Reviews The Dubious Salvation of Jack V by Jacques Strauss http://t.co/JdBUTaGy #
The 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize Longlist http://t.co/Pfia3ImP #
The 2012 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award Longlist http://t.co/LLr5A4Sy #
Books LIVE Showcase April 2012 #constantcontact http://t.co/as6ZiVNC #
Last alt Sun Read, no.5: What becomes of Toni Morrison after Chloe Wofford passes on? http://t.co/btMFgyKj #
Alt Sun Read/Appreciate no.4: Justin Coombes brings us London through the eyes of a kingfisher: http://t.co/xySSG5gy #
Alt Sun Read/Listen/Admire no.3: Modern-day pilgrims re-enact Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: http://t.co/fkEhtEZi #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Q&A w/Mark Haddon and extract from The Red House: http://t.co/KPZ7tWuD #
Alt Sun Read no.1: @MargaretAtwood reviews Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall sequel, Bringing Up the Bodies: http://t.co/B0Gbivbf #
Sunday Read: Neil Gaiman Interviews Stephen King http://t.co/siKrprd9 #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-05-06

by Ben - Editor on May 6th, 2012

Important @franlitfest programme update: http://t.co/G7QbYZZ5 #
Sir Terry Pratchett thinks children's use of technology should be restricted. http://t.co/Etnbk4Nn #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Vyf nuwe kinderboeke om van te kies en te keur http://t.co/suQSw5YQ #
Caine Prize Fiction Friday: "Bombay's Republic" by Rotimi Babatunde http://t.co/1xMFBCFH #
RT @sunbirdpub: Dirk Schmidt Warns of Possible Link Between Chumming and Shark Attacks http://t.co/JzxW5ZmL #
Michiel Heyns, Leon de Kock en Erla Rabe gesels oor vertalings wat hulle laat kopkrap het http://t.co/5RO62qsX #
RT @witspress: Sandra Swart to Deliver Keynote Address on Animal Agency and Social History at Warwick Symposium http://t.co/udfXT8ky #
RT @panmacmillansa: Frank Chikane says Eight Days in September Has Broken the Culture of Fear Within the ANC http://t.co/dy08rZys #
Richard Dowden Reviews Africa's Moment and Season of Rains http://t.co/OuPzTwEr #
Irma Joubert resenseer Fado vir 'n vreemdeling deur Margaret Bakkes http://t.co/kTg2fHQf #
RT @Exclusivescoza @lovethekitchen tells us that we are no longer in the time of the chef, but in the time of the cook and accessible… #
RT @exclusivescoza @foodieliveshere spent three months working on new recipes for her stunning book bitten. #HomeBru #
RT @exclusivescoza: @lovethekitchen tells us "we celebrate South African identity through food". She has also hosted the gracious… #
RT @exclusivescoza: Rev #Chikane @ #HomeBru "I didn't start writing just to discuss Mbeki, but for all the things I couldn't say." #
RT @exclusivescoza: Rev Chikane @ #HomeBru "I made a decision,before I was in government, to write about our history" #
RT @exclusivescoza: We're at Arts on Main for the launch of #HomeBru Look at these stunning books: http://t.co/MgcUV3WK #
Nadine Gordimer Solidifies Stand Against the Protection of State Information Bill http://t.co/4Ak84kUN #
Published Booktown Richmond Announces JM Coetzee and SA Nobel Laureates Festival II on Scribd http://t.co/QYIojiz4 #readcast #
#FF @SowetanLIVE @Career_Junction @exclusivescoza @timesLIVE @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi @mapit #AvusaDigital #
Harper Lee makes a surprise appearance at the South Alabama Writers' Symposium and is given a Harper Lee Award. http://t.co/gLogkp5n #
RT @randomstruik: Gill Staden Unpacks the Reasons Why Zambian Tourism Isn't Succeeding http://t.co/95jDOLXO #
RT @randomstruik: eKhaya Author Stanley Kenani Shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing http://t.co/VcHy1zez #
RT @penguinbookssa: Nerine Dorman Speaks to Sarah and Savannah Lotz (Lily Herne) About Death of a Saint http://t.co/eS0J6KPs #
Rob Hofmeyr Reviews Challenging Beliefs by Tim Noakes and Michael Vlismas http://t.co/6g9f7ytd #
RT @lapauitgewers: Wat lees Marinda van Zyl, skrywer van Wilhelmina Radebe kom tuis? http://t.co/1Mrayv23 #
RT @hsrcpress: Alan Mabin to Present Seminar in WISER's WISH Series: "Think Metropole" http://t.co/LNhxgsE0 #
RT @siberink: Introducing the Third Edition of CCMA: A Commentary on the Rules by Peter Kantor http://t.co/8ZEBN1Jx #
Dear diary…Osama Bin Laden's private papers are now available online. http://t.co/osGoQqZH #
RT @randomstruik: Random House Struik Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival (11-13 May) http://t.co/PnnNaL18 #
RT @modjaji_bks: Modjaji authors at Franschoek Literary Festival http://t.co/f3juHEOJ #
In an interview with @journalismnews, Ferial Haffajee considers the strength of African journalism: http://t.co/8nLoyN50 #
RT @panmacmillansa: Pan Macmillan Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival (11-13 May) http://t.co/sO1l5qBc #
RT @jonathanballpub: Launch of Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness at The Book Lounge http://t.co/6vidyK6g #
RT @jacanamedia: Book Trailer: The Book of War by James Whyle http://t.co/jkzvcqgy #
Stephen Coan Reviews Year of the Gherkin by John Dobson http://t.co/W4UcuF77 #
RT @randomstruik: Johan Vlok Louw Debuts with Border War Novel Eric the Brave http://t.co/VKAeVTBC #
Stephen Coan Reviews Year of the Gh… http://t.co/zlmZhjBR #
The Arthur C Clarke Award's vintage year, @SamJordinson on the controversy surrounding this award. http://t.co/idkM1xtF #
RT @randomstruik: Coming June 2012: Peter de Villiers' Autobiography Politically Incorrect http://t.co/KqFWQjZR #
Christopher Merrett Reviews Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason Stearns http://t.co/1Ws4cO9j #
Tom Gouws resenseer Kop op 'n blok deur Philip de Vos http://t.co/N8GYEV00 #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Cas Vos gesels oor die voorblad van Weerloos lewe: "As't ware die eerste gedig" http://t.co/wA7No8z8 #
RT @nbpublishers: New from Master Strategist Clem Sunter: Calling All Foxes http://t.co/6BSYvP3P #
RT @penguinbookssa: Launch of Eye on the Diamonds by Terry Crawford-Browne at The Book Lounge http://t.co/SayGh4rg #
RT @hsrcpress: Sharlene Swartz Emphasises the Importance of Sex Education at the Launch of Old Enough To Know http://t.co/iIgXvEH7 #
RT @modjaji_bks Kelwyn Sole Launches Absent Tongues at The Book Lounge http://t.co/uvxrrRQw #
Scholastique Mukasonga wins Ahmadou Kourouma Prize. But not one of the previous winning books is available in… http://t.co/StG4Ibao #
Today is World Press Freedom Day. For some around the world such a thing does not exist: http://t.co/KPgbMX4t #
RT @randomstruik: Bean Salad Recipe from The Vegetarian Kitchen by Mellissa Bushby http://t.co/lhBtRxBz #
RT @jacanamedia: Jenny Hatton and Joan Rankin Win Crystal Kite Member Choice Award for Finding Aunt Joan http://t.co/rx524WTN #
RT @nbpublishers: Eerste boek in 'n nuwe reeks vir jong lesers: Rugbyballe en bikini's deur Janie Oosthuysen http://t.co/LOF5jeJQ #
RT @randomstruik: Nou in Afrikaans: Natuurlewe van Suid-Afrika: 'n Fotografiese gids deur Duncan Butchart http://t.co/sgteWhPK #
RT @jonathanballpub: Launch of Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour Under The Tree of Forgetfulness at The Bay Bookshop http://t.co/sFX92Gps #
RT @penguinbookssa: Paige Nick Reveals Why Agony Aunts are the Most Trusted of Confidantes http://t.co/Cq8NWUcE #
James Mitchell Reviews Pharos' English Dictionary for South Africa http://t.co/oDgJ41Xf #
RT @penguinbookssa: Win a Mother's Day Book Hamper with Penguin http://t.co/E4Rs6wtr #
In the Footsteps of Ibrahim Ismaa'il: Nadifa Mohamed Reflects on Fellow Somali Writers http://t.co/noaDrhCq #
RT @lapauitgewers: Potgooi: Luister na verhale uit Katriena, vertel! deur Riana Scheepers http://t.co/3T7sogU9 #
RT @uctpress: Launch of Rob Brooks' Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll at Wits University http://t.co/TqRhglLN #
RT @randomstruik: Brett Davidson Interviews Henrietta Rose-Innes, Author of Nineveh http://t.co/OoHQ6a3u #
Jane Rogers wins Arthur C Clarke award for The Testament of Jessie Lamb: http://t.co/rh2QbyaM #
You're invited to the launch of reading initiative @nalibali at the Franschhoek Literary Festival: http://t.co/ngMdH8Dc #
RT @uctpress: Danwood Chirwa Discusses Forgiveness in the Malawian Political Context http://t.co/xgAY6ydt #
RT @nbpublishers: Jana du Plessis se tweede boek, Mieke rock uit, nou beskikbaar http://t.co/bswAZrAC #
RT @penguinbookssa: Rahla Xenopoulos Re-imagines the Life and Death of Bubbles Schroeder in Bubbles http://t.co/MG35Pu2C #
RT @jonathanballpub: Jonathan Ball Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival (11-13 May) http://t.co/EG9KLgue #
KJ Mulder Reviews Death of a Saint by Lily Herne http://t.co/Gc9Tt3Lt #
Sumo wrestling – men squabbling in nappies or high art? @CharltonBrooker investigates: http://t.co/7jtZ4h8k #
Published Rustum Kozain Introduces Kelwyn Sole at the Launch of Absent Tongues on Scribd http://t.co/3YRqiosM #readcast #
Middlemarch on Facebook! @NewYorker on how the town comes to life in this contemporary re-imagining: http://t.co/VQ7OXYCl #
RT @penguinbookssa: Extract from Below Luck Level by Barbara Erasmus http://t.co/e9BsOFzI #
RT @uctpress: David Johnson's Imagining the Cape Colony Launched at The Book Lounge http://t.co/xqUSQ0OQ #
RT @jacanamedia: Ashraf Kagee Discusses His EU Literary Award-winning Novel, Khalil's Journey http://t.co/qmdPUOmr #
RT @lapauitgewers: Mei se Lekkerlit-boek van die maand is Poppekas deur Deborah Steinmair http://t.co/1nKklYQf #
RT @randomstruik: Revised and Updated Edition of Teach Yourself Afrikaans by Helena van Schalkwyk http://t.co/s1qbbm3I #
Dee Andrew Reviews Resident Alien by Rian Malan http://t.co/SoFCOjTp #
Marius Visser resenseer Clarence van Buuren deur Chris Marnewick http://t.co/kHnhCepK #
Annette Bayne Reviews Sasol Birds of Southern Africa IV http://t.co/Ud2GhnpZ #
Learn to talk like a 20s gangster with Jeffrey Gusfield (in @HuffPost): http://t.co/EvRHUui6 #
RT @nbpublishers: NB Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival (11-13 May) http://t.co/jwePjQpA #
Delayed Gratification releases "How to Write a Booker Prize-Winning Novel" infographic: http://t.co/dIYxBnJ4 #
RT @unisapress: A Journey Worth Contemplating Opens 2 May (Featuring Mbongeni Buthelezi and Pitika Ntuli) http://t.co/pHPuOoPs #
RT @jonathanballpub: Launch of Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness at Love Books http://t.co/7sUVme4p #
RT @penguinbookssa: Win a Copy of Pieternella: Daughter of Eva by Dalene Matthee http://t.co/mm7B5J1o #
Aldu Duminy resenseer Die waterding deur Francois Bloemhof http://t.co/lJ8pYhcI #
Alexandra Fuller Contemplates the "Descriptive Hyperactivity" of Patrick Flanery's Absolution http://t.co/ZgotiKiS #
@TheEconomist Q&A with psychoanalyst and poetry provocateur Adam Phillips: http://t.co/hi0C932Q #
RT @uctpress: Meet David Johnson, Author of Imagining the Cape Colony, at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival http://t.co/Dkv3ahHV #
RT @ukznpress: Julia Wells Explores the Legend of Makana the Prophet in The Return of Makhanda http://t.co/wgBY39qG #
RT @randomstruik: New Editions of Andrew Brown's Coldsleep Lullaby and Refuge http://t.co/AXZ2WgKl #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuwe kortverhaalbundel: Boereoorlogstories 2 saamgestel deur Jeanette Ferreira http://t.co/bjxKFuLC #
RT @penguinbookssa: Launch of Below Luck Level by Barbara Erasmus at The Book Lounge http://t.co/vAexQce1 #
Rowland Manthorpe Reviews Running with the Kenyans by Adharanand Finn http://t.co/g9G9Q7i2 #
The 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing Shortlist http://t.co/r5YtBi4D #
James Wood contemplates Hilary Mantel and her "maddeningly unteachable gift of being interesting": http://t.co/yEo4bQst #
@Guardian exhorts readers to rediscover Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th birth anniversary: http://t.co/6uNpaSCB #
RT @jacanamedia: Join the Shoe Shop Project for an Art and Walking Festival in Braamfontein http://t.co/uZNB6kSZ #
Women24 Reviews When Hoopoes Go to Heaven by Gaile Parkin http://t.co/DkADXNF1 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Jennifer de Klerk Interviews Patrick Flanery, Author of Absolution http://t.co/3H94sRq0 #
Truida Heymann resenseer Die prinses in elke vrou deur Cas van Rensburg http://t.co/Na2dF88f #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Strijdom van der Merwe gesels oor Drawing Clouds in the Karoo en sy protes teen "fracking" http://t.co/pgiK82tu #
Introducing the New Look New Contrast Edited by Michael King http://t.co/f4goPOwi #
The Guardian Highlights a Series of Nature Books from Southern Africa http://t.co/X2k471Ni #
William Wootten reflects on 50 years of the Penguin Modern Poets series in @TheTLS: http://t.co/YsBXxNza #
RT @caineprize: The @CainePrize shortlist will be announced tomorrow! #
RT @nbpublishers: Greg Lazarus' When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes Launched at The Book Lounge http://t.co/DdAvuvva #
RT @modjaji_bks: Another nice bit of Modjaji Books news, we've signed, sealed and sold the Nigerian rights to Yewande Omotoso's…… #
John Crace takes a whip to EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey – his latest @digestedread: http://t.co/1aR9whXw #
RT @lapauitgewers: Foto's van die bekendstelling van Een stad, drie rooikoppe, sewe dae by The Book Lounge http://t.co/9chOUWcN #
RT @uctpress: Herman Wasserman and Adam Haupt Offer a Critique of the Media's Role in Reporting Violence http://t.co/W4CVGdzV #
RT @jacanamedia: Jodi Bieber Announced as Finalist for TED2013 http://t.co/QVk2xcVk #
RT @randomstruik: Book Launch (Cape Town): Solace by Andrew Brown http://t.co/3DlmwvzI #
Tshepo Tshabalala Reviews Tangled Toes, Pins and Needles by Richard Pike http://t.co/948vtvLO #
Ayesha Kajee Reviews Lessons in Husbandry by Shaida Kazie Ali http://t.co/8Zs97BdQ #
@CharltonBrooker looks through jaded cinematic lenses when watching the news: http://t.co/dr4M9ljA #
@GuernicaMag's Nathalie Handal interviews Pultizer Prize-winner Mark Strand: http://t.co/cyGQs9gp #
RT @jacanamedia: The Latest Offering From Joanne Fedler: The Reunion http://t.co/gPezXP8T #
RT @randomstruik: Revised and Updated Edition of Keith Kirsten's Garden Plants and Flowers http://t.co/ceuW6MWC #
Diary of an Absurd Nerd: An Interview with John Dobson http://t.co/YiIwuvRd #
RT @nbpublishers: Video: Willie Esterhuyse gesels oor Eindstryd: Geheime gesprekke en die einde van apartheid http://t.co/x2VP6cO5 #
10 @NewYorker covers that were rejected for being too risqué: http://t.co/LteknADB #
Jenny Hobbs Reviews Rhumba by Elaine Proctor http://t.co/9bjb56ca #
Boyd Tonkin Reviews The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng http://t.co/iHiLffxZ #
Last alt Sun Read, no.5: Damien Walter considers Sci-Fi – "literature's first international language?" http://t.co/9cBMndUm #
Alt Sun Read no.4: Headlong Theatre Company to stage American Psycho, the musical: http://t.co/WK1FKiQP #
Alt Sun Read no.3: From James Joyce to Donna Tartt, the 10 best first lines in fiction: http://t.co/vlrJPguC #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Tim Parks offers an explanation for why readers disagree in @NYBooks: http://t.co/Qu8CwgTu #
Alt Sun Read no.1: Bavaria to print "commercially unattractive" version of Mein Kampf: http://t.co/5rM5JtmW #
Sunday Read: Nina Martyris Bemoans the Prevalence of "Tiger Lit" http://t.co/rEJRCm4s #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-29

by Ben - Editor on Apr 29th, 2012

#FF @Career_Junction @sowetanlive @exclusivescoza @mapit @timeslive @sportlivesa @businesslivesa @inetbridge @businessdaydigi #AvusaDigital in reply to Career_Junction #
Fiction Friday: Extract from The Dubious Salvation of Jack V by Jacques Strauss http://t.co/9lSCA8YL #
Nigerian author Ben Okri is announced as the new vice-president of @CainePrize: http://t.co/ObPetLQK #
@three_monkeys interviews Jim Crace, "the poet of prose": http://t.co/EHeo3ltm #
RT @penguinbookssa: Video: Tan Twan Eng Reads from The Garden of Evening Mists (Plus: Twit Lit Interview) http://t.co/3oo0pg3P #
@NewYorker Photographer Kate Simon shares rare images of Bob Marley's Exodus Tour: http://t.co/IjPYypuh #
RT @randomstruik: Video: Expresso Hosts Kinglsey Holgate to Mark World Malaria Day http://t.co/YLHPl58Z #
#twitlit Don't miss your chance take a Walk in the Garden of Evening Mists! Thanks for the chat, Twan #
#twitlit Tan's launch is on 17 May at @book_lounge; and he'll feature at the coming @FranLitFest. #
#twitlit Here is a picture of said Afrikaans dedication. It's worth reading http://t.co/wwQ94fWw #
#twitlit Tan hails from Malaysia but is based in Cape Town. Lawyer by trade, he now dedicates his books in Afrikaans. #
#twitlit Tan: And they get married and live happily ever after. Just joking. #
#twitlit Tan: Yun Ling stays in a tea plantation owned by a veteran of the Boer War (losing side), Magnus Pretorius #
#twitlit Tan: He teaches her until the monsoon comes; all around them the Malayan Communist Terrorists wage war against the British rulers #
#twitlit Her sister died in a prisoner of war camp – she survived. The gardener refuses but agrees to teach the art of Japanese gardening #
#twitlit Tan: Seriously, it's about a woman Malaya who asks the Emp of Japan's former gardener to create a memorial gardener for her sister #
#twitlit Q: So Twan, what's your novel about? A: About 350 pages #
Tan's 1st novel, The Gift of Rain, was longlisted for the @ManBookerPrize #twitlit #
…and here's the author himself, holding up his freshly published novel. #twitlit http://t.co/TVmFaqci #
Stand by 4 a Books LIVE 1st: a Twit Lit interview, w/ author Tan Twan Eng, whose The Garden of Evening Mists is out now from @PenguinBooksSA #
Azila Talit Reisenberger to Deliver GIPCA Lecture on "The Bible as Literature" http://t.co/ELNKmdqF #
RT @nbpublishers: Bernice van der Merwe stel Een-twee-drie op die tafel en haar restaurant, My Basaar, bekend http://t.co/5jZrWDzr #
RT @siberink: Video: Tumi Murombo Evaluates the State of Environmental Law and Compliance in South Africa http://t.co/aOF5KHqB #
RT @sunbirdpub: Recipes from Cooking with Jenny Morris: Cooking with Goat's Cheese http://t.co/DhQcDIvc #
RT @panmacmillansa: Alan Knott-Craig and Gus Silber Tell the Story of the Mxit Phenomenon in Mobinomics http://t.co/2qhWEhFK #
Margaret von Klemperer Reviews The Miracle of Crocodile Flats by Jenny Hobbs http://t.co/Tg9Svo9Z #
Fraai Magriet resenseer Plante kan praat deur Jeanne Goosen http://t.co/7GaYJHbO #
RT @davidkrut: David Krut Projects JHB Hosts Julian Opie and Chris Ofili http://t.co/RGQqfNmD #
Fifty Shades of Grey Takes Women's Breath Away http://t.co/jVNeOjbD #
RT @randomstruik: Nadine Clarke Engages Young Explorers with Get Bushwise: On Safari http://t.co/o0Y476KP #
RT @unisapress: Ashwin Desai Remembers Champion of the Discarded, Cosmas Desmond http://t.co/SIvEQYFV #
RT @uctpress: Extract: Rob Brooks Addresses Zuma's Polygamy in Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll http://t.co/3buy5xRp #
Get ready to scream at the 8th Annual South African Horrorfest (24 Oct-4 Nov): http://t.co/ECE4evld #
Katharine Kilalea to Represent South Africa in the Poetry Parnassus http://t.co/C2aBacAl #
RT @lapauitgewers: Wen vier boeke met die komplimente van LitNet en LAPA http://t.co/34W5GuKk #
Stanley Gazemba Reviews Bad Company Compiled by Joanne Hichens http://t.co/MnauEJLt #
Michiel Heyns resenseer Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island deur Ashwin Desai http://t.co/jMhsV5BJ #
$685 000 wanted for Robert Lowell's Atelier – a one-bedroom in Central Park West: http://t.co/nK0SsrEQ #
Published Press Release: Southbank Centre Poetry Parnassus on Scribd http://t.co/c05YRXhb #readcast #
RT @penguinbookssa: Barbara Erasmus Describes the Research Process Behind Below Luck Level http://t.co/N53Hm86z #
Scott Fitzgerald asks Hemingway for his honest opinion of Tender is the Night (Note Hemingway's poor spelling): http://t.co/S60HJneI #
RT @jacanamedia: David Lewis Delivers a Personal Account of the Competition Commission in Thieves at the Dinner Table http://t.co/lqxKpsLx #
RT @randomstruik: Forthcoming: Andrew Brown Exposes Religious Tensions in Solace http://t.co/XWD7Xg7x #
RT @jonathanballpub: Richard Mason's History of a Pleasure Seeker Now in Paperback http://t.co/AW8sdMKD #
Video: Jeanette Ferreira gesels oor die kortverhaalbundel Grensoorlogstories http://t.co/LrAmIPG5 #
Percy Zvomuya Reviews Zimbabwe's Land Reform: Myths and Realities http://t.co/FYC3VeTC #
@thando_mgqo You were blocked for that? Not so cool… Where's the twittequette? Thanks for sticking with, tho! in reply to thando_mgqo #
Now for questions… #livebooks #
Johnson ends with quote from a poem by Kelwyn Sole whose "Absent Tongues" will be launched tomorrow at the BL #livebooks #
#livebooks in defining nation there will always be people who fall outside of that #
#livebooks Griqua give us cause to pause and reflect on who is left out of the nation, in collective definition of nation #
DJ: The book ends with chapter on the Griqua – they don't fit within the modern nation? #livebooks #
#livebooks DJ: What is it about our present that makes us reach for a truth outside of newspaper columns etc. #
Decline of formal Christian religion and rise of literature as a secular religion accounts for this moment #livebooks #
Literature as ultimate court of appeal, something special #livebooks #
Romantics – social function of literature is to maintain author, build national pride #livebooks #
Johnson argues that it's an old debate; tension between history and literature takes different forms #livebooks #
Samuelson asks about limits of history: What can literature do that history can't do #livebooks #
Title derived from Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities #livebooks #
DJ: In many ways Cape Town's specific history cannot be used as a template for reading the rest of the nation #livebooks #
Understanding the history of the Cape is not tantamount to understanding the history of SA #livebooks #
DJ notes that the history of the Cape is remarkably different because of its privacy #livebooks #
#livebooks MS asks about possibility of imagining the Cape as a route to understanding SA today #
#livebooks Anxiety tied to ownership of land. Colonisation – making public land privately owned plays out in present w/land disputes #
#livebooks Late 18th century tension gets played out in modern SA history, eg. in apartheid coat of arms #
A crucial moment of transition. Johnson is speaking about why he has located the book in the period he has #livebooks #
With development of system of free trade comes rise of new form of political governance #livebooks #
Samuelson mentions Nigel Worden's recently launched collection, Cape Town Between East and West @JacanaMedia #livebooks #
The present has preconditions in the past – importance of continuity between the two #livebooks #
Registering the present as a moment of extraordinary difficulty and use as a lens through which to view the past #livebooks #
Two axioms of the book – first from Walter Benjamin #livebooks #
Not strictly a work of history – could raise contention amongst historians #livebooks #
DJ uses this contradiction to look back at the 18th century #livebooks #
DJ: fundamental contradiction between political equality and economic inequality #livebooks #
MS: the book aims to expose the "structural contradiction in post-colonial present" #livebooks #
Johnson is in convo with Stellenbosch University's Meg Samuelson #livebooks #
20 year project condensed into a slim volume #livebooks #
Allan Massie criticises responses to Gunter Grass' "Israel poem" that dwell on his SS background: http://t.co/jQdu5nnc #
RT @penguinbookssa: Book Excerpt: Reuel Khoza Develops Definition of an "Attuned Leader" http://t.co/i9hEvUsA #
RT @ukznpress: Patrick Bond Voices Concern Regarding the Volatility of the Rand http://t.co/CbiAbceD #
Corina van der Spoel bied Skrywers en Boeke-program op RSG aan (Plus: Eerste drie uitsendings) http://t.co/wL0rrE9f #
Women24 Reviews The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma by Chris Wadman http://t.co/06Rozp6L #
Claude Schroeder resenseer Briewe aan my kinders deur Jonathan Jansen http://t.co/RGVVP3jY #
RT @jacanamedia: Denis Hirson Shortlisted for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize http://t.co/hwAvKgTX #
Orwell Prize shortlist announced – no Christopher Hitchens! http://t.co/gTl3dNay #
RT @uctpress: Extract from Accountable Government in Africa: Political Parties in Malawi http://t.co/hsC42DDu #
RT @panmacmillansa: Launch of Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life by Emma Mashinini http://t.co/o608fU0j #
RT @penguinbookssa: Barbara Erasmus Returns With Her Fourth Novel: Below Luck Level http://t.co/ZpCZzVlF #
RT @lapauitgewers: Foto's van die bekendstelling van Poppekas deur Deborah Steinmair in Pretoria http://t.co/BOFCISRk #
RT @randomstruik: Kavish Chetty Reports on the Launch of Imraan Coovadia's The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://t.co/DDedCRbr #
Bruce Dennill Reviews The Magic Fish by Margie Orford and Lizza Littlewort http://t.co/2dkwyfcp #
Peter Veldsman resenseer Sout en peper en Cape Winelands Cuisine http://t.co/HKMTb5v6 #
Shortlists Announced for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize http://t.co/KVVM2QtV #
A good part of the Famous Five stories are descriptions of food; Josh Sutton tabulates the diet of Enid Blyton's… http://t.co/u1sigqBT #
RT @witspress: Get a Free Electronic Copy of New South African Review 1 http://t.co/okWVA8gX #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi: Johan Bakkes gesels oor die bekoring van reisverhale http://t.co/tF3a9AU6 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Win a Book Hamper from Sunbird and Jonathan Ball http://t.co/8tHpkUSf #
RT @panmacmillansa: New Edition of Emma Mashinini's Autobiography Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life http://t.co/G40RHPad #
RT @randomstruik: Oscar Pistorius Makes TIME Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People http://t.co/9GYkvZAN #
Clare Colvin Reviews The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh http://t.co/HZGj98NL #
Reminder – Submissions for 4th FEMRITE Regional Women Writers' Residence close 30 April: http://t.co/WM5S3zmR #
RT @hsrcpress: Video: David McDonald Looks Critically at Alternatives to Privatisation http://t.co/RPPS9kDU #
Patrick Flanery and Chibundu Onuzo Longlisted for 2012 Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction http://t.co/zZ8dTrKJ #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Wen vier kinderboeke met die komplimente van LitNet en Protea Boekhuis http://t.co/L4MfZmng #
RT @randomstruik: Make Fuss-free Suppers with Jenny Kay and Elinor Storkey http://t.co/pzJ97yL9 #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Draws the Thin Line Between Hoarders and Hunters http://t.co/oITyWAar #
RT @jonathanballpub: Willem Steenkamp's Assegais, Drums & Dragoons Launched with a Bang at the Chavonnes Battery Museum http://t.co/IraT7bHE #
J Jagganath Reviews Other People's Money by Justin Cartwright http://t.co/8vplZ3v2 #
Tom Gouws resenseer Soom deur Hennie van Coller http://t.co/BdynQz8s #
Published Accountable Government in Africa Ch13 on Scribd http://t.co/VfoPtkTH #readcast #
Published Extract from Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll by Rob Brooks on Scribd http://t.co/wuhYWKQm #readcast #
No Prize Makes Everyone Winners: Andrew Donaldson on the 2012 Pulitzer http://t.co/ve9stMok #
@Exclusivescoza partners with Rhino Force to fight poaching – get a beaded bracelet and show support: http://t.co/6l4guCMX #
Kittling Reviews Worst Case by Jassy Mackenzie http://t.co/8KmZI2EN #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Apollon Davidson Receives Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver http://t.co/wprtqBTG #
RT @nbpublishers: Willie Esterhuyse Examines Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid in Endgame http://t.co/yI8bM50s #
RT @penguinbookssa: Introducing Recognising Postnatal Depression: A Handbook for Mothers http://t.co/MHl6lTzJ #
RT @panmacmillansa: Jo-Anne Richards Speaks About the Authenticity of Fictional Characters http://t.co/v8mpD7bt #
RT @jacanamedia: Shoe Shop Anthology Accompanies May 2012 Exhibition: Ft Penny Siopis, Jodi Bieber and More http://t.co/ay8hvAh6 #
Resensies van Betower deur Fanie Viljoen en Stoffel op safari deur Christiaan Bakkes http://t.co/TZmzeFbR #
Irvine Welsh's "Skagboys" gets the @digestedread treatment: http://t.co/NclfmLxq #
RT @jacanamedia: Launch of Karen Dudley's A Week in The Kitchen at The Book Lounge http://t.co/nZiXg2Lp #
RT @penguinbookssa: Penguin Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival http://t.co/SxhECb1h #
RT @nbpublishers: Maya Fowler gesels oor die suksesse wat sy na 'n keerpunt in haar lewe behaal het http://t.co/i7o1bntV #
Pillowtalk: Dianne Stewart http://t.co/5fbtDYiV #
Quick Review: Time Twisters: Cape of Slaves by Sam Roth http://t.co/o3Yi5y0r #
Rebecca Davis Reviews Eish, but is it English? by Rajend Mesthrie and Jeanne Hromnik http://t.co/T1yLjV9q #
@exclusivescoza is giving away 1000 copies – yes, 1000! – of a special edition of Skulduggery Pleasant: http://t.co/j9IJOt88 #
@charltonbrooker wonders why an electric toothbrush company is a sponsor for the Olympic Games: http://t.co/ne9qAyZo #
The Market Laboratory invites you to "Comrade Babble", a satirical play on the life of Brett Kebble: http://t.co/M5DbpF9Q #
Craig Seligman Reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/a59eT1qq #
Toast Coetzer resenseer Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke deur Louis de Villiers http://t.co/NnBh3Hi7 #
First Peek at JC Kannemeyer's JM Coetzee Biography: A Life in Writing http://t.co/ow2r7PQq #
RT @JacanaMedia Launch of Up in Arms by Raenette Taljaard at The Book Lounge http://t.co/zwDh2f0N #
RT @ProteaBoekhuis Louis Esterhuizen gesels oor reis en identiteit by die bekendstelling van Amper elders http://t.co/17nBMC3R #
RT @RandomStruik Sarel SuperVan van der Merwe and Sponsors Etana Celebrate the Release of His Biography http://t.co/RoevSgKL #
RT @PenguinBooksSA Hamilton Wende Is Hopeful About South Africa's Future http://t.co/jBb0JcAL #
Daniel Lucian Reviews Blood River by Tim Butcher http://t.co/XX6BTsw4 #
Have your cookbook and eat it too! Via @HuffPostBooks: http://t.co/A7lkhTVz #
RT @JonathanBallPub Book Launches (Cape Town and Joburg): Rhumba by Elaine Proctor http://t.co/svV4VJuH #
RT @ProteaBoekhuis Strijdom van der Merwe Contemplates His "Canvas" of Choice, the Karoo http://t.co/t3edynf1 #
The 2012 Media24 Books Literary Awards and Jan Rabie Rapport Prize Shortlists http://t.co/sb3qpl8h #
RT @lapauitgewers: Bekendstelling van Die kamer langsaan deur Annemari Coetser by The Angel's Place http://t.co/rZ34kOQJ #
It's Shakespeare's birthday today! @GuardianBooks matches sonnets to 25 fiction titles: http://t.co/0pupZfRh #
RT @randomstruik: Randy Dotinga Interviews Worst Case Author Jassy Mackenzie http://t.co/z2QQLvJ8 #
What I'm Reading: Karen Dudley http://t.co/PCsWpUq0 #
Wereldboekedag: Skrywers verklap watter karakters hulle graag sou wou wees http://t.co/JhFCowZL #
Notes from a Nomad: An Interview with Gaile Parkin http://t.co/nfOfXx5H #
Happy World Book Day 2012 – And Happy 5th Birthday to Books LIVE http://t.co/vmecwBRl #
Read "Hand on the Shoulder", a new short story by Ian McEwan in the @NewYorker: http://t.co/H39FbuKN #
Matt Allison Reviews A Week in The Kitchen by Karen Dudley http://t.co/bWKgWzBu #
Last alt Sun Read: What it'll cost you to have Go the F**k to Sleep author @AdamMansbach blurb your book: http://t.co/CBz81cGw #
Alt Sun Read no.4: "After the Cold War": Eric Hobsbawm remembers Tony Judt in @LRB http://t.co/L8JoNv0U #
Alt Sun Read no.3: @GuardianBooks reviews the latest treatise from Terry Eagleton, The Event of Literature: http://t.co/sey7AKnh #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Extract from nature writer Kathleen Jamie's Sightlines: http://t.co/Nk8cQlMq #
Alt Sun Read no.1: Correspondence between Pulitzer Jury and Board regarding unawarded Fiction Priize: http://t.co/7BdvQMbJ #
Sunday Read: "Miss Lora" by Junot Diaz (Plus Q&A) http://t.co/ro6rrT5G #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-29

by Ben - Editor on Apr 29th, 2012

#FF @Career_Junction @sowetanlive @exclusivescoza @mapit @timeslive @sportlivesa @businesslivesa @inetbridge @businessdaydigi #AvusaDigital in reply to Career_Junction #
Fiction Friday: Extract from The Dubious Salvation of Jack V by Jacques Strauss http://t.co/9lSCA8YL #
Nigerian author Ben Okri is announced as the new vice-president of @CainePrize: http://t.co/ObPetLQK #
@three_monkeys interviews Jim Crace, "the poet of prose": http://t.co/EHeo3ltm #
RT @penguinbookssa: Video: Tan Twan Eng Reads from The Garden of Evening Mists (Plus: Twit Lit Interview) http://t.co/3oo0pg3P #
@NewYorker Photographer Kate Simon shares rare images of Bob Marley's Exodus Tour: http://t.co/IjPYypuh #
RT @randomstruik: Video: Expresso Hosts Kinglsey Holgate to Mark World Malaria Day http://t.co/YLHPl58Z #
#twitlit Don't miss your chance take a Walk in the Garden of Evening Mists! Thanks for the chat, Twan #
#twitlit Tan's launch is on 17 May at @book_lounge; and he'll feature at the coming @FranLitFest. #
#twitlit Here is a picture of said Afrikaans dedication. It's worth reading http://t.co/wwQ94fWw #
#twitlit Tan hails from Malaysia but is based in Cape Town. Lawyer by trade, he now dedicates his books in Afrikaans. #
#twitlit Tan: And they get married and live happily ever after. Just joking. #
#twitlit Tan: Yun Ling stays in a tea plantation owned by a veteran of the Boer War (losing side), Magnus Pretorius #
#twitlit Tan: He teaches her until the monsoon comes; all around them the Malayan Communist Terrorists wage war against the British rulers #
#twitlit Her sister died in a prisoner of war camp – she survived. The gardener refuses but agrees to teach the art of Japanese gardening #
#twitlit Tan: Seriously, it's about a woman Malaya who asks the Emp of Japan's former gardener to create a memorial gardener for her sister #
#twitlit Q: So Twan, what's your novel about? A: About 350 pages #
Tan's 1st novel, The Gift of Rain, was longlisted for the @ManBookerPrize #twitlit #
…and here's the author himself, holding up his freshly published novel. #twitlit http://t.co/TVmFaqci #
Stand by 4 a Books LIVE 1st: a Twit Lit interview, w/ author Tan Twan Eng, whose The Garden of Evening Mists is out now from @PenguinBooksSA #
Azila Talit Reisenberger to Deliver GIPCA Lecture on "The Bible as Literature" http://t.co/ELNKmdqF #
RT @nbpublishers: Bernice van der Merwe stel Een-twee-drie op die tafel en haar restaurant, My Basaar, bekend http://t.co/5jZrWDzr #
RT @siberink: Video: Tumi Murombo Evaluates the State of Environmental Law and Compliance in South Africa http://t.co/aOF5KHqB #
RT @sunbirdpub: Recipes from Cooking with Jenny Morris: Cooking with Goat's Cheese http://t.co/DhQcDIvc #
RT @panmacmillansa: Alan Knott-Craig and Gus Silber Tell the Story of the Mxit Phenomenon in Mobinomics http://t.co/2qhWEhFK #
Margaret von Klemperer Reviews The Miracle of Crocodile Flats by Jenny Hobbs http://t.co/Tg9Svo9Z #
Fraai Magriet resenseer Plante kan praat deur Jeanne Goosen http://t.co/7GaYJHbO #
RT @davidkrut: David Krut Projects JHB Hosts Julian Opie and Chris Ofili http://t.co/RGQqfNmD #
Fifty Shades of Grey Takes Women's Breath Away http://t.co/jVNeOjbD #
RT @randomstruik: Nadine Clarke Engages Young Explorers with Get Bushwise: On Safari http://t.co/o0Y476KP #
RT @unisapress: Ashwin Desai Remembers Champion of the Discarded, Cosmas Desmond http://t.co/SIvEQYFV #
RT @uctpress: Extract: Rob Brooks Addresses Zuma's Polygamy in Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll http://t.co/3buy5xRp #
Get ready to scream at the 8th Annual South African Horrorfest (24 Oct-4 Nov): http://t.co/ECE4evld #
Katharine Kilalea to Represent South Africa in the Poetry Parnassus http://t.co/C2aBacAl #
RT @lapauitgewers: Wen vier boeke met die komplimente van LitNet en LAPA http://t.co/34W5GuKk #
Stanley Gazemba Reviews Bad Company Compiled by Joanne Hichens http://t.co/MnauEJLt #
Michiel Heyns resenseer Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island deur Ashwin Desai http://t.co/jMhsV5BJ #
$685 000 wanted for Robert Lowell's Atelier – a one-bedroom in Central Park West: http://t.co/nK0SsrEQ #
Published Press Release: Southbank Centre Poetry Parnassus on Scribd http://t.co/c05YRXhb #readcast #
RT @penguinbookssa: Barbara Erasmus Describes the Research Process Behind Below Luck Level http://t.co/N53Hm86z #
Scott Fitzgerald asks Hemingway for his honest opinion of Tender is the Night (Note Hemingway's poor spelling): http://t.co/S60HJneI #
RT @jacanamedia: David Lewis Delivers a Personal Account of the Competition Commission in Thieves at the Dinner Table http://t.co/lqxKpsLx #
RT @randomstruik: Forthcoming: Andrew Brown Exposes Religious Tensions in Solace http://t.co/XWD7Xg7x #
RT @jonathanballpub: Richard Mason's History of a Pleasure Seeker Now in Paperback http://t.co/AW8sdMKD #
Video: Jeanette Ferreira gesels oor die kortverhaalbundel Grensoorlogstories http://t.co/LrAmIPG5 #
Percy Zvomuya Reviews Zimbabwe's Land Reform: Myths and Realities http://t.co/FYC3VeTC #
@thando_mgqo You were blocked for that? Not so cool… Where's the twittequette? Thanks for sticking with, tho! in reply to thando_mgqo #
Now for questions… #livebooks #
Johnson ends with quote from a poem by Kelwyn Sole whose "Absent Tongues" will be launched tomorrow at the BL #livebooks #
#livebooks in defining nation there will always be people who fall outside of that #
#livebooks Griqua give us cause to pause and reflect on who is left out of the nation, in collective definition of nation #
DJ: The book ends with chapter on the Griqua – they don't fit within the modern nation? #livebooks #
#livebooks DJ: What is it about our present that makes us reach for a truth outside of newspaper columns etc. #
Decline of formal Christian religion and rise of literature as a secular religion accounts for this moment #livebooks #
Literature as ultimate court of appeal, something special #livebooks #
Romantics – social function of literature is to maintain author, build national pride #livebooks #
Johnson argues that it's an old debate; tension between history and literature takes different forms #livebooks #
Samuelson asks about limits of history: What can literature do that history can't do #livebooks #
Title derived from Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities #livebooks #
DJ: In many ways Cape Town's specific history cannot be used as a template for reading the rest of the nation #livebooks #
Understanding the history of the Cape is not tantamount to understanding the history of SA #livebooks #
DJ notes that the history of the Cape is remarkably different because of its privacy #livebooks #
#livebooks MS asks about possibility of imagining the Cape as a route to understanding SA today #
#livebooks Anxiety tied to ownership of land. Colonisation – making public land privately owned plays out in present w/land disputes #
#livebooks Late 18th century tension gets played out in modern SA history, eg. in apartheid coat of arms #
A crucial moment of transition. Johnson is speaking about why he has located the book in the period he has #livebooks #
With development of system of free trade comes rise of new form of political governance #livebooks #
Samuelson mentions Nigel Worden's recently launched collection, Cape Town Between East and West @JacanaMedia #livebooks #
The present has preconditions in the past – importance of continuity between the two #livebooks #
Registering the present as a moment of extraordinary difficulty and use as a lens through which to view the past #livebooks #
Two axioms of the book – first from Walter Benjamin #livebooks #
Not strictly a work of history – could raise contention amongst historians #livebooks #
DJ uses this contradiction to look back at the 18th century #livebooks #
DJ: fundamental contradiction between political equality and economic inequality #livebooks #
MS: the book aims to expose the "structural contradiction in post-colonial present" #livebooks #
Johnson is in convo with Stellenbosch University's Meg Samuelson #livebooks #
20 year project condensed into a slim volume #livebooks #
Allan Massie criticises responses to Gunter Grass' "Israel poem" that dwell on his SS background: http://t.co/jQdu5nnc #
RT @penguinbookssa: Book Excerpt: Reuel Khoza Develops Definition of an "Attuned Leader" http://t.co/i9hEvUsA #
RT @ukznpress: Patrick Bond Voices Concern Regarding the Volatility of the Rand http://t.co/CbiAbceD #
Corina van der Spoel bied Skrywers en Boeke-program op RSG aan (Plus: Eerste drie uitsendings) http://t.co/wL0rrE9f #
Women24 Reviews The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma by Chris Wadman http://t.co/06Rozp6L #
Claude Schroeder resenseer Briewe aan my kinders deur Jonathan Jansen http://t.co/RGVVP3jY #
RT @jacanamedia: Denis Hirson Shortlisted for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize http://t.co/hwAvKgTX #
Orwell Prize shortlist announced – no Christopher Hitchens! http://t.co/gTl3dNay #
RT @uctpress: Extract from Accountable Government in Africa: Political Parties in Malawi http://t.co/hsC42DDu #
RT @panmacmillansa: Launch of Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life by Emma Mashinini http://t.co/o608fU0j #
RT @penguinbookssa: Barbara Erasmus Returns With Her Fourth Novel: Below Luck Level http://t.co/ZpCZzVlF #
RT @lapauitgewers: Foto's van die bekendstelling van Poppekas deur Deborah Steinmair in Pretoria http://t.co/BOFCISRk #
RT @randomstruik: Kavish Chetty Reports on the Launch of Imraan Coovadia's The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://t.co/DDedCRbr #
Bruce Dennill Reviews The Magic Fish by Margie Orford and Lizza Littlewort http://t.co/2dkwyfcp #
Peter Veldsman resenseer Sout en peper en Cape Winelands Cuisine http://t.co/HKMTb5v6 #
Shortlists Announced for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize http://t.co/KVVM2QtV #
A good part of the Famous Five stories are descriptions of food; Josh Sutton tabulates the diet of Enid Blyton's… http://t.co/u1sigqBT #
RT @witspress: Get a Free Electronic Copy of New South African Review 1 http://t.co/okWVA8gX #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi: Johan Bakkes gesels oor die bekoring van reisverhale http://t.co/tF3a9AU6 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Win a Book Hamper from Sunbird and Jonathan Ball http://t.co/8tHpkUSf #
RT @panmacmillansa: New Edition of Emma Mashinini's Autobiography Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life http://t.co/G40RHPad #
RT @randomstruik: Oscar Pistorius Makes TIME Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People http://t.co/9GYkvZAN #
Clare Colvin Reviews The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh http://t.co/HZGj98NL #
Reminder – Submissions for 4th FEMRITE Regional Women Writers' Residence close 30 April: http://t.co/WM5S3zmR #
RT @hsrcpress: Video: David McDonald Looks Critically at Alternatives to Privatisation http://t.co/RPPS9kDU #
Patrick Flanery and Chibundu Onuzo Longlisted for 2012 Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction http://t.co/zZ8dTrKJ #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Wen vier kinderboeke met die komplimente van LitNet en Protea Boekhuis http://t.co/L4MfZmng #
RT @randomstruik: Make Fuss-free Suppers with Jenny Kay and Elinor Storkey http://t.co/pzJ97yL9 #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Draws the Thin Line Between Hoarders and Hunters http://t.co/oITyWAar #
RT @jonathanballpub: Willem Steenkamp's Assegais, Drums & Dragoons Launched with a Bang at the Chavonnes Battery Museum http://t.co/IraT7bHE #
J Jagganath Reviews Other People's Money by Justin Cartwright http://t.co/8vplZ3v2 #
Tom Gouws resenseer Soom deur Hennie van Coller http://t.co/BdynQz8s #
Published Accountable Government in Africa Ch13 on Scribd http://t.co/VfoPtkTH #readcast #
Published Extract from Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll by Rob Brooks on Scribd http://t.co/wuhYWKQm #readcast #
No Prize Makes Everyone Winners: Andrew Donaldson on the 2012 Pulitzer http://t.co/ve9stMok #
@Exclusivescoza partners with Rhino Force to fight poaching – get a beaded bracelet and show support: http://t.co/6l4guCMX #
Kittling Reviews Worst Case by Jassy Mackenzie http://t.co/8KmZI2EN #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Apollon Davidson Receives Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver http://t.co/wprtqBTG #
RT @nbpublishers: Willie Esterhuyse Examines Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid in Endgame http://t.co/yI8bM50s #
RT @penguinbookssa: Introducing Recognising Postnatal Depression: A Handbook for Mothers http://t.co/MHl6lTzJ #
RT @panmacmillansa: Jo-Anne Richards Speaks About the Authenticity of Fictional Characters http://t.co/v8mpD7bt #
RT @jacanamedia: Shoe Shop Anthology Accompanies May 2012 Exhibition: Ft Penny Siopis, Jodi Bieber and More http://t.co/ay8hvAh6 #
Resensies van Betower deur Fanie Viljoen en Stoffel op safari deur Christiaan Bakkes http://t.co/TZmzeFbR #
Irvine Welsh's "Skagboys" gets the @digestedread treatment: http://t.co/NclfmLxq #
RT @jacanamedia: Launch of Karen Dudley's A Week in The Kitchen at The Book Lounge http://t.co/nZiXg2Lp #
RT @penguinbookssa: Penguin Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival http://t.co/SxhECb1h #
RT @nbpublishers: Maya Fowler gesels oor die suksesse wat sy na 'n keerpunt in haar lewe behaal het http://t.co/i7o1bntV #
Pillowtalk: Dianne Stewart http://t.co/5fbtDYiV #
Quick Review: Time Twisters: Cape of Slaves by Sam Roth http://t.co/o3Yi5y0r #
Rebecca Davis Reviews Eish, but is it English? by Rajend Mesthrie and Jeanne Hromnik http://t.co/T1yLjV9q #
@exclusivescoza is giving away 1000 copies – yes, 1000! – of a special edition of Skulduggery Pleasant: http://t.co/j9IJOt88 #
@charltonbrooker wonders why an electric toothbrush company is a sponsor for the Olympic Games: http://t.co/ne9qAyZo #
The Market Laboratory invites you to "Comrade Babble", a satirical play on the life of Brett Kebble: http://t.co/M5DbpF9Q #
Craig Seligman Reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/a59eT1qq #
Toast Coetzer resenseer Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke deur Louis de Villiers http://t.co/NnBh3Hi7 #
First Peek at JC Kannemeyer's JM Coetzee Biography: A Life in Writing http://t.co/ow2r7PQq #
RT @JacanaMedia Launch of Up in Arms by Raenette Taljaard at The Book Lounge http://t.co/zwDh2f0N #
RT @ProteaBoekhuis Louis Esterhuizen gesels oor reis en identiteit by die bekendstelling van Amper elders http://t.co/17nBMC3R #
RT @RandomStruik Sarel SuperVan van der Merwe and Sponsors Etana Celebrate the Release of His Biography http://t.co/RoevSgKL #
RT @PenguinBooksSA Hamilton Wende Is Hopeful About South Africa's Future http://t.co/jBb0JcAL #
Daniel Lucian Reviews Blood River by Tim Butcher http://t.co/XX6BTsw4 #
Have your cookbook and eat it too! Via @HuffPostBooks: http://t.co/A7lkhTVz #
RT @JonathanBallPub Book Launches (Cape Town and Joburg): Rhumba by Elaine Proctor http://t.co/svV4VJuH #
RT @ProteaBoekhuis Strijdom van der Merwe Contemplates His "Canvas" of Choice, the Karoo http://t.co/t3edynf1 #
The 2012 Media24 Books Literary Awards and Jan Rabie Rapport Prize Shortlists http://t.co/sb3qpl8h #
RT @lapauitgewers: Bekendstelling van Die kamer langsaan deur Annemari Coetser by The Angel's Place http://t.co/rZ34kOQJ #
It's Shakespeare's birthday today! @GuardianBooks matches sonnets to 25 fiction titles: http://t.co/0pupZfRh #
RT @randomstruik: Randy Dotinga Interviews Worst Case Author Jassy Mackenzie http://t.co/z2QQLvJ8 #
What I'm Reading: Karen Dudley http://t.co/PCsWpUq0 #
Wereldboekedag: Skrywers verklap watter karakters hulle graag sou wou wees http://t.co/JhFCowZL #
Notes from a Nomad: An Interview with Gaile Parkin http://t.co/nfOfXx5H #
Happy World Book Day 2012 – And Happy 5th Birthday to Books LIVE http://t.co/vmecwBRl #
Read "Hand on the Shoulder", a new short story by Ian McEwan in the @NewYorker: http://t.co/H39FbuKN #
Matt Allison Reviews A Week in The Kitchen by Karen Dudley http://t.co/bWKgWzBu #
Last alt Sun Read: What it'll cost you to have Go the F**k to Sleep author @AdamMansbach blurb your book: http://t.co/CBz81cGw #
Alt Sun Read no.4: "After the Cold War": Eric Hobsbawm remembers Tony Judt in @LRB http://t.co/L8JoNv0U #
Alt Sun Read no.3: @GuardianBooks reviews the latest treatise from Terry Eagleton, The Event of Literature: http://t.co/sey7AKnh #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Extract from nature writer Kathleen Jamie's Sightlines: http://t.co/Nk8cQlMq #
Alt Sun Read no.1: Correspondence between Pulitzer Jury and Board regarding unawarded Fiction Priize: http://t.co/7BdvQMbJ #
Sunday Read: "Miss Lora" by Junot Diaz (Plus Q&A) http://t.co/ro6rrT5G #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-29

by Ben - Editor on Apr 29th, 2012

#FF @Career_Junction @sowetanlive @exclusivescoza @mapit @timeslive @sportlivesa @businesslivesa @inetbridge @businessdaydigi #AvusaDigital in reply to Career_Junction #
Fiction Friday: Extract from The Dubious Salvation of Jack V by Jacques Strauss http://t.co/9lSCA8YL #
Nigerian author Ben Okri is announced as the new vice-president of @CainePrize: http://t.co/ObPetLQK #
@three_monkeys interviews Jim Crace, "the poet of prose": http://t.co/EHeo3ltm #
RT @penguinbookssa: Video: Tan Twan Eng Reads from The Garden of Evening Mists (Plus: Twit Lit Interview) http://t.co/3oo0pg3P #
@NewYorker Photographer Kate Simon shares rare images of Bob Marley's Exodus Tour: http://t.co/IjPYypuh #
RT @randomstruik: Video: Expresso Hosts Kinglsey Holgate to Mark World Malaria Day http://t.co/YLHPl58Z #
#twitlit Don't miss your chance take a Walk in the Garden of Evening Mists! Thanks for the chat, Twan #
#twitlit Tan's launch is on 17 May at @book_lounge; and he'll feature at the coming @FranLitFest. #
#twitlit Here is a picture of said Afrikaans dedication. It's worth reading http://t.co/wwQ94fWw #
#twitlit Tan hails from Malaysia but is based in Cape Town. Lawyer by trade, he now dedicates his books in Afrikaans. #
#twitlit Tan: And they get married and live happily ever after. Just joking. #
#twitlit Tan: Yun Ling stays in a tea plantation owned by a veteran of the Boer War (losing side), Magnus Pretorius #
#twitlit Tan: He teaches her until the monsoon comes; all around them the Malayan Communist Terrorists wage war against the British rulers #
#twitlit Her sister died in a prisoner of war camp – she survived. The gardener refuses but agrees to teach the art of Japanese gardening #
#twitlit Tan: Seriously, it's about a woman Malaya who asks the Emp of Japan's former gardener to create a memorial gardener for her sister #
#twitlit Q: So Twan, what's your novel about? A: About 350 pages #
Tan's 1st novel, The Gift of Rain, was longlisted for the @ManBookerPrize #twitlit #
…and here's the author himself, holding up his freshly published novel. #twitlit http://t.co/TVmFaqci #
Stand by 4 a Books LIVE 1st: a Twit Lit interview, w/ author Tan Twan Eng, whose The Garden of Evening Mists is out now from @PenguinBooksSA #
Azila Talit Reisenberger to Deliver GIPCA Lecture on "The Bible as Literature" http://t.co/ELNKmdqF #
RT @nbpublishers: Bernice van der Merwe stel Een-twee-drie op die tafel en haar restaurant, My Basaar, bekend http://t.co/5jZrWDzr #
RT @siberink: Video: Tumi Murombo Evaluates the State of Environmental Law and Compliance in South Africa http://t.co/aOF5KHqB #
RT @sunbirdpub: Recipes from Cooking with Jenny Morris: Cooking with Goat's Cheese http://t.co/DhQcDIvc #
RT @panmacmillansa: Alan Knott-Craig and Gus Silber Tell the Story of the Mxit Phenomenon in Mobinomics http://t.co/2qhWEhFK #
Margaret von Klemperer Reviews The Miracle of Crocodile Flats by Jenny Hobbs http://t.co/Tg9Svo9Z #
Fraai Magriet resenseer Plante kan praat deur Jeanne Goosen http://t.co/7GaYJHbO #
RT @davidkrut: David Krut Projects JHB Hosts Julian Opie and Chris Ofili http://t.co/RGQqfNmD #
Fifty Shades of Grey Takes Women's Breath Away http://t.co/jVNeOjbD #
RT @randomstruik: Nadine Clarke Engages Young Explorers with Get Bushwise: On Safari http://t.co/o0Y476KP #
RT @unisapress: Ashwin Desai Remembers Champion of the Discarded, Cosmas Desmond http://t.co/SIvEQYFV #
RT @uctpress: Extract: Rob Brooks Addresses Zuma's Polygamy in Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll http://t.co/3buy5xRp #
Get ready to scream at the 8th Annual South African Horrorfest (24 Oct-4 Nov): http://t.co/ECE4evld #
Katharine Kilalea to Represent South Africa in the Poetry Parnassus http://t.co/C2aBacAl #
RT @lapauitgewers: Wen vier boeke met die komplimente van LitNet en LAPA http://t.co/34W5GuKk #
Stanley Gazemba Reviews Bad Company Compiled by Joanne Hichens http://t.co/MnauEJLt #
Michiel Heyns resenseer Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island deur Ashwin Desai http://t.co/jMhsV5BJ #
$685 000 wanted for Robert Lowell's Atelier – a one-bedroom in Central Park West: http://t.co/nK0SsrEQ #
Published Press Release: Southbank Centre Poetry Parnassus on Scribd http://t.co/c05YRXhb #readcast #
RT @penguinbookssa: Barbara Erasmus Describes the Research Process Behind Below Luck Level http://t.co/N53Hm86z #
Scott Fitzgerald asks Hemingway for his honest opinion of Tender is the Night (Note Hemingway's poor spelling): http://t.co/S60HJneI #
RT @jacanamedia: David Lewis Delivers a Personal Account of the Competition Commission in Thieves at the Dinner Table http://t.co/lqxKpsLx #
RT @randomstruik: Forthcoming: Andrew Brown Exposes Religious Tensions in Solace http://t.co/XWD7Xg7x #
RT @jonathanballpub: Richard Mason's History of a Pleasure Seeker Now in Paperback http://t.co/AW8sdMKD #
Video: Jeanette Ferreira gesels oor die kortverhaalbundel Grensoorlogstories http://t.co/LrAmIPG5 #
Percy Zvomuya Reviews Zimbabwe's Land Reform: Myths and Realities http://t.co/FYC3VeTC #
@thando_mgqo You were blocked for that? Not so cool… Where's the twittequette? Thanks for sticking with, tho! in reply to thando_mgqo #
Now for questions… #livebooks #
Johnson ends with quote from a poem by Kelwyn Sole whose "Absent Tongues" will be launched tomorrow at the BL #livebooks #
#livebooks in defining nation there will always be people who fall outside of that #
#livebooks Griqua give us cause to pause and reflect on who is left out of the nation, in collective definition of nation #
DJ: The book ends with chapter on the Griqua – they don't fit within the modern nation? #livebooks #
#livebooks DJ: What is it about our present that makes us reach for a truth outside of newspaper columns etc. #
Decline of formal Christian religion and rise of literature as a secular religion accounts for this moment #livebooks #
Literature as ultimate court of appeal, something special #livebooks #
Romantics – social function of literature is to maintain author, build national pride #livebooks #
Johnson argues that it's an old debate; tension between history and literature takes different forms #livebooks #
Samuelson asks about limits of history: What can literature do that history can't do #livebooks #
Title derived from Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities #livebooks #
DJ: In many ways Cape Town's specific history cannot be used as a template for reading the rest of the nation #livebooks #
Understanding the history of the Cape is not tantamount to understanding the history of SA #livebooks #
DJ notes that the history of the Cape is remarkably different because of its privacy #livebooks #
#livebooks MS asks about possibility of imagining the Cape as a route to understanding SA today #
#livebooks Anxiety tied to ownership of land. Colonisation – making public land privately owned plays out in present w/land disputes #
#livebooks Late 18th century tension gets played out in modern SA history, eg. in apartheid coat of arms #
A crucial moment of transition. Johnson is speaking about why he has located the book in the period he has #livebooks #
With development of system of free trade comes rise of new form of political governance #livebooks #
Samuelson mentions Nigel Worden's recently launched collection, Cape Town Between East and West @JacanaMedia #livebooks #
The present has preconditions in the past – importance of continuity between the two #livebooks #
Registering the present as a moment of extraordinary difficulty and use as a lens through which to view the past #livebooks #
Two axioms of the book – first from Walter Benjamin #livebooks #
Not strictly a work of history – could raise contention amongst historians #livebooks #
DJ uses this contradiction to look back at the 18th century #livebooks #
DJ: fundamental contradiction between political equality and economic inequality #livebooks #
MS: the book aims to expose the "structural contradiction in post-colonial present" #livebooks #
Johnson is in convo with Stellenbosch University's Meg Samuelson #livebooks #
20 year project condensed into a slim volume #livebooks #
Allan Massie criticises responses to Gunter Grass' "Israel poem" that dwell on his SS background: http://t.co/jQdu5nnc #
RT @penguinbookssa: Book Excerpt: Reuel Khoza Develops Definition of an "Attuned Leader" http://t.co/i9hEvUsA #
RT @ukznpress: Patrick Bond Voices Concern Regarding the Volatility of the Rand http://t.co/CbiAbceD #
Corina van der Spoel bied Skrywers en Boeke-program op RSG aan (Plus: Eerste drie uitsendings) http://t.co/wL0rrE9f #
Women24 Reviews The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma by Chris Wadman http://t.co/06Rozp6L #
Claude Schroeder resenseer Briewe aan my kinders deur Jonathan Jansen http://t.co/RGVVP3jY #
RT @jacanamedia: Denis Hirson Shortlisted for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize http://t.co/hwAvKgTX #
Orwell Prize shortlist announced – no Christopher Hitchens! http://t.co/gTl3dNay #
RT @uctpress: Extract from Accountable Government in Africa: Political Parties in Malawi http://t.co/hsC42DDu #
RT @panmacmillansa: Launch of Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life by Emma Mashinini http://t.co/o608fU0j #
RT @penguinbookssa: Barbara Erasmus Returns With Her Fourth Novel: Below Luck Level http://t.co/ZpCZzVlF #
RT @lapauitgewers: Foto's van die bekendstelling van Poppekas deur Deborah Steinmair in Pretoria http://t.co/BOFCISRk #
RT @randomstruik: Kavish Chetty Reports on the Launch of Imraan Coovadia's The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://t.co/DDedCRbr #
Bruce Dennill Reviews The Magic Fish by Margie Orford and Lizza Littlewort http://t.co/2dkwyfcp #
Peter Veldsman resenseer Sout en peper en Cape Winelands Cuisine http://t.co/HKMTb5v6 #
Shortlists Announced for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize http://t.co/KVVM2QtV #
A good part of the Famous Five stories are descriptions of food; Josh Sutton tabulates the diet of Enid Blyton's… http://t.co/u1sigqBT #
RT @witspress: Get a Free Electronic Copy of New South African Review 1 http://t.co/okWVA8gX #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi: Johan Bakkes gesels oor die bekoring van reisverhale http://t.co/tF3a9AU6 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Win a Book Hamper from Sunbird and Jonathan Ball http://t.co/8tHpkUSf #
RT @panmacmillansa: New Edition of Emma Mashinini's Autobiography Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life http://t.co/G40RHPad #
RT @randomstruik: Oscar Pistorius Makes TIME Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People http://t.co/9GYkvZAN #
Clare Colvin Reviews The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh http://t.co/HZGj98NL #
Reminder – Submissions for 4th FEMRITE Regional Women Writers' Residence close 30 April: http://t.co/WM5S3zmR #
RT @hsrcpress: Video: David McDonald Looks Critically at Alternatives to Privatisation http://t.co/RPPS9kDU #
Patrick Flanery and Chibundu Onuzo Longlisted for 2012 Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction http://t.co/zZ8dTrKJ #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Wen vier kinderboeke met die komplimente van LitNet en Protea Boekhuis http://t.co/L4MfZmng #
RT @randomstruik: Make Fuss-free Suppers with Jenny Kay and Elinor Storkey http://t.co/pzJ97yL9 #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Draws the Thin Line Between Hoarders and Hunters http://t.co/oITyWAar #
RT @jonathanballpub: Willem Steenkamp's Assegais, Drums & Dragoons Launched with a Bang at the Chavonnes Battery Museum http://t.co/IraT7bHE #
J Jagganath Reviews Other People's Money by Justin Cartwright http://t.co/8vplZ3v2 #
Tom Gouws resenseer Soom deur Hennie van Coller http://t.co/BdynQz8s #
Published Accountable Government in Africa Ch13 on Scribd http://t.co/VfoPtkTH #readcast #
Published Extract from Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll by Rob Brooks on Scribd http://t.co/wuhYWKQm #readcast #
No Prize Makes Everyone Winners: Andrew Donaldson on the 2012 Pulitzer http://t.co/ve9stMok #
@Exclusivescoza partners with Rhino Force to fight poaching – get a beaded bracelet and show support: http://t.co/6l4guCMX #
Kittling Reviews Worst Case by Jassy Mackenzie http://t.co/8KmZI2EN #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Apollon Davidson Receives Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Silver http://t.co/wprtqBTG #
RT @nbpublishers: Willie Esterhuyse Examines Secret Talks and the End of Apartheid in Endgame http://t.co/yI8bM50s #
RT @penguinbookssa: Introducing Recognising Postnatal Depression: A Handbook for Mothers http://t.co/MHl6lTzJ #
RT @panmacmillansa: Jo-Anne Richards Speaks About the Authenticity of Fictional Characters http://t.co/v8mpD7bt #
RT @jacanamedia: Shoe Shop Anthology Accompanies May 2012 Exhibition: Ft Penny Siopis, Jodi Bieber and More http://t.co/ay8hvAh6 #
Resensies van Betower deur Fanie Viljoen en Stoffel op safari deur Christiaan Bakkes http://t.co/TZmzeFbR #
Irvine Welsh's "Skagboys" gets the @digestedread treatment: http://t.co/NclfmLxq #
RT @jacanamedia: Launch of Karen Dudley's A Week in The Kitchen at The Book Lounge http://t.co/nZiXg2Lp #
RT @penguinbookssa: Penguin Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival http://t.co/SxhECb1h #
RT @nbpublishers: Maya Fowler gesels oor die suksesse wat sy na 'n keerpunt in haar lewe behaal het http://t.co/i7o1bntV #
Pillowtalk: Dianne Stewart http://t.co/5fbtDYiV #
Quick Review: Time Twisters: Cape of Slaves by Sam Roth http://t.co/o3Yi5y0r #
Rebecca Davis Reviews Eish, but is it English? by Rajend Mesthrie and Jeanne Hromnik http://t.co/T1yLjV9q #
@exclusivescoza is giving away 1000 copies – yes, 1000! – of a special edition of Skulduggery Pleasant: http://t.co/j9IJOt88 #
@charltonbrooker wonders why an electric toothbrush company is a sponsor for the Olympic Games: http://t.co/ne9qAyZo #
The Market Laboratory invites you to "Comrade Babble", a satirical play on the life of Brett Kebble: http://t.co/M5DbpF9Q #
Craig Seligman Reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/a59eT1qq #
Toast Coetzer resenseer Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke deur Louis de Villiers http://t.co/NnBh3Hi7 #
First Peek at JC Kannemeyer's JM Coetzee Biography: A Life in Writing http://t.co/ow2r7PQq #
RT @JacanaMedia Launch of Up in Arms by Raenette Taljaard at The Book Lounge http://t.co/zwDh2f0N #
RT @ProteaBoekhuis Louis Esterhuizen gesels oor reis en identiteit by die bekendstelling van Amper elders http://t.co/17nBMC3R #
RT @RandomStruik Sarel SuperVan van der Merwe and Sponsors Etana Celebrate the Release of His Biography http://t.co/RoevSgKL #
RT @PenguinBooksSA Hamilton Wende Is Hopeful About South Africa's Future http://t.co/jBb0JcAL #
Daniel Lucian Reviews Blood River by Tim Butcher http://t.co/XX6BTsw4 #
Have your cookbook and eat it too! Via @HuffPostBooks: http://t.co/A7lkhTVz #
RT @JonathanBallPub Book Launches (Cape Town and Joburg): Rhumba by Elaine Proctor http://t.co/svV4VJuH #
RT @ProteaBoekhuis Strijdom van der Merwe Contemplates His "Canvas" of Choice, the Karoo http://t.co/t3edynf1 #
The 2012 Media24 Books Literary Awards and Jan Rabie Rapport Prize Shortlists http://t.co/sb3qpl8h #
RT @lapauitgewers: Bekendstelling van Die kamer langsaan deur Annemari Coetser by The Angel's Place http://t.co/rZ34kOQJ #
It's Shakespeare's birthday today! @GuardianBooks matches sonnets to 25 fiction titles: http://t.co/0pupZfRh #
RT @randomstruik: Randy Dotinga Interviews Worst Case Author Jassy Mackenzie http://t.co/z2QQLvJ8 #
What I'm Reading: Karen Dudley http://t.co/PCsWpUq0 #
Wereldboekedag: Skrywers verklap watter karakters hulle graag sou wou wees http://t.co/JhFCowZL #
Notes from a Nomad: An Interview with Gaile Parkin http://t.co/nfOfXx5H #
Happy World Book Day 2012 – And Happy 5th Birthday to Books LIVE http://t.co/vmecwBRl #
Read "Hand on the Shoulder", a new short story by Ian McEwan in the @NewYorker: http://t.co/H39FbuKN #
Matt Allison Reviews A Week in The Kitchen by Karen Dudley http://t.co/bWKgWzBu #
Last alt Sun Read: What it'll cost you to have Go the F**k to Sleep author @AdamMansbach blurb your book: http://t.co/CBz81cGw #
Alt Sun Read no.4: "After the Cold War": Eric Hobsbawm remembers Tony Judt in @LRB http://t.co/L8JoNv0U #
Alt Sun Read no.3: @GuardianBooks reviews the latest treatise from Terry Eagleton, The Event of Literature: http://t.co/sey7AKnh #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Extract from nature writer Kathleen Jamie's Sightlines: http://t.co/Nk8cQlMq #
Alt Sun Read no.1: Correspondence between Pulitzer Jury and Board regarding unawarded Fiction Priize: http://t.co/7BdvQMbJ #
Sunday Read: "Miss Lora" by Junot Diaz (Plus Q&A) http://t.co/ro6rrT5G #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-22

by Ben - Editor on Apr 22nd, 2012

Today marks 100 years since Bram Stoker's death. @Independent looks at his iconic novel, Dracula: http://t.co/OA0TSbtl #
Fiction Friday: Extract from Looking for Trouble by Colleen Higgs http://t.co/dBJX0WrX #
Lees 'n paar klassieke Afrikaanse strokiesprente op die blog South African Comic Books: http://t.co/gDafHbhI #
RT @PenguinBooksSA Video: Reuel Khoza Describes the Philosophy Behind Attuned Leadership http://t.co/jzH7G3uA #
RT @RandomStruik Jenny Hobbs Speaks About Her Satirical Novel The Miracle of Crocodile Flats http://t.co/AHvTNX5T #
RT @WitsPress Nicoli Nattrass Applauds the Pro-Science Community for Debunking AIDS Conspiracy Theories http://t.co/LkoYEvBI #
Carina Stander gesels met redakteurs oor hul vertrouensverhouding met skrywers http://t.co/3PHi6JyS #
Violin in a Void Reviews Death of a Saint by Lily Herne http://t.co/SWcduHXt #
Hettie Scholtz resenseer Briewe aan my kinders deur Jonathan Jansen http://t.co/JZhFS7ti #
"Exiles from dialogue" can now join the Friends of Jean Baudrillard Association, Cool Memories: http://t.co/CNrqKPHg #
Lev Grossman on the dissolving of literary boundaries – the moment for Fantasy has come: http://t.co/pa92IHAM #
RT @uctpress: Rob Brooks Warns of the Disastrous Consequences of Artificial Sex Selection http://t.co/AQCVI1jd #
RT @lapauitgewers: Vier Wereld-boekdag saam met LAPA en Bloedsusters by Exclusive Books Menlyn Park http://t.co/xadoEZAh #
RT @jacanamedia: Elle Reveals Six Sumptuous Recipes from Karen Dudley's A Week in The Kitchen http://t.co/c6WAnjx5 #
RT @randomstruik: Kingsley Holgate Goes Through Hell's Gate and Scales the Mountain of God http://t.co/Wpx19PRV #
RT @jonathanballpub: Donald McRae Celebrates His Father's Role in Lighting Up Soweto http://t.co/lXqSAPwx #
Michael Chapman Reviews The South African Letters of Thomas Pringle http://t.co/lfy0PQn3 #
#FF @SowetanLIVE @exclusivescoza @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi @mapit @Career_Junction @TimesLIVE #AvusaDigital #
Facebook's new user agreement expands trademark rights to the word "book": http://t.co/8UO90L4E #
RT @jonathanballpub: Michiel Heyns Follows Lost Ground with Invisible Furies http://t.co/j2sZOVfu #
RT @randomstruik: Sasol to Hold Annual Birds and Birding Fair at the Joburg Zoo (26 & 27 May) http://t.co/TWRNIzrM #
RT @nbpublishers: Video: Huisgenoot-wenresepte stap-vir-stap maak kook kinderspeletjies http://t.co/lX0fRhFo #
Moira Lovell Reviews Sarah House by Ifeanyi Ajaegbo http://t.co/u0l2wuVz #
@MinorMatters Thanks for tuning in in reply to MinorMatters #
@nm_angelfairy Thanks! Have had lots of practice in reply to nm_angelfairy #
#EULiteraryAward ….and that concludes our coverage. Thanks for tuning in and congrats to Kagee! #
#EULiteraryAward Ashraf Kagee learning to toil like a proper writer http://t.co/9p0rCHwa #
#EULiteraryAward Said partner, Sadiyya Shaikh, whose own book, Sufi Narratives of Intimacy, is out from @uncpressblog http://t.co/rmhlPwGs #
#EULiteraryAward Quick-tweet interview w/ Kagee: 'I'm overwhelmed and humbled. I have to thank my wife Sadiyya for encouraging me to write.' #
@Adv_AJ_Nel Hard to publish a first time novelist who wins a lit prize until after the latter is announced… in reply to Adv_AJ_Nel #
#EULiteraryAward Hardworking @exclusivescoza booksellers doing a brisk trade selling the winning book http://t.co/e2qPz1nK #
#EULiteraryAward Ashraf Khajee, Mike Martin & Amb Lapouge http://t.co/cOUQXk2s #
@Adv_AJ_Nel It hasn't been published until, well, right now in reply to Adv_AJ_Nel #
@MinorMatters Yep! in reply to MinorMatters #
#EULiteraryAward A second, higher quality pic of the winner http://t.co/ELXBIefK #
Ashraf Kagee Wins the 2011/12 EU Literary Award for Khalil's Journey http://t.co/Ey3qBuer #
#EULiteraryAward A snap of the winner with the first pressing of his novel http://t.co/hLSScA2x #
#EULiteraryAward And the winner of the 2011/12 EU Literary Award is… Ashraf Kagee for Khalil's Journey #
#EULiteraryAward It's go time #
#EULiteraryAward …and Rehana Rossouw finishes the reading with an excerpt from Ashraf Kagee's Khalil's Journey #
#EULiteraryAward Three down, one to go. Hofmeyr just read from CA Davids' The Blacks of Cape Town #
#EULiteraryAward Two down, two to go. #
#EULiteraryAward One down, three to go. #
#EULiteraryAward Hofmeyr and fellow judge Rehana Rossouw will now read excerpts from the four shortlisted novels #
#EULiteraryAward It's the jury's turn. Isabel Hofmeyr takes the podium. 'This year saw an exceptionally strong field.' #
#EULiteraryAward Davey: SA has a long tradition of pugnacious, oppositional publishing, but the venerable presses all did fiction too #
#EULiteraryAward Davey mentions the JLF – Jacana Literary Foundation – and calls on other publishers to join in an SA Lit Foundation #
#EULiteraryAward There's applause for that announcement. Go @laurenbeukes! #
#EULiteraryAward Davey announces that @laurenbeukes has been nominated for the Grand Prix Imaginaire, for the French translation of Zoo City #
#EULiteraryAward Davey heaps praise on the EU, thanking them for sustained support #
#EULiteraryAward Davey: 2nd novels from Ishtaq Suryiat and James Clelland, prev winners, are expected this year #
#EULiteraryAward Davey mentions that Jacana launched the Sol Plaatje poetry award at the Time of the Writer #
#EULiteraryAward Davey: this is the award's seventh year. #
#EULiteraryAward Davey: this award is important because it gives voice to first time novelists. #
#EULiteraryAward Davey announces that prev winner Zinaid Meeran's 2nd book will be published in a few weeks #
#EULiteraryAward Davey runs through the list of previous Award winners. Kopano Matlwa's Coconut has just been translated into several langs #
#EULiteraryAward @JacanaMedia's irrepressible Maggey Davey takes the podium, to talk about several Jacana lit inits http://t.co/aGlcI01v #
#EULiteraryAward Amb Lapouge mentions Dibuka – http://t.co/YeOtf0Gq – & announces a major French-SA cultural coop proj http://t.co/QLBmcvBn #
#EULiteraryAward Amb Lapouge announces the translation of Le Petit Prince into isiZulu – ! #
#EULiteraryAward Amb Lapouge namechecks Brink, Gordimer, Breytenbach, @MeyerDeon & @laurenbeukes #
#EULiteraryAward He is therefore delighted to be involved in promoting it here #
#EULiteraryAward Amb Lapouge remarks that in France literature is known as the 'poor cousin' of the arts #
#EULiteraryAward The two present finalists listen to the ambassador nervously http://t.co/GQNRyo3G #
#EULiteraryAward Mike Martin welcomes the French Ambassador, who will give the opening remarks #
#EULiteraryAward We're about to start. Here are two of the jury, Isabel Hofmeyr & Rehana Roussouw http://t.co/yOjwwlJy #
#EULiteraryAward @JacanaMedia's Mike Martin & @exclusivescoza's Batya Green http://t.co/NMWpA00l #
#EULiteraryAward Jacques Lapouge, the French Ambasador, is here http://t.co/au4YgbGv #
#EULiteraryAward ANFASA's Kundayi Masanzu is here http://t.co/QZHNQbpM #
@MinorMatters They seem to be working from here – just checked a friend's iPad… in reply to MinorMatters #
#EULiteraryAward PEN/Studzinski winner James Whyle, whose new novel is out from @JacanaMedia, is here http://t.co/Mq8ftwn6 #
#EULiteraryAward A close-up of Ashraf Kagee, shortlistee http://t.co/5oYa1vNd #
#EULiteraryAward The two shortlistees who will attend tonight: Ashraf Kagee & CA Davids http://t.co/cfmZHtgc #
#EULiteraryAward Yu-fang Wen & Joanne Scott http://t.co/S9RDrNpi #
#EULiteraryAward Past winner James Clelland, Lee Schmidt and past judge Craig McKenzie http://t.co/DMeRMnD1 #
#EULiteraryAward Ashraf Johaardien, Andre Leroux, Kgomotso Leroux http://t.co/mXOBzo3b #
#EULiteraryAward shortlistee CA Davids has just appeared at IFAS http://t.co/bkudpSrI #
Spotted at the #EULiteraryAward Hadrien Diez, whose book reviews we've been featuring for some time http://t.co/9rE8Bglf #
#EULiteraryAward Tonight's winner will take away R25k, publication of her/his novel and inclusion in the @exclusivescoza #Homebru promo #
The #EULiteraryAward is sponsored by @JacanaMedia, @exclusivescoza, the European Union, IFAS, the Goethe Institut and the Swedish Embassy #
#EULiteraryAward Apologies, you can read more about the shortlistees here: http://t.co/MjDXhwVE #
#EULiteraryAward Here are the names of the four shortlistees – and you can read more about them here: http://t.co/lVrhJmH9 #
Coming to you LIVE from the French Institute in Johannesburg to cover the EU Literary Award announcement http://t.co/T00hpG7X #
Call for submissions for African Cities Reader III – "Land, Property & Value": http://t.co/sE4dEc6q #
Hunger Games survival analysis: Economics student applies his knowledge of stats to Suzanne Collins' bestsellers http://t.co/62QrNwcr #
The Importance of Being "Somebody": Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani on the Sentencing of James Ibori http://t.co/j2wtVBVr #
RT @panmacmillansa: Video: The Lawrence Anthony Foundation Aims to Protect the Last Rhinos http://t.co/bPZgRbx7 #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of Imraan Coovadia's The Institute for Taxi Poetry at Ike's Books http://t.co/kRBnbkdN #
RT @witspress: Nicoli Nattrass to Talk on South Africa Since 1994 at The Fugard Theatre http://t.co/bCL4XUDf #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi: Marie Heese gesels oor A Triple-headed Serpent, die opvolg op The Colour of Power http://t.co/AjvSa5Kb #
Michele Magwood Reviews Open City by Teju Cole http://t.co/Vc03L9oo #
Andries Gouws resenseer Broers in die stryd deur Chris Schoeman http://t.co/HMUyGr6M #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Nuwe kinderboeke: Wie het Tannie Frieda opgevreet? en Sowaar, sowaar, Van Hunks is 'n towenaar! http://t.co/B3XI9lJO #
Geoff Gyasi Reviews The Sun by Night by Benjamin Kwakye http://t.co/Jzldsmex #
RT @randomstruik: Imraan Coovadia and Sean O'Toole Entertain at the Launch of The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://t.co/SOZZoVqr #
Join @modjaji_bks at Love Books next week for the launch of Colleen Higgs' Looking for Trouble: http://t.co/BH27v3xN #
RT @nbpublishers: Recipes from Fast Food for Sustained Energy Including Smoked Salmon and Pesto Tomatoes http://t.co/n9JJMrPq #
RT @davidkrut: Print Workshop Prepares Linocuts for William Kentridge's Universal Archive Series http://t.co/Lnmw6Mlc #
RT @ukznpress: South Africa from Origins to Present in Krista Johnson and Sean Jacobs' Encyclopedia of South Africa http://t.co/n5G2KJpF #
Eulalia Krige vertel van haar Europese reis saam met haar pa, Uys Krige, in 1959 http://t.co/Z1hLGaul #
Via @khayadlanga – 14 ads from the real Mad Men plus excerpt from "Mid-Century Ads": http://t.co/NQctxgyV #
@Sapartridge puts faces to some of the characters from Dark Poppy's Demise: http://t.co/h834mh6S #
Lara Buxbaum Considers Die Sneeuslaper Alongside Elizabeth Costello and The Loss Library http://t.co/OvpmrZqe #
Amy Davidson takes a close look at this year's Pulitzer Prize in the @NewYorker: Do wars win Pulitzers? http://t.co/Gh4UefkD #
RT @jacanamedia: Book Trailer: A Week in The Kitchen by Karen Dudley http://t.co/nQwc78l6 #
RT @randomstruik: Video: Driving Tips from Racing Legend Sarel van der Merwe http://t.co/eJGsUXpe #
RT @lapauitgewers: Japie Bogaards debuteer met die onthutsende roman Tussen middernag en dagbreek http://t.co/eeb9wiTm #
RT @penguinbookssa: Terry Crawford-Browne's Highly Anticipated Sequel to Eye on the Money: Eye on the Diamonds http://t.co/o1dssHt7 #
David Smith Reviews Getting Somalia Wrong? by Mary Harper http://t.co/02RPqDn3 #
Christopher Merrett Reviews You Will See Fire by Christopher Goffard http://t.co/uQ8PGjvA #
RT @unisapress: Video: Pitika Ntuli Discusses the Sculptures Featured in Scent of Invisible Footprints http://t.co/I9o1mBpl #
Join Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler for the Launch of Bicycle Portraits (Plus: Exhibition) http://t.co/rwElL3n9 #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Bekendstelling van Amper elders deur Louis Esterhuizen by Protea Boekwinkel Stellenbosch http://t.co/IzeJbWju #
Olufemi Terry Considers "Beautiful Ugly" Cape Town http://t.co/lSq1JCWs #
RT @randomstruik: Sarah Graham gesels oor haar kosblog en kookboek Bitten (Plus: Resep vir lamskerrie) http://t.co/j7Gd6EaE #
Naas Steenkamp resenseer Herinneringe aan Parys deur Andre Brink http://t.co/yANhB60f #
RT @lapauitgewers: Mari Roberts, skrywer van Liefdesdroom, bied 'n kykie na haar lewe en liefdes http://t.co/QCHk6S3E #
Jacques Rousseau Wonders Whether Tim Noakes' Change of Heart Will Affect Yours http://t.co/4BtEurWx #
Aleisha Tissen Reviews Kid Moses by Mark Thornton http://t.co/A44r9PWp #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuut in die reeks: Anna Atoom en die magnetiese meermin deur Elizabeth Wasserman http://t.co/XxnZiI5Z #
RT @davidkrut: Percy Mabandu Contemplates Deborah Poynton's Land of Cockaigne (Plus: Gallery) http://t.co/RHZ8DJ9x #
Jan Rabie, kampvegter vir Afrikaans en kulturele wereldburger, word onthou http://t.co/7w9DrGIR #
RT @nbpublishers: Introducing 1000+ Hints for the Home by Solet Scheeres http://t.co/KglQfoNr #
2012 Exclusive Books Homebru List: Unique Perspectives on South Africa http://t.co/iLe63uhq #
Via @JoeyHiFi: Shakespeare invented over 1700 of our common words: http://t.co/W86IGSC5 #
Tolkien asked to prove Aryan descent before The Hobbit could be translated for a German market: http://t.co/0lAGzUM6 #
RT @witspress: Launch of Conversations with Bourdieu: The Johannesburg Moment at The Book Lounge http://t.co/YJqBmRVS #
RT @randomstruik: Kate Ellis-Cole Reports on the Launch of Shaida Kazie Ali's Lessons in Husbandry http://t.co/5YGr7R68 #
RT @nbpublishers: Belangrike heruitgawe: Die eerste siklus deur Etienne Leroux http://t.co/Tanxor0u #
RT @penguinbookssa: Video: A Look at Daphne Sheldrick's Inspiring Orphan Elephants Project http://t.co/8KZQrScM #
Richard Steyn Reviews Eight Days in September by Frank Chikane http://t.co/CfzIAKLd #
John Crace chews through Alexandra Shulman's Can We Still Be Friends? http://t.co/NO3ygN3u #
RT @nbpublishers: Louis de Villiers gesels oor Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke en sy leesvoorkeure http://t.co/MonWBSse #
Video: Judith Butler delivers seminar on "How to Read Kafka" (via @readysteadybook) http://t.co/Gb3tqc99 #
Van Schaik to Offer eTextbooks Through Ingram's VitalSource Platform http://t.co/YcRu9cH5 #
RT @ctbf: Xuma, Zuma and the ANC Set to Fire Up the Cape Town Book Fair http://t.co/oEkfZvNZ #
Justin Cartwright Speaks to an "Alarmingly Insubstantial" Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/ohJQ5Yrv #
RT @randomstruik: Shaida Kazie Ali Launches Lessons in Husbandry at The Book Lounge http://t.co/2Dss56EL #
RT @sunbirdpub: Dirk Schmidt Expresses Concern Regarding Filming of Sharks off Cape Coast http://t.co/WPsEl1VQ #
RT @ukznpress: Patrick Bond Suggests New World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Should Resign http://t.co/4sb0Fcyr #
RT @witspress: Event Gallery: WISER Hosts the Launch of Radio in Africa http://t.co/zPBnXS8b #
RT @nbpublishers: Izak de Villiers gesels oor Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke en sy leesvoorkeure http://t.co/JRgoduaj #
Sharon Dell Reviews Freedom Never Rests by James Kilgore http://t.co/flWFTs71 #
Nini Bennett resenseer Die kamer langsaan en Fyn porselein http://t.co/EX5l9s70 #
RT @randomstruik: EKM Dido raak sosiale kwessies met haar skryfwerk aan http://t.co/cA2WgxgN #
RT @davidkrut: Danie Marais besoek die Handspring Puppet Company se droomfabriek http://t.co/eb9uj2Ff #
Extract from Charles Cantalupo's Joining Africa: Being American in Eritrea http://t.co/BAdDHu6x #
RT @panmacmillansa: Pan Macmillan Publishes Cat Hellisen's Youth Novel When the Sea is Rising Red http://t.co/KsFpKmrq #
ttyl author Lauren Myracle muses about once again being on a challenged books list: http://t.co/YP8hHOk5 #
Stephen Timm Reviews Africa’s Future: Darkness to Destiny by Duncan Clarke http://t.co/Sm2QMsk1 #
Louis Bothma resenseer Battle for Cassinga deur Mike McWilliams http://t.co/f6uzu0V0 #
Karen Rose Reveals the "Evil Plot" Behind Her Latest Thriller: No One Left to Tell http://t.co/cEzKE115 #
From George Pelecanos to the Bosnian War: Andrew Donaldson's Latest Recommendations http://t.co/9ywRWV0Z #
RT @lapauitgewers: Geniet 'n lusmakertjie, lokprent en bespreking van Een stad, drie rooikoppe, sewe dae http://t.co/fEhxDFW3 #
RT @nbpublishers: Introducing the Sequel to Marie Heese's The Colour of Power: A Triple-headed Serpent http://t.co/dKpJGRHq #
RT @randomstruik: Red in the Rainbow Exhibition Opens 25 April at Nelson Mandela Gateway Museum http://t.co/vDKxUr2E #
RT @panmacmillansa: Revised and Updated Edition of Frank Chikane's Autobiography No Life of My Own http://t.co/w7fwJytk #
Reuel Khoza to Present Inaugural Khabi Mngoma Memorial Lecture at WALE 5.0 http://t.co/mDbwdbp1 #
But there's disappointment as Pulitzer judges fail to award fiction prize for first time in 35 years: http://t.co/jB3yCcpz #
It's a day for awards! 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners have also been announced! http://t.co/nQ3uweE4 #
Esi Edugyan and Madeline Miller on 2012 @OrangePrize shortlist – just announced! http://t.co/IxR27kLN #
Dave Eggers accepts Gunter Grass prize, but shuns ceremony in protest against anti-Israel poem: http://t.co/vy0Qfc0W #
Launch of Cedric Nunn's Call and Response at Love Books http://t.co/2M7cV0Re #
RT @randomstruik: Andrea Eames Weaves Together Folklore and Suspense in Her New Novel, The White Shadow http://t.co/WTzrRHyE #
The rare collections of the Vatican and Bodleian libraries to be made available online – at long last: http://t.co/Ajm460Kt #
Into His Own Exile: A Review of Teju Cole's Open City http://t.co/XJkasDxx #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Bekendstelling van Weerloos lewe deur Cas Vos in Pretoria http://t.co/1DqmBUS9 #
RT @uctpress: David Johnson, Author of Imagining the Cape Colony, to Deliver Van Riebeeck Society Lecture http://t.co/jiPPasdJ #
Martin Rubin Reviews Absolution by Patrick Flanery http://t.co/Gb6nY84z #
"A hint of vanilla": Richard from ABEbooks deconstructs that "old book smell" http://t.co/cbLZYnJs #
Boeke vir die honderdjarige herdenking van die Titanic-ramp: http://t.co/QO50PydN #
RT @panmacmillansa: Niki Daly's Much-loved Characters Return in Next Stop, Zanzibar Road! http://t.co/98VunfbF #
RT @witspress: Extract from The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back by Nicoli Natrass http://t.co/dWqSPbMg #
Siphiwo Mahala Remembers Literary "Debutant" K Sello Duiker http://t.co/2p7Z3SwH #
RT @jacanamedia: Pen/Studzinski Winner James Whyle Debuts with The Book of War http://t.co/ngtHWswn #
RT @randomstruik: Oscar Pistorius Close to Achieving Olympic Dream (Plus: "Bladerunner" Faces a Cheetah) http://t.co/NXwkAJx1 #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi: Dana Snyman gesels oor sy "sendingwerk vir stories" (Plus: Uittreksel uit Hiervandaan) http://t.co/jBPIEaOe #
John Boje Reviews One Law, One Nation: The Making of the South African Constitution http://t.co/FIXFL0h0 #
'n Wortel en 'n stokkie vir Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke deur Louis de Villiers http://t.co/qegi5Co5 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Andrew Feinstein gesels oor The Shadow World en die ondersoek na die wapenskandaal http://t.co/cFHLhJvs #
We're giving away a copy of An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick; details here: http://t.co/rT4fmlrl #
Teju Cole Considers the "Mournful Grandeur" of WG Sebald's Poetry http://t.co/iEkzLyij #
Readers offered a "taste of everything" at the inaugural Food Book Fair in New York next month: http://t.co/hIIlZWqu #
"Flummoxed by flobberworms"? JK Rowling starts work on Harry Potter encyclopedia: http://t.co/qSscEZEr #
RT @penguinbookssa: Introducing Jennifer McVeigh's The Fever Tree http://t.co/QcwKY5vd #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Hennie Aucamp gesels oor die afronding van sy oeuvre http://t.co/G1tncaxI #
RT @jacanamedia: Lunch with the Authors of Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality at Indulgence Cafe http://t.co/EIPjoWkz #
RT @hsrcpress: New Edition of Don Pinnock's Voices of Liberation Title: Ruth First http://t.co/bB6Jo3R2 #
Our Dark Fears of Fog: An Interview with Belinda Bauer http://t.co/8v8w2lyQ #
RT @randomstruik: Book Excerpt: SuperVan & I by Sarel van der Merwe http://t.co/iN9tJgSK #
@CrimeBeat reviews When in Broad Daylight I Open my Eyes by @greg_lazarus http://t.co/zlpcP6ua #
Michele Magwood Reviews Bitten by Sarah Graham http://t.co/TcAfEa66 #
From kakapos and cats to Ethelred the Unready, @HenriettaRI's answers to the Proust Questionnaire on Books LIVE: http://t.co/r5tHFclP #
Francois Verster resenseer Opinion Pieces by South African Thought Leaders deur Max du Preez http://t.co/6kL4BKia #
@charltonbrooker says LGBT game characters are a wonderful idea http://t.co/Vn96EKJM #
An interview with Irvine Welsh – binge writer and binge drinker: http://t.co/7WwwFXIU #
RT @randomstruik: Geosi Reads Speaks to 2012 GIPCA Fellow Henrietta Rose-Innes http://t.co/RTAsWya7 #
The moment HP fans have been waiting for – @pottermore opens it's doors to all users! http://t.co/regrERX4 #
RT @lapauitgewers: Vroue-oggend met Riana Scheepers en Katriena, vertel! by Agri Cape Week 2012 http://t.co/Tom70HL8 #
RT @sunbirdpub: Win a Copy of The Best of Outdoor Photo: Portfolio One http://t.co/UNgSLCzZ #
RT @uctpress: Launch of David Johnson's Imagining the Cape Colony at The Book Lounge http://t.co/8FDixdJL #
What I'm Reading: Mark Thornton http://t.co/FQmF7GPM #
Jane Rosenthal Reviews Rhumba by Elaine Proctor http://t.co/Q0g4Y4m2 #
The @LondonBookFair kicks off today. China is the focus country – but Nick Cohen says caveat emptor: http://t.co/oA238nyg #
Last alt Sun Read, no.5: Mishka Henner's Dutch landscapes shed light on state secrets: http://t.co/9zBfO2Cz #
Alt Sun Read no.4: New book explores how Paris shaped Jackie Kennedy, Susan Sontag and others: http://t.co/7ufb0QPt #
Alt Sun Read no.3: "The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic." http://t.co/y3ruMVJl #
Alt Sun Read no.2: "The unbearable rightness of criticism" – when great poets get negative reviews: http://t.co/MuY5XMgG #
Alt Sun Read no.1: William Boyd to strip 007 of gadgets (and fun?) for new Bond novel: http://t.co/RR6DVonZ #
Sunday Read: Emma Brockes Speaks to Toni Morrison Ahead of the Release of Home http://t.co/QVMIVW0x #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-15

by Ben - Editor on Apr 15th, 2012

Irish poet Seamus Heaney turns 73 today; watch him read "Postscript": http://t.co/Ki7iZsCo #
Submissions open for Kwani? Manuscript Project – a one-off literary prize for unpublished fiction: http://t.co/xxwY3rkc #
Fiction Friday: Extract from Broken Portraits: Jonathan's Chronicles by Efioanwan Edem http://t.co/M3pJ29ou #
RT @davidkrut: Landscape Re-Orientation Opens 28 April at David Krut Projects Cape Town http://t.co/Wd4odq13 #
John Crace digests The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – or does he? http://t.co/kq124vDP #
Badilisha Poetry X-change presents Lemn Sissay: http://t.co/pCOSTqB3 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Other People's Money by Justin Cartwright Now in Paperback http://t.co/p7nH8aXY #
Pauline Vijverberg and Michele Magwood Review Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away by Christie Watson http://t.co/HTdLtyB6 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Podcast: Ann Berstein Discusses The Case for Business in Developing Economies http://t.co/43wW1eSC #
Chanette Paul, Riana Mouton en Corlia Fourie gesels oor hul misdaadromans http://t.co/NdDUb5AO #
Johann Maarman resenseer From Malan to Mbeki deur Jannie Momberg http://t.co/oPl5pUtj #
RT @unisapress: Potgooi: Michael de Jongh gesels oor Roots and Routes, sy boek oor Groot-Karoo se karretjiemense http://t.co/BfzurFPg #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Nuwe heruitgawe in reeks: Die Uile langs die Limpopo deur Cor Dirks http://t.co/TvB9gvGN #
RT @randomstruik: eKhaya to Publish New Bloody Parchment Anthology: Inferna and Other Stories http://t.co/rPz9LZxw #
Damien Walter concludes his "Quest for e-Weird" – take a look at some of the literary gems he found: http://t.co/tFRSBR90 #
RT @panmacmillansa: Spoil Mom with No Time Like the Present, The Last Rhinos and Other Fine Titles this Mother's Day http://t.co/ChqMYpwX #
RT @nbpublishers: Louis Esterhuizen gesels met Tom Gouws oor Stigmata (Plus: Gedigte uit die bundel) http://t.co/xDEyUVrl #
RT @jonathanballpub: Chris Wadman Debuts with The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma http://t.co/cLMtUPbH #
RT @witspress: Podcast: CCR Panel Discussion on Loren Landau's Exorcising the Demons Within http://t.co/jcRaQYHQ #
Dries Brunt Reviews Nobody Will Ever Kill Me by Mbu Maloni http://t.co/L7AUqgSC #
Now on Books LIVE! @CrimeBeat presents an excerpt from @greg_lazarus' "When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes" http://t.co/coF4eSa9 #
RT @penguinbookssa: WISER Hosts Patrick Flanery, Author of Absolution, in Conversation with Michael Titlestad http://t.co/uvPEGy05 #
Via @JoeyHiFi: Alan Moore calls the comic industry "a bunch of gangsters" on BBC's Hard Talk: http://t.co/KIk2Kfpb #
RT @nbpublishers: Ingrid Winterbach Reveals Her Holiday Bests and Worsts http://t.co/V4rkXqzz #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Introducing Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary by Al Venter http://t.co/wALf7hDN #
RT @jacanamedia: Launch of A Week in the Kitchen by Karen Dudley http://t.co/WxUSf1gM #
Now on Books LIVE! RT @twodogs_mercury: Joanne Hichens chats to Kerry Hammerton: Local is Lekker. Or is it? http://t.co/imleQ53H #
#FF @Exclusivescoza @SowetanLIVE @Career_Junction @mapit @TimesLIVE @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi #AvusaDigital #
Invitation to the opening of the exhibition "Uncontained: Opening the Community Arts Project Archive": http://t.co/PYePRhIh #
Nathan Englander talks to @GrantaMag about his new short story collection: http://t.co/QNECDVBv #
RT @lapauitgewers: Uittreksels uit Niel Stemmet se nostalgiese kookboek Sout en peper http://t.co/osL5airM #
RT @penguinbookssa: Book Excerpt: Attuned Leadership: African Humanism as Compass by Reuel Khoza http://t.co/u5DVWGWQ #
Margaret von Klemperer Reviews Entanglement by Steven Boykey Sidley http://t.co/kImwZqX0 #
Aminatta Forna Shortlisted for 2012 Dublin IMPAC Award for The Memory of Love http://t.co/bjBmKd4p #
JK Rowling's new novel, The Casual Vacancy, set for 27 September worldwide release: http://t.co/hUNqZa7a #
RT @randomstruik: Win a Hamper of Seven Notable New Books from Random House Struik http://t.co/OBO3I88H #
RT @uctpress: Michelle Matthews Highlights Key Sustainability Issues Raised by Just Transitions http://t.co/4pLfdciZ #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Contemplates the Absurdity of Interment http://t.co/6ZNA9pij #
RT @lapauitgewers: Ontspan met vier nuwe romanses van LAPA-uitgewers http://t.co/qx3QZl8v #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Video: Adriaan van Dis Speaks About His Exploration of the Dutch Colonial Legacy http://t.co/7gyKYyo3 #
RT @franlitfest: All's Fair in Love and War at the 2012 FLF http://t.co/R7Gh8G28 #flf2012 #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi: Johan en Christiaan Bakkes gesels oor Oepse daisy en Stoffel op safari http://t.co/wWBcvjq9 #
Janet van Eeden Reviews Stones for My Father by Trilby Kent http://t.co/5YO2Lvir #
Pieter du Toit resenseer Eight Days in September deur Frank Chikane http://t.co/jaUrKTqA #
Umberto Eco on shortlist for 2012 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize #iffp http://t.co/fAtXioyq #
RT @randomstruik: Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan Helps Debunk the Myths Surrounding Duck-billed Dinosaurs http://t.co/4GeetQMk #
US Department of Justice sues Apple & 5 major publishers for alleged eBook price fixing: http://t.co/4DCmAd7F #
RT @panmacmillansa: Pan Macmillan Sells International Rights to Ufrieda Ho's Paper Sons and Daughters http://t.co/D3xal5Tf #
RT @siberink: Cormac Cullinan Contributes to Peter Burdon's Exploring Wild Law http://t.co/6dmeG5T5 #
RT @uctpress: David Johnson Presents Imagining the Cape Colony: History, Literature and the South African Nation http://t.co/USi9khMU #
George RR Martin, author of the books on which Game of Thrones is based, graces Eastercon 2012: http://t.co/oLEQVP0T #
A Carrot for Ben Okri's Astonishing the Gods http://t.co/4qF5yFAs #
Kannemeyer se biografiee van Leipoldt, Rabie, Leroux en Coetzee wys evolusie van Afrikaner-identiteit http://t.co/14Nvpvpz #
Chinua Achebe's Memoir, There Was A Country, Set for September Release http://t.co/sNuOcHmu #
Johan Coetser resenseer Jacobus deur Willem Krog http://t.co/qj9mnCxz #
More of the same? Irvine Welsh releases Skagboys, a prequel to Trainspotting: http://t.co/5p37X15b #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Video: Anne Provoost Provides an Alternative to the Story of Noah's Ark in Die arkvaarders http://t.co/ed8dQp7d #
RT @lapauitgewers: Fanie Viljoen se pryswenner-jeugroman, Betower, nou beskikbaar (Plus: Lokprent) http://t.co/UMdwnE1q #
Are eReaders prompting people to read more? http://t.co/xFssnony #
RT @jonathanballpub: Launch of Willem Steenkamp's Assegais, Drums & Dragoons at the Chavonnes Battery Museum http://t.co/Ky3M5mgi #
RT @hsrcpress: Crain Soudien Responds to Racialised Thinking in Realising the Dream http://t.co/wgVE6Xu2 #
RT @ukznpress: Lesego Rampolokeng Returns with Head on Fire: Rants / Notes / Poems 2001-2011 http://t.co/EtbTmQKU #
Diane Awerbuck Reviews The Big Stick by Richard de Nooy http://t.co/AghimHqy #
Snoop Dogg releases book of song lyrics printed on rolling paper. The benefit? You can smoke it. http://t.co/YtfNXyre #
Riette Grobler ontmoet 'n paar boekkarakters op Facebook: http://t.co/68DuNWiE #
Squidoo's list of the 10 most-read books in the world: http://t.co/XY8JBM48 #
2011/12 European Union Literary Award Shortlist http://t.co/Qn2nVr2c #
Christopher Priest beats China Mieville to win BSFA Award for The Islanders: http://t.co/hbR5uFfd #
RT @penguinbookssa: Penguin Dedicates "The Wall" to Young Adult Readers (Plus: Win R5000!) http://t.co/BmpTscQi #
RT @randomstruik: Rajend Mesthrie and Jeanne Hromnik to Discuss Eish, but is it English? at HUMA http://t.co/YgdNtvOh #
Junkets Releases Adam & Luke: Two Novellas by Peter Krummeck http://t.co/96kORyau #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Philip de Vos blog oor liefdesgediggies en die herdenking van die Titanic-ramp http://t.co/QddRkabB #
The Bulawayo Book Fair Returns After Three-year Hiatus http://t.co/RVE7cDZH #
Dee Andrew Reviews A Private Affair by Lesley Lokko http://t.co/wrSoo0t6 #
Joan Hambidge resenseer Amper elders deur Louis Esterhuizen http://t.co/qgYSEDOn #
Hein Marais Attempts To Make Sense of Eight Days in September in Light of Aids Denialism http://t.co/vPYTLTph #
RT @nbpublishers: Louis de Villiers Discusses His "Rugby Thriller" Kaapstad Karma-polisie http://t.co/ZzbXJgjO #
RT @lapauitgewers: Bibi Slippers gesels met Rene Bohnen oor die "gevreesde tweede bundel" http://t.co/fivnIHFR #
RT @jacanamedia: Step into The Kitchen with Karen Dudley's A Week in The Kitchen http://t.co/buG2OSUs #
Reuel Khoza Attacked for Unwelcome "Message to Government" http://t.co/OV7VFBmy #
Bruce Dennill Reviews Idees vol vrees by Kobus Galloway http://t.co/pUTxWlFf #
Lenja Dahms-Jansen resenseer The Vegetarian Kitchen deur Mellissa Bushby http://t.co/L5h2IGL5 #
Hunger Games joins Brave New World & Gossip Girl on list of most complained-about titles: http://t.co/IylMVphE #
RT @randomstruik: Nine Lives Becomes Ten: John Varty Describes How He Survived a Tiger Attack http://t.co/oMU5oA65 #
RT @nbpublishers: Video: Christo Gerlach gesels oor sy outobiografie, Agter die skerms http://t.co/l8ncNxHK #
Ranjeni Munusamy Considers Chris Hani: Poster Child for the Disenchanted http://t.co/8LsR3WWo #
RT @jonathanballpub: Willem Steenkamp Brings Life to the Cape's History in Assegais, Drums & Dragoons http://t.co/DrQgJ00n #
RT @witspress: Nicoli Nattrass Explores AIDS Denialism and Conspiracy in The AIDS Conspiracy http://t.co/xpuXbbQP #
Aly Verbaan Reviews Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality http://t.co/Zds7siHE #
Apartment Therapy lets us into the bedrooms of 15 famous writers: http://t.co/N6xvUrAh #
RT @ctbf: Latest News from the Cape Town Book Fair 2012 http://t.co/V55drhDU #
RT @modjaji_bks: Launch of Kelwyn Sole’s Absent Tongues at The Book Lounge http://t.co/IagTz3H8 via @BooksLIVESA #
RT @jonathanballpub: Podcast: Leila Aboulela Addresses Tradition and Modernity with Lyrics Alley http://t.co/tfc4WFqL #
Illustrator John Griffiths dies at 85; a gallery of his book covers for Penguin: http://t.co/2BfKUAP7 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Dorothy Dyer and Rosamund Haden (Sam Roth) Discuss Time Twisters http://t.co/wNA8a1Aq #
RT @witspress: Panellists Discuss Loren Landau's Exorcising the Demons Within at the Centre for the Book http://t.co/rvFAmz3O #
Ian Mann Reviews The Devil in the Deal by Kim Meredith http://t.co/XP2ex2Gp #
Marius Crous resenseer Sexy medisyne deur Heinz Modler http://t.co/90okUrKh #
RT @lapauitgewers: Bekendstelling van Een stad, drie rooikoppe, sewe dae by The Book Lounge http://t.co/oQj8sYRa #
RT @randomstruik: Book Launch and Signing: SuperVan & I by Sarel van der Merwe http://t.co/t1AfDefe #
Diane de Beer Reviews Piekniek by Hangklip by Kerneels Breytenbach http://t.co/yDgkCUp8 #
University of Johannesburg to Stage K Sello Duiker's The Quiet Violence of Dreams http://t.co/MC5wtbrZ #
RT @exclusivescoza: Join us for the launch of Sarel Van Der Merwe's book SuperVan and I at EB Centurion, 6 for 6:30 10/4/12… #
"Self Portrait as Horse" and more book sculptures from Mike Stilkey: http://t.co/M6wPkztK #
Now on Books LIVE! Kate Sidley tackles literary pet peeves http://t.co/VnldBENq #
RT @hsrcpress: Shamil Jeppie Expresses Concerns Regarding Fate of Timbuktu Manuscripts http://t.co/hXu1HP1L #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Adriaan van Dis gesels oor sy besluit om Tikkop aan die Weskus te laat afspeel http://t.co/eX0T6q9A #
Q&A: Tebogo 'ProVerb' Thekisho http://t.co/DV9NXjH2 #
A year ago today: Helen Moffett remembers Stephen Watson http://t.co/layjyj4a #
RT @jacanamedia: Sharon Pincott Returns with Battle for the President's Elephants http://t.co/aEYxsQVS #
RT @randomstruik: Motorsports Legend, Sarel van der Merwe, Launches SuperVan & I at Five Flies http://t.co/gB0jhqgs #
Blame the Parents: Noah Hawley Reignites the "Nature vs Nurture" Debate in The Good Father http://t.co/tZcIFrf2 #
Read @richarddenooy's "Save the Rhino" poem; submissions open for anthology: http://t.co/sKYudjMO #
Books on the Libyan Revolution are Starting to Appear http://t.co/CrthMfYz #
Getting Kids to Read: Nechama Brodie Recommends the Short Story http://t.co/kxDNfeUL #
Booker shortlistees Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan compete for £25,000 Walter Scott prize: http://t.co/N7fjLCfU #
Geoff Gyasi Reviews Down Second Avenue by Es'kia Mphahlele http://t.co/1ulYX5K7 #
Ilke Opperman resenseer Emma en die geheime gang deur Marianna Brandt http://t.co/PP7ES7c6 #
RT @siberink: Employers Hesitant to Fire Workers for Absenteeism Due to Confusion over Labour Law http://t.co/GL9a5W9s #
RT @NBPublishers Nuwe roman deur Gerda Taljaard: Kelder http://t.co/ekIG9vyw #
What I'm Reading: James Whyle http://t.co/JeRJH3UC #
RT @RandomStruik Win a Copy of SuperVan & I by Sarel van der Merwe http://t.co/cujKfCrn #
Hands on the DODOcase Classic iPad Case http://t.co/RpT4Rg7T #
Leyla Sanai Reviews Absolution by Patrick Flanery http://t.co/CjNgzHGe #
Last alt Sun Read/Watch, no.5: The Old Man and the Sea re-imagined in stop-motion: http://t.co/ma2MeQQh #
Alt Sun Read no.4: The Thinking Woman's Guide to EL James' "Fifty Shades of Grey": http://t.co/IbuorQEA #
Alt Sun Read/Appreciate no.3: A selection of @NewYorker's Easter covers: http://t.co/Mv9HmZd5 #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Hilary Mantel, Ian Rankin and others reveal their "literary addictions": http://t.co/lcj1bTFP #
Alt Sun Read no.1: Interview w/Calvin Trillin who celebrates 50 years with @NewYorker in 2013: http://t.co/a2zXvqBi #
Sunday Read: Meet the VS Naipaul of Roberto Bolano's "Scholars of Sodom" http://t.co/VRWscrYM #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-08

by Ben - Editor on Apr 8th, 2012

Fiction Friday: Extract from Presidential Portraits by Zachariah Rapola http://t.co/O0Fve7Ad #
Percy Zvomuya reviews Roberto Bolano's "Between Parentheses" in the @mailguardian: http://t.co/lmXB81RH #
RT @nbpublishers: Book Excerpt: When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes by @greg_lazarus http://t.co/8C94QPwl #
RT @randomstruik: Podcast: Ben Freeth Discusses His True "David and Goliath" Tale, Mugabe and the White African http://t.co/ufNknY0N #
Tien skrywers vertel watter boeke hulle inspireer http://t.co/3lHRUDqK #
RT @jacanamedia: Hazel Frankel to Talk on Iluminating Love at the Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre http://t.co/egl09yrG #
Hazel Barnes Reviews Cruel Crazy Beautiful World by Troy Blacklaws http://t.co/Vk5X0MTI #
Marnus Hattingh resenseer SuperVan & I deur Sarel van der Merwe en Steve Smith http://t.co/WQOgPAa3 #
RT @davidkrut: Lisa Brice's Throwing the Floor Continues Until 14 April at Goodman Gallery Cape http://t.co/zAxBkPq7 #
RT @sharkozee: Graphic: Huxley's futurist predictions were right, not Orwell's. Information, not censorship will 'destroy' us:… #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Laments His Soft Spot for Hitchhikers http://t.co/0DReqdtZ #
RT @exclusivescoza: We just got news from our friends at @PenguinBooksSA that Spud 4 will be launching on the 4th of August 2012!… #
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) signs book deal with Grand Central Publishing: http://t.co/1n5qPH0m #
RT @guardianbooks: Encyclopedia Britannica's final print edition on verge of selling out http://t.co/If75QdP8 #
Emily Temple responds to Wolitzer: Are book covers different for female and male authors? http://t.co/pHQpnbkA #
Meg Wolitzer explores why literature written by women gets the "second shelf" treatment: http://t.co/mk7EC0nO #
RT @jonathanballpub: Bryan Rostron Agitates for Consideration of German Atrocities in Former Colony http://t.co/4XgygT0x #
RT @sunbirdpub: Recipes: "Giggling Gourmet" Jenny Morris Serves Up Chicken Favourites http://t.co/AkrgoRuo #
RT @unisapress: Elwyn Jenkins Examines South African Children's Literature in Seedlings http://t.co/zCMV1e74 #
RT @lapauitgewers: Woord en Wingerd: Bekendstelling van Deborah Steinmair se Poppekas in Pretoria http://t.co/7IgYoOJn #
Now on Books LIVE! Ken Barris responds to the infamous Proust Questionnaire: http://t.co/EWkHYMEQ #
Rustum Kozain Reviews The Afrikaans of the Cape Muslims by Achmat Davids http://t.co/zp2pSoiW #
RT @jonathanballpub: Elaine Proctor Tours South Africa with Her Debut Novel, Rhumba http://t.co/rYjuTTof #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Malan Steyn gesels oor Johnny is nie dood nie en sy nuwe toneelstuk, Bos http://t.co/5KARDdXQ #
RT @panmacmillansa: Podcast: Nadine Gordimer Speaks to BBC Radio's Anne McElvoy http://t.co/SuJXXffN #
RT @randomstruik: Paolla Chellew Talks to Savour Author Karen Alsfine and Finds Inspiration http://t.co/hkfSkczY #
Granta 119: Britain (out 10 May) features new writing from Mark Haddon, Mario Vargas Llosa and others: http://t.co/cNXuwWUl #
RT @modjaji_bks: Popularising Poetry: Photography Competition http://t.co/gFegk7Wv #
Eden Nthebolan Reviews How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele http://t.co/bPO6fTWJ #
Johannes de Villiers resenseer Die arkvaarders deur Anne Provoost http://t.co/O5Ad7keu #
Gunter Grass launches attack on Israel in his poem, What Must Be Said: http://t.co/KHq2Ed3Y #
Lauri Kubuitsile and Kenya's Mehul Gohil Report on the 2012 Caine Prize Workshop (Plus Video) http://t.co/69cI0bMo #
RT @hsrcpress: Introducing Was It Something I Wore? by Relebohile Moletsane, Claudia Mitchell and Ann Smith http://t.co/ByYfQgDA #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuut van Derick van der Walt: Daan Dreyer se blou geranium http://t.co/o3P1FudT #
RT @randomstruik: Win a Copy of Cook Eat Love Grow by Louise Westerhout http://t.co/DPd3IrAC #
RT @penguinbookssa: Alexander McCall Smith Returns with The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection http://t.co/XYmXlPW2 #
Helen Brown Reviews An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick http://t.co/TpguS1JV #
April Fools' Day pass you by? @GuardianBooks presents some of literature's leading hoaxers: http://t.co/GFyVYDTn #
RT @witspress: Region-building in Southern Africa Addresses Key Political and Socio-Economic Challenges http://t.co/7EdxhabR #
Bruce Dennill Reviews Cape Town: Up Close & Personal by Mia Feinstein http://t.co/ZKJ9qBPl #
RT @nbpublishers: Andre Brink gesels oor sy komende roman, Philida, en sy leesvoorkeure http://t.co/7BZGzdyR #
Joan Hambidge resenseer Die pad na Skuilhoek deur Hans du Plessis http://t.co/YzhCBn1s #
RT @panmacmillansa: Frank Chikane Rejects Claims that Eight Days in September Shows Disloyalty http://t.co/ir0hIxSJ #
RT @penguinbookssa: Christopher Hope, Author of Shooting Angels, Considers His Finest Achievements http://t.co/CTy8CdMn #
RT @randomstruik: Extract from Dangerous Creatures of Africa by Chris and Mathilde Stuart http://t.co/rGWen3kk #
When Anne Rice wrote erotica: 10 authors who made unlikely jumps in genre: http://t.co/F81wgqci #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Anne Provoost gesels oor haar hervertelling van die sondvloedverhaal in Die arkvaarders http://t.co/tuASGgWV #
RT @lapauitgewers: Now in English: Blood Sisters by Roelien Schutte and Eileen de Jager http://t.co/KrpMfLFL #
RT @uctpress: Authors of Youth Violence Examine the Effect of Violence on Health Services in South Africa http://t.co/CgH3jNFx #
RT @panmacmillansa: Reelart Media Plans Film Adaptation for Wilbur Smith's Those in Peril http://t.co/FYOOIaH3 #
RT @nbpublishers: Launch of When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes by Greg Lazarus at The Book Lounge http://t.co/mbE9t1v5 #
RT @franlitfest: Celebrity-stalking at the 2012 FLF http://t.co/QrDdoo6p #flf2012 #
Mpikeleni Duma Reviews King Solomon's Mines by Henry Rider Haggard http://t.co/vpkIchJS #
Alta Cloete resenseer Hoogty deur E Kotze http://t.co/pbQpn83W #
Published Blooms Bury on Scribd http://t.co/TJwmoy4k #readcast #
Babalwa Shota Reviews Reuben Cooks Local by Reuben Riffel http://t.co/zStys1wQ #
52 years ago, Harper Lee revealed that a sequel to "Mockingbird" was on its way. So where is it? http://t.co/XDiPTbgK #
RT @uctpress: Denise Brahimi's Critical Study of Nadine Gordimer's Works Now in English http://t.co/GwOs5mGO #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of The Institute for Taxi Poetry by Imraan Coovadia at The Book Lounge http://t.co/R2ddtg7I #
RT @penguinbookssa: Hamilton Wende Contemplates Zimbabwe's Re-imagined Dreams http://t.co/bITpoOeS #
RT @lapauitgewers: Uittreksel uit Trouens en terloops deur Valiant Swart http://t.co/tToRhrny #
Warming Madiba's Soul: A Look Inside Xoliswa Ndoyiya's Ukutya Kwasekhaya (Plus: Recipe) http://t.co/uQQFlFpm #
Sue Grant-Marshall Reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/G4NtBMcO #
@NewYorker presents "King Goldenlocks", one of the 500 newly discovered Bavarian fairytales: http://t.co/avxFWtHC #
WALE 5.0 Celebrates 90 Years of Creativity at Wits (9-12 May 2012) http://t.co/7z75Ub2I #
@CharltonBrooker becomes a parent; avoids the "deification of kiddywinks": http://t.co/yUagTnI7 #
RT @franlitfest: Entries Invited for 4th Annual South African Wine Writers Award http://t.co/JAxic7Bf #flf2012 #
Read @BTrovato's open letter to Dr Wouter Basson: http://t.co/D6zqPLit #
RT @nbpublishers: Potgooi en Proust-vraelys: Marita van der Vyver op besoek in Suid-Afrika http://t.co/eZNXjIj9 #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of Sarel van der Merwe's SuperVan & I at Exclusive Books Centurion http://t.co/sjpEljUk #
Patrick Bond Reflects on Ronnie Kasrils' Charismatic Time of the Writer Address http://t.co/UKrnmsf5 #
Open Book Adds New Names to 2012 Festival Line-up http://t.co/NQkXg6H8 #
Annette Bayne Reviews Trackers by Deon Meyer http://t.co/GNtCGhz4 #
Marlies Taljaard en Henning Snyman resenseer Lot se vrou deur Joan Hambidge http://t.co/TaKH0uXa #
Via @JoeyHiFi: http://t.co/vYJyK58W reveals some truly questionable literary findings: http://t.co/W2sH5ste #
RT @jonathanballpub: Jonny Steinberg Considers the ANC's Dominance of South African Political Narratives http://t.co/fUQg2Thk #
RT @witspress: Launch of New South African Review 2 at Pretoria's Kutlwanong Democracy Centre http://t.co/825dr6Eg #
RT @panmacmillansa: Picador 40th Special Edition: I Write What I Like by Steve Biko http://t.co/WT1RGc1e #
RT @panmacmillansa: Picador 40th Special Edition: Shirley, Goodness & Mercy by Chris van Wyk http://t.co/R6p1CXur #
RT @panmacmillansa: Picador 40th Special Edition: Mukiwa by Peter Godwin http://t.co/Zkd73MwP #
Picador has released a special edition of The Sea; read an interview with author, John Banville: http://t.co/uQ2SmRMo #
RT @randomstruik: Launch of The Institute for Taxi Poetry by Imraan Coovadia at Kalk Bay Books http://t.co/VBYXUg0P #
Unravelling Family Values: An Interview with Manju Kapur http://t.co/qkYNcNi8 #
Andrew Donaldson Considers the Passing of "Hard-boiled Literary Outsider" Harry Crews http://t.co/mloA8ZJE #
RT @lapauitgewers: Elsa Winckler bespreek die boeke wat 'n impak op haar lewe gehad het http://t.co/G7PjuBL5 #
Inside The Outsider: New Edition of Camus Classic Features Introduction by Damon Galgut http://t.co/BrJQLIhY #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Potgooi: Voorlesing van Dot Serfontein se verhaal "Astra Castra" uit Die laaste jagtog http://t.co/8iB8pBuY #
RT @penguinbookssa: Podcast: Gillian Slovo Considers Whether Major-General Gordon Was An Honourable Man http://t.co/BUyjoVje #
@flavorpill's list of 10 new must-reads for April includes "Farther Away" by Jonathan Franzen: http://t.co/UH4yscZK #
John Boje Reviews Canvas under the Sky by Robin Binckes http://t.co/rTq5AyC2 #
Fraai Magriet resenseer Om na 'n wit plafon te staar deur Jaco Kirsten http://t.co/QHIuFD5D #
RT @randomstruik: Introducing The Crystal Healing Bible by Sue Lilly http://t.co/OMxwmSvu #
American novelist Harry Crews, whose works "out-Gothic Southern Gothic", dies at age 76: http://t.co/OI5k6B81 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Tan Twan Eng Discusses The Garden of Evening Mists While Rediscovering Penang http://t.co/gmpypV6v #
RT @jcwlife: #TheBloodyBookWeek 1-5th August. Just had a brill meeting about taking the book week to Soweto. Maponya Mall here we come…. #
Adam Small aanvaar Hertzogprys terwyl debat uitkring http://t.co/EboHDQoE #
Quick Review: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick http://t.co/oPgnO1Wv #
RT @randomstruik: Introducing The VAT Handbook by Geoff Hull and Clive Gibson http://t.co/1x7XwFZG #
RT @panmacmillansa: New and Updated Edition of Mandy Wiener's Killing Kebble http://t.co/RGOawBP2 #
Mary Corrigall Reviews Entanglement by Steven Boykey Sidley http://t.co/sQxWMfwm #
Vonnegut's letter to Charles McCarthy, responsible for the burning of 32 copies of Slaughterhouse-Five: http://t.co/z5ZxKks5 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Andrew Feinstein Explores Africa's Shadow World with Richard Alderman http://t.co/oJl7Au49 #
"The Case Against Kids": Elizabeth Kolbert considers Charles Knowlton's 1832 "Fruits of Philosophy": http://t.co/LcCYtlez #
Excerpt from An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants by Daphne Sheldrick http://t.co/N2Tj2T3Z #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Phyllis Green gesels met Riette Rust oor 'n Lyf onthou http://t.co/61VJskVL #
Zoo City Nominated for 3 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Awards (Plus: Interview with @JoeyHiFi and @laurenbeukes) http://t.co/zjKuaBws #
RT @hsrcpress: Introducing The Low Achievement Trap: Comparing Schools in Botswana and South Africa http://t.co/MceOcrUn #
RT @randomstruik: Two Launches for Shaida Kazie Ali's Lessons in Husbandry http://t.co/N4f6VXBO #
Hillary Raphael Reviews Dust, Spittle and Wind by Sanya Osha http://t.co/CuWStEbF #
Christell Stander resenseer Herinneringe aan Parys deur Andre Brink http://t.co/Ro2n9h0y #
JK Rowling and other new faces for updated Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover: http://t.co/jkZA45LR #
RT @penguinbookssa: Penguin Releases Absolution by Patrick Flanery http://t.co/JFUAksPs #
@sapartridge Right you are! Duly corrected, thanks in reply to Sapartridge #
RT @jacanamedia: Audio: Terry Westby-Nunn Discusses the Many Mysteries of The Sea of Wise Insects http://t.co/Y0Mvw8xH #
RT @lapauitgewers: Lili en Adeline Radloff gesels oor Een stad, drie rooikoppe, sewe dae (Lekkerlit-boek van die maand) http://t.co/VQzwM4Jn #
RT @nbpublishers: Forthcoming from Sapphire Press: Love in the Shadows by Lauri Kubuitsile http://t.co/flVPKpGN #
RT @penguinbookssa: Love, Life and Elephants in Daphne Sheldrick's An African Love Story http://t.co/gSOpQvM9 #
RT @panmacmillansa: Pan Macmillan Unveils The Last Rhinos by the Late Lawrence Anthony http://t.co/BxnvhrM5 #
RT @franlitfest: Changing Lives with Books at the Franschhoek Literary Festival http://t.co/ZBIgqHcv #flf2012 #
Kyle Allen Reviews Malikhanye by Mxolisi Nyezwa http://t.co/RVMu46Tt #
Alta Cloete resenseer Wals met Matilda deur Dan Sleigh http://t.co/8mBO8d7c #
It's @Grondwerk's turn to take on the Proust Questionnaire; read his responses here: http://t.co/1XDidC1i #
16 April: @kalkbaybooks commemorates the centenary of the Titanic's sinking w/John Maytham: http://t.co/wp0e9QHZ #
RT @randomstruik: Introducing Struik Nature's "Find 50" Series: Seashore and Game Reserve http://t.co/qt7aHcl8 #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuut van Anchien Troskie: Die staat teen Anna Bruwer, opvolg op Dis ek, Anna http://t.co/5lotTPul #
What I'm Reading: Gaile Parkin http://t.co/b38QU3S8 #
The Accidental Novelist: An Interview with Steven Boykey Sidley http://t.co/3xXcQ2p4 #
Margaret von Klemperer Reviews Kid Moses by Mark Thornton http://t.co/QjQBqugZ #
@lauricetb The Afrikaans weekly supplement, By, has a decent books page. in reply to lauricetb #
Media Watch: Dept. of Shrinkage (Part Two): A Mail & Guardian Bereft of a Books Page http://t.co/ePiKCqrS #
Last alt Sun Read, no.5: Read Endpapers by Adrienne Rich from @GrantaMag 118, in memoriam: http://t.co/O0GaAncY #
Alt Sun Read no.4: Lavinia Greenlaw wins Ted Hughes Award for her sound installation, Audio Obscura: http://t.co/1ZQ9JypP #
Alt Sun Read no.3: Philip Womack says Harry Potter Studio Tour is "as passing as the taste of butterbeer" http://t.co/woInC0YX #
Alt Sun Read no.2: How the internet has changed the world of rare book collecting http://t.co/622VKfAQ #
Alt Sun Read no.1: David Sedaris goes from avoiding dentists to "practically stalking them": http://t.co/wnKpzImT #
Sunday Read: "Walking is Political": Will Self's Inaugural Lecture at Brunel http://t.co/J4cyN7Sv #

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@BooksLIVESA Weekly Tweets 2012-04-01

by Ben - Editor on Apr 1st, 2012

20 incredibly rare author interviews – Philip Roth, HG Wells, JM Coetzee and more: http://t.co/v7zazmFF #
RT @penguinbookssa: Seth Rotherham Quizzes John Dobson at the Launch of Year of the Gherkin http://t.co/OA8COMr7 #
RT @nbpublishers: Andre Brink bespreek die impak van sy oorsese verblyf by bekendstelling van Herinneringe aan Parys http://t.co/90hId5E8 #
RT @hsrcpress: Introducing Old Enough To Know: Consulting Children About Sex and AIDS Education in Africa http://t.co/6bIio1wz #
Fiction Friday: Walk New York with Chapter One of Teju Cole's Open City http://t.co/OO8ooOI3 #
RT @randomstruik: Sarah Graham's Humble Journey from Food Blogger to Published Author http://t.co/WmPJT7yr #
RT @franlitfest: Polemics and Politics at 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival http://t.co/7LD5P8mN #
Ulrike Hill Reviews Nelson Mandela By Himself http://t.co/n7eheYhJ #
Nicole Jaekel-Strauss en Welma Odendaal resenseer Oktober deur Reney Warrington http://t.co/6utxWE50 #
The Case for Realist Fiction: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Delivers 2012 Commonwealth Lecture http://t.co/I7hL8Pyh #
RT @lapauitgewers: Vier nagereg-resepte: Skuimpies, koffiefudge, bessiemaaskaaspoeding en patat-en-sjokoladekoek http://t.co/fQGzsPnu #
RT @nbpublishers: Dana Snyman's Hiervandaan Now in English: The Long Way Home http://t.co/7gx6ud9m #
RT @penguinbookssa: Win a Copy of The Extraordinary Book of South African Rugby by Wim van der Berg http://t.co/Rlio7vLf #
RT @ukznpress: Lauretta Ngcobo Presents Prodigal Daughters: Stories of South African Women in Exile http://t.co/yGK2BCP7 #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Marlies Taljaard gesels met Louis Esterhuizen oor sy nuwe bundel, Amper elders http://t.co/faAT51My #
Who said you can't bend an eBook? LG unveils plastic e-paper that promises to
"revolutionise" eBooks: http://t.co/d1CKwJwn #
A Meeting of Estranged Minds: Ibrahim al-Koni and Bahaa Taher Discuss the Arab Spring in Durban http://t.co/jQJtPuPm #
Preview some of the artworks on auction tonight at Picador's 40th birthday bash: http://t.co/3PMKVYau #
RT @panmacmillansa: "Let Me Be Forgotten": Nadine Gordimer Responds to Q&A in The Guardian http://t.co/WoUGSetK #
Bruce Dennill Reviews The Southern African: What Flower is That? http://t.co/dYccQzy6 #
RT @penguinbookssa: Our Sales Managers Godfrey and Nicola will be on Radio Today (today) at 10am talking about the hot books for April…. #
This year's Arthur C Clarke award shortlist is 'dreadful', says Christopher Priest: http://t.co/HBRxEfrg #
Potgooi en artikel: Riaan Cruywagen gesels oor sy outobiografie Wat's Nuus? http://t.co/9pqxajX4 #
#FF @SowetanLIVE @mapit @Career_Junction @exclusivescoza @timesLIVE @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi #AvusaDigital #
RT @randomstruik: Introducing Shaida Kazie Ali's Highly Anticipated New Novel: Lessons in Husbandry http://t.co/PlchR43j #
RT @jonathanballpub: Win a Copy of The State of Africa by Martin Meredith http://t.co/D7zEtZdb #
John Boje Reviews Cape Town Between East and West by Nigel Worden http://t.co/kWHXzczy #
Published Cape Town Book Fair 2012 Newsletter No 1 on Scribd http://t.co/rmOVAAWA #readcast #
Christopher Hitchens has been longlisted for the Orwell prize for his final volume of essays, Arguably: http://t.co/SUZmj23g #
Why are there so many books with "daughter" and "secret" in the title? An Excel-induced analysis: http://t.co/92Ai4hFs #
Google Technology Preserves a Legend's History with the Nelson Mandela Archive (Now Live) http://t.co/l41Z7YwI #
RT @unisapress: Michael de Jongh Celebrates South Africa's "First" People at the Launch of Roots and Routes http://t.co/XS3eEUCt #
RT @randomstruik: Leadership Guru Ian Mann Returns with Strategy That Works http://t.co/TMAgdwZO #
RT @penguinbookssa: Packed with Facts and Anecdotes: Wim van der Berg's Extraordinary Book of South African Rugby http://t.co/0udIQ1ux #
Omstredenheid oor die toekenning van die Hertzogprys aan Adam Small http://t.co/xdZMRNxU #
Lauren de Beer Reviews African Dawn by Tony Park http://t.co/1hZQsJtI #
Tom Gouws resenseer Pirouette deur Aniel Botha http://t.co/g17fgLLI #
RT @panmacmillansa: Nadine Gordimer Launches No Time Like the Present at Exclusive Books Hyde Park http://t.co/XYQAjYuZ #
The Death of the Book? Ursula K Le Guin says that if the book is dying, it is also "growing": http://t.co/VjeEZPaA #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Bekendstelling van Philip de Vos se Kop op 'n blok by Protea Boekwinkel Stellenbosch http://t.co/5tLQkkBJ #
RT @siberink: Wild Law Update: The Seeds of Earth Jurisprudence Are Starting to Sprout http://t.co/olCfb0W0 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Q&A with Michiel Heyns: On the Best Advice and His Cartoon Alter Ego http://t.co/sabPw9y8 #
RT @nbpublishers: Kyk die lokprent vir Marianna Brandt se nuwe grillerige jeugboek, Emma en die geheime gang http://t.co/dVhxrT2k #
RT @randomstruik: Podcast: Interview with Jenny Hobbs, Author of The Miracle of Crocodile Flats http://t.co/pApWJyMj #
Griselda Pollock delivers the next GIPCA talk – on history, memory and German Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon: http://t.co/FIhkHQLW #
Michele Magwood Reviews The Man with the Black Dog by Mario Cesare http://t.co/wj8kag7j #
RT @ukznpress: Educating Through Art: Report from the Launch of Siyazama http://t.co/m7LRdh2n #
RT @panmacmillansa: Tonight: Soweto Launch of Frank Chikane's Eight Days in September http://t.co/qNK9VWSR #
Adrienne Rich, poet at the forefront of feminism, dies at 82: http://t.co/zAewi5AQ #
RT @franlitfest: 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival Programme Now Live (Buy Your Tickets!) http://t.co/cWqSlzLi #flf2012 #
RT @sunbirdpub: The White Shark Enigma: Dirk Schmidt's Introduction to the Mysterious and Misunderstood http://t.co/0tBlvlWn #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Nuwe digbundel deur Louis Esterhuizen: Amper elders http://t.co/mqeumdPg #
Wendy Woodward Reviews The Tempest Prognosticator by Isobel Dixon http://t.co/pJPjVgst #
RT @modjaji_bks: Book Launch (Bloemfontein): Eloquent Body by Dawn Garisch http://t.co/xBpbWrVI #
Amanda Botha skryf oor die digter Boerneef se indrukwekkende kunsversameling: http://t.co/FNkfwlmp #
Sci-fi and fantasy finally become worthy targets of literary criticism (via @MargieOrford): http://t.co/Vhp5buDc #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Prefers Einstein's Intellectual Look to That of the Tenderpreneur Fashionista http://t.co/rmcEGa03 #
Teju Cole Launches Critical Crusade Against Kony 2012's "White Saviour Industrial Complex" http://t.co/BYz2qFaR #
RT @ukznpress: 50 Years of Fanon: Examining His Multiple Publishing Incarnations http://t.co/QxfUSb3i #
RT @panmacmillansa: Nadine Gordimer Book Launch at Exclusive Books Hyde Park at 18h30 http://t.co/eHhVUpO2 #
RT @nbpublishers: Forthcoming: When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes by Greg Lazarus http://t.co/KYlaLrGH #
Percy Zvomuya Reviews Whiteness in Zimbabwe by David Hughes http://t.co/OM8jW4Hv #
Naomi Meyer resenseer Broers deur Bart Moeyaert http://t.co/alVALA4C #
RT @nbpublishers: Ingrid Winterbach, Chris Karsten, Jaco Fouche en Carie Maas gesels oor Groot Afrikaanse Romanwedstryd http://t.co/tcpgChUf #
RT @panmacmillansa: Happy 40th, Picador! http://t.co/coWW3gkL #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Twee nuwe kinderboeke: Raserige dinosourusse en Die groot boek van groot vragmotors http://t.co/RPdKGs7J #
.@The_Millions alerts us to a previously unpublished scene from David Foster Wallace's The Pale King: http://t.co/2PkjaCGi #
RT @panmacmillansa: Videos from the Launch of Frank Chikane's Eight Days in September http://t.co/kSg6jggT #
RT @randomstruik: Coming Soon: Diane Coetzer's Weekends Away In and Around Gauteng http://t.co/NjuQLET4 #
RT @jonathanballpub: Now in Paperback: A Private Affair by Lesley Lokko http://t.co/ACuxyVPy #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Louis Changuion gesels oor Omstrede land, eiendomsreg en geskiedenis http://t.co/ikhksPvG #
RT @jacanamedia: Raenette Taljaard Reveals Her Reasons for Leaving the DA in Up in Arms http://t.co/W11n2Dtw #
The Global Novel: Why many authors consider themselves failures if they don't have an international audience: http://t.co/OZnKmg2m #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuwe uitgawe: Die nuwe Huisgenoot blokraaiwoordeboek http://t.co/IfAHnnZc #
RT @penguinbookssa: Book Two in Lily Herne's Mall Rats Series: Death of a Saint (Plus: Deadlands in Paperback) http://t.co/LkqThqJ2 #
Lizette Dykstra Reviews Gardening with Keith Kirsten http://t.co/1jCOrCzq #
Potter Finally Available in eBook Form http://t.co/BHQy4Jhg #
Pieter-Louis Myburgh resenseer Wortematie deur Wortel Strydom http://t.co/19rN8EVW #
14-year-old author, Nomthandazo Dyamdeki, has big plans to boost reading in isiXhosa: http://t.co/ClwvjXdz #
Mapping Wars: Historians in Dispute Over Andrew Duminy's Mapping South Africa http://t.co/ziPyfkDB #
RT @lapauitgewers: Wat lees Lili en Adeline Radloff, outeurs van Een stad, drie rooikoppe, sewe dae? http://t.co/KdqC51Np #
Tweeps, let's all welcome @book_lounge to Twitter with a big bunch o' follow #
RT @randomstruik: Video: Tim Noakes Challenges Beliefs Behind Carbo-loading http://t.co/kqubsGoK #
RT @uctpress: Rob Brooks, Author of Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll, Considers the Death of Rock http://t.co/v1H71oSF #
Don Makatile Reviews Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do about It by Greg Mills http://t.co/U2BQZ6Kz #
Pottermore Releases All Eight of JK Rowling's Harry Potter Books as eBooks http://t.co/2GjQlxDA #
A psychological take on the problem of the Web and eBooks: it's all about spacial navigation: http://t.co/RTvkT5ZH #
Dekorplanne met ou boeke: http://t.co/bSmE4JA1 #
From the Archives: JM Coetzee Speaks to David Attwell About the Significance of the Nobel Prize http://t.co/OVBcC42j #
RT @davidkrut: Trade Routes Over Time Opens 4 April at Stevenson Cape Town http://t.co/34MzisJi #
RT @jacanamedia: Meet the Jardims: Inside a Portuguese Foodie Family and a Son's Quest for "Quiet Food" http://t.co/A2XUp6m9 #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Reney Warrington gesels oor die foto's in Oktober (Plus: Rubriek) http://t.co/MwyZJY7n #
RT @randomstruik: Take Pleasure in Writing and Reflection with Daphne Mackie's Kirstenbosch Journal http://t.co/SwaVfYoB #
Carrots for Eve Palmer's The Plains of Camdeboo and Return to Camdeboo http://t.co/A8x1AzQl #
Kerneels Breytenbach resenseer Die water wat verby is deur JP Smuts en Ria Smuts http://t.co/dQ9bOSOj #
Alohomora! The Pottermore eBook store has opened earlier than expected: http://t.co/dqh6VRBX #
RT @jacanamedia: Accountability and the Arms Deal: An Excerpt from Raenette Taljaard's Up in Arms http://t.co/Ft4Px2Eu #
RT @penguinbookssa: Podcast: Jenny Crwys-Williams Interviews John Dobson, Author of Year of the Gherkin http://t.co/NFobSwsd #
RT @lapauitgewers: Valiant Swart beskryf sy "traumatiese" poging om onderklere vir sy vrou te koop http://t.co/2nzclisL #
RT @nbpublishers: Carmen Niehaus Presents YOU Let's Cook Step-By-Step http://t.co/3C33QpDH #
The Strength of Understatement: Gillian Slovo Reviews Nadine Gordimer's No Time Like the Present http://t.co/sBWeAxRi #
Quick Review: Jenny Hatton's "Lucy" Books http://t.co/xwFKJDW4 #
In the mood for Dictator Lit? Look no further than Fidel Castro's biography of Che Guevara: http://t.co/GQhON2uQ #
RT @nbpublishers: Twee nuwe grillerige jeugboeke: Die Waterding en Emma en die geheime gang http://t.co/J968y0et #
Lizette Dykstra Reviews Help! There's a Stove in My Kitchen by Annabel Frere http://t.co/bkyTAW4B #
Andrew Donaldson Considers Susan Cain's Quiet: The Meek Will Inherit from the Motormouths http://t.co/SPseho6A #
Murder by Letters: A Review of Colm Toibin's New Ways to Kill Your Mother http://t.co/f1oECzA8 #
Nabokov's formula to test the quality of a novel: what does it do to your spine? http://t.co/ulPVdCOy #
Sharon Sorour-Morris resenseer Gallows Hill deur Margie Orford http://t.co/MIl4bPCC #
RT @nbpublishers: Joan Hambidge gesels oor struktuur en temas in Lot se vrou (Plus: Lees gedigte voor) http://t.co/G1HQBtTg #
RT @witspress: Podcasts from the CCR Public Dialogue on New South African Review 2 http://t.co/evujkuiO #
RT @uctpress: Rural Resistance in South Africa Offers a Fresh Understanding of the Mpondo Revolts http://t.co/CXsjUB82 #
RT @randomstruik: Introducing the No-holds-barred Biography of Sarel van der Merwe: SuperVan & I http://t.co/S3SX8PIr #
Susan Booysen Discusses Frank Chikane's Eight Days in September and Mbeki's Complicity http://t.co/esxA0Qn6 #
Nic Dawes Reviews Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and Its Consequences by Tom Lodge http://t.co/pyCgwUFq #
The Kalahari Surfers are back with a song about Wouter Basson: http://t.co/64GiLs7n #
Henning Snyman resenseer Vaarwel, my effens bevlekte held deur Johann de Lange http://t.co/YNLJvmrH #
The shortlist for this year's @ClarkeAward (won by @LaurenBeukes in 2011) has been announced: http://t.co/Nyj8NQ0Y #
RT @penguinbookssa: Video: Heidi Holland Considers Her Reasons for Writing 100 Years of Struggle http://t.co/ouut2Pze #
Een Manier van Vriendschap: the Correspondence of JM Coetzee and Paul Auster (in Dutch) http://t.co/L2a4mZnN #
RT @uctpress: Rob Brooks Explores Evolution in Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll http://t.co/6Oh3pr6S #
Jonathan Amid Reviews Betrayed: A Mother's Battle for Justice by Carol Thompson http://t.co/GWv5zi4D #
RT @nbpublishers: City Press and Tafelberg Invest in Non-fiction Authors with Annual Award http://t.co/KIJFKIGk #
Boekgesprekke en woordkuns by Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees 2012 http://t.co/LdQSJ9Xs #
@Sapartridge Hi Sally – the site should be back up in reply to Sapartridge #
@Flavorpill alerts us to the extreme book art that compromises Alicia Martin's Biografias series: http://t.co/4qo3Dnbr #
RT @jacanamedia: Lolly Jackson Murder Suspect, George Luca, Arrested in Cyprus http://t.co/b8Qd9Q1m #
RT @witspress: New South African Review 2 Launched at the Centre for the Book http://t.co/lPoN7Lp6 #
RT @hsrcpress: New Edition of Gerald Pillay's Voices of Liberation Title, Albert Luthuli http://t.co/2qgtQX0E #
RT @ccartsfest: Writers Consider the Love of Writing at the Close of Time of the Writer 2012 http://t.co/M1BtvUPe #
RT @lapauitgewers: Onderhoud met Annemari Coetser oor Die kamer langsaan (Plus: Uittreksel uit die boek) http://t.co/Z3cIIBS5 #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Amelia de Vaal en Amanda Strydom ontvang SA Akademieprys en -erepenning http://t.co/UNmB5F8R #
RT @nbpublishers: NB-skrywers Adam Small, Sonja Loots en Ingrid Winterbach ontvang SA Akademiepryse 2012 http://t.co/EA8DSy0t #
Do eReaders offer a more civilised way of "scribbling in the margins"? James Bridle examines: http://t.co/llxqEOyi #
I posted 13 photos on Facebook in the album "Closing Night: 15th Time of the Writer Festival" http://t.co/giDHQKmr #
Tonight! Nuruddin Farah to Deliver Wits University's Inaugural Annual Literary Lecture http://t.co/zXPuiimW #
Elna van der Merwe resenseer twee Wikkels Vark-kinderboeke http://t.co/Rp7uucNR #
@lashea_delaney and @annabelleqv perform Jay-Z and Kanye West rip-off "B*tches in Bookshops": http://t.co/76boXTYk #
RT @randomstruik: Forthcoming from Struik Lifestyle: Cook Eat Love Grow by Louise Westerhout http://t.co/IfEw3vhB #
RT @nbpublishers: Kalk Bay Books Lecture Series: Clem Sunter on The Fox Trilogy and South Africa Beyond 2012 http://t.co/GnwSdcUs #
What I'm Reading: Jenny Hobbs http://t.co/u0gsBKn6 #
Darryl David stel die eerste Breyten Breytenbach-fees van 13 tot 15 Julie in Montagu bekend http://t.co/5YAjiQ2w #
Book of the Week: Jonathan Jansen's Great South African Teachers http://t.co/5Ma532m4 #
Carol Brammage and Biblioklept Review Open City by Teju Cole http://t.co/Kc2Uvspv #
Last alt Sun Read, no.5: Right about the afterlife – Hitchens reflects on his passing, as told to Art Levine: http://t.co/qvojcMZ6 #
Alt Sun Read no.4: David Denby considers Suzanne
Collins' "sensational piece of pop primitivism", The Hunger Games: http://t.co/Qr3hIvcB #
Alt Sun Read no.3: Guus Kuijer wins £467 000 Astrid Lindgren Memorial
Award: http://t.co/sVrWzCAe #
Alt Sun Read no.2: Peter Carey's on "top form" in his latest novel,
The Chemistry of Tears http://t.co/8QisrZcH #
Alt Sun Read no.1: Jennifer Homans, wife of the late Tony
Judt, recalls her husband's battle with Lou Gehrig's… http://t.co/gMDBPiZs #
Sunday Read: "Things" from The Lives of Things by Jose Saramago http://t.co/T9vO1688 #

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by Ben - Editor on Mar 25th, 2012

Tony Perrottet explores the personal memoir of Casanova to discover a "misunderstood intellectual": http://t.co/yPoEn5ow #
Onderhoud met Amerikaanse spanningsverhaalskrywer Karen Rose tydens haar @exclusivescoza toer in SA: http://t.co/lEbL041t #
Fiction Friday: "Billy Goat" by Chuma Nwokolo (Plus: Video) http://t.co/FEVJaJeZ #
RT @unisapress: Bond and Desai Consider the Unevenness of South Africa's Social Movements http://t.co/rKTN76Jm #
Adam Small ontvang Hertzogprys, Sonja Loots kry Eugene Maraisprys (Plus: Al die Akademiepryse) http://t.co/CCFQufzN #
RT @panmacmillansa: Join Nadine Gordimer in Conversation with Maureen Isaacson at Villa Arcadia http://t.co/kw4y3F5Z #
RT @siberink: Gerald Majola Suspected of Contravening the Companies Act http://t.co/YocHRzhi #
Bruce Dennill and Caroline Smart Review The Best of Getaway Gallery http://t.co/Xs7MTxL0 #
Eben Human resenseer Die avontuurgids van Suid-Afrika en Witgat http://t.co/GZ0OXJB8 #
Submissions for the 2012 Wasafiri New Writing Prize are now open: http://t.co/DWOsmYka #
@BoingBoing reveals the book reading device of the future, as proposed in 1935: http://t.co/yLrP4m2t #
Pamela Redmond Satran provides 22 more reasons to stop writing: http://t.co/helDUtPM #
Is the Kindle helping to end literary snobbery? Stephen Hough discusses: http://t.co/X4OkTzWQ #
#FF @SowetanLIVE @TimesLIVE @SportLIVEsa @BusinessLiveSA @inetbridge @BusinessDayDigi @mapit @exclusivescoza @Career_Junction #AvusaDigital #
RT @panmacmillansa: "We've Never Lived This Way Before": Nadine Gordimer Discusses No Time Like the Present http://t.co/K6Ygp5fX #
RT @uctpress: Horst Kleinschmid Recommends Reading Germany's Genocide of the Herero to Aid Reconciliation http://t.co/RZZfO7lu #
RT @randomstruik: Learn to Identify Lowveld Trees with Eugene Moll's Short Course http://t.co/hd1B6dzg #
RT @davidkrut: Deborah Poynton's Land of Cockaigne Opens 4 April at Stevenson Johannesburg http://t.co/DuvOIb4s #
RT @nbpublishers: Pieter Odendaal gesels met Aniel Botha oor haar debuutdigbundel, Pirouette http://t.co/glddFxfA #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Kom luister na Riette Rust se gesprek oor 'n Lyf onthou by Wordsworth Books, Willowbridge http://t.co/3XES8wHJ #
Martin Hatchuel Reviews Gamebirds of Southern Africa by Rob Little and Tim Crowe http://t.co/CjVihPjc #
RT @nbpublishers: Nuwe, bygewerkte uitgawe van Skryf Afrikaans A tot Z http://t.co/VIJyrqhJ #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Heruitgawe van Die laaste jagtog deur Dot Serfontein http://t.co/rMjRcwvo #
RT @sunbirdpub: Spoilt for Choice: Fiona McIntosh Explores Cape Town's Walking and Hiking Routes http://t.co/sbunLET2 #
RT @lapauitgewers: Potgooi: Neil Stemmet gesels oor die erfeniskos in sy kookboek Sout en peper http://t.co/tuTNt7Mq #
RT @hsrcpress: Introducing Books and Babies: Pregnancy and Young Parents in Schools http://t.co/PDJ06aCD #
RT @jacanamedia: Interview: James Kilgore Addresses Service Delivery in Freedom Never Rests http://t.co/mSj7XXdR #
Mary Watson Shortlisted for Rolex Mentorship Under Margaret Atwood http://t.co/WWCzn7zd #
Estelle Sinkins Reviews Things I Thought I Knew by Kathryn White http://t.co/OimLy1Gz #
Now on Books LIVE! Anne Landsman responds to Alex Smith's Proust Questionnaire http://t.co/ckQLD2XA #
@GuardianBooks presents a Q&A with Graham Swift, author of Wish You Were Here: http://t.co/nZXuqDca #
RT @panmacmillansa: Frank Chikane Emphasises the Importance of Learning from Those Eight Days in September http://t.co/OsBRuSv7 #
RT @ukznpress: Michael Chapman Launches Africa Inside Out: Stories, Tales and Testimonies at Time of the Writer 2012 http://t.co/pRkixyXK #
Martiens van Bart belig The A to Z of the Anglo-Boer War en ander erfenisboeke vir versamelaars: http://t.co/cnYFYTMR #
MJ Daymond Reviews Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island by Ashwin Desai http://t.co/yLiANapZ #
RT @proteaboekhuis: Frieda le Roux gesels met Chris Marnewick oor Clarence van Buuren: Die man agter die donkerbril http://t.co/oSwjaXjN #
Kimon de Greef resenseer Mapping South Africa deur Andrew Duminy http://t.co/QMK5IviR #
Dandy Eye for the Bro Guy? @flavorpill's 10 reality shows about famous authors you wouldn't want to miss: http://t.co/mcaHcTZb #
Danny Sullivan sizes up the new members of the Kindle family for @CNET: http://t.co/QLeE8FQU #
RT @ccartsfest: Time of the Writer 2012: Writers Celebrate Human Rights Day http://t.co/3bQV9We2 #
RT @randomstruik: Jenny & Co Hosts Dinner with Sarel van der Merwe, Author of SuperVan & I http://t.co/xH44UpDW #
RT @unisapress: Matoane Mamabolo Presents Sauti! Moral and Spiritual Challenges Facing 21st Century Africa http://t.co/Y9vHJklD #
RT @witspress: Public Dialogue on Loren Landau's Exorcising the Demons Within at Centre for the Book http://t.co/NLVyFdXa #
RT @lapauitgewers: Nuut: Die avontuurgids van Suid-Afrika deur Jacques Marais http://t.co/w7NYpNNG #
Elna van der Merwe resenseer Mejuffrou Muis-boeke vertaal deur Philip de Vos http://t.co/yDQvwARf #
I posted 8 photos on Facebook in the album "Time of the Writer 2012" http://t.co/pWBSxTwE #
In @GuernicaMag: Read two poems by WG Sebald from the forthcoming collection, Across the Land and the Water: http://t.co/XcBbKZIK #
RT @ukznpress: Patrick Bond Refutes Casting of National Treasury as "Hothouse of Talent" http://t.co/eXQjewjE #
RT @witspress: Tonight: Launch of Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities at Wits University http://t.co/T9fyjED7 #
RT @nbpublishers: Jonathan Jansen se advies in Briewe aan my kinders: Twiets wat jou laat dink versamel http://t.co/cbneDrLG #
RT @penguinbookssa: Book Launch (Cape Town): Year of the Gherkin by John Dobson http://t.co/NxmeOJe0 #
Time of the Writer: Egypt's Bahaa Taher Reflects on His Exile Under Anwar Sadat http://t.co/FvkLPTuw #
David Medalie Reviews No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/qrtpL3mH #
Hi @andylivebooks, seems we're sharing the #livebooks hash. But as we're on opp. ends of the Earth, clash won't be too bad @LieslJobson in reply to andylivebooks #
True Blood infiltrates kitchens with the release of The True Blood Cookbook – we hear it's "bloody good" http://t.co/pMyu239N #
Met Masterchef SA wat vanaand begin, lees 'n bietjie watter kosboeke drie bekende koskenners inspireer: http://t.co/0Tr5OqmV #
RT @ccartsfest: Writers Address Free Speech at the Opening of Time of the Writer 2012 http://t.co/4qCCdmvB #
RT @uctpress: Marie Huchzermeyer Endorses Screenings of Dear Mandela http://t.co/yLdOFak6 #
John Boje Reviews Four Coffee-table Books http://t.co/bnmCv5NP #
Sakkie Spangenberg en Cas Vos resenseer God? Gesprekke oor die oorsprong en uiteinde van alles http://t.co/VuIUv7Vc #
RT @penguinbookssa: Hamilton Wende Revels in the Revival of Downtown Johannesburg http://t.co/f6Thj0YH #
Kony 2012 driving you mad? Check out Tony 2012 and remember the Invisible Children of Iraq: http://t.co/lih80GBU #
RT @jacanamedia: James Whyle Looks Ahead to the Publication of The Book of War (Plus: Audio) http://t.co/MHCnBfmF #
RT @twodogs_mercury: Ndumiso Ngcobo Considers the Dreaded "E Word" – Exercise http://t.co/gplmSrSz #
RT @nbpublishers: James Woodhouse Appointed as Publisher of Kwela Books http://t.co/fop1sDs1 #
@TimeoftheWriter Thanks for the fab #tow12 tweets! Keep 'em coming in reply to TimeoftheWriter #
Rob Hofmeyr Reviews Lifeblood by Alex Perry http://t.co/IkM0ypdW #
Check out @exclusivescoza's 1 Club Festival – a showcase of the best children's titles with some great in-store… http://t.co/1IAsDfr9 #
In @guardian: Arundhati Roy's disconcerting look at the forces that power the Jaipur Litfest http://t.co/hPCJ07HC #
RT @lapauitgewers: Potgooi: Christelle Webb-Joubert gesels met Corlia Fourie oor Die geheime kamer http://t.co/iEvTs3Bx #
RT @ukznpress: Nigel Gibson Examines Translations of Frantz Fanon's Writings and Their Impact on South Africa http://t.co/Zgvwvxdo #
Communicating Contemporary Cultures: Ike's Books Hosts Colin Channer and Sefi Atta http://t.co/vzMjxNTU #
RT @nbpublishers: Bill Nasson Expresses Outrage at Proposal to Move Adderley Street Cenotaph http://t.co/KMaR1da3 #
As Stylish as Jane Austen: Peter Florence Defends Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/YhHWnghd #
Diane Awerbuck tackles Steven Boykey Sidley's Entanglement in the latest Books LIVE Wire review: http://t.co/7mq2UJwf #
@Jeffrey_Archer is coming to SA! Join him and @TymonSmith for dinner on April 16th (Joburg) and 19th (Cape Town) http://t.co/7GmhYMAL #
Andrew Donaldson Considers Kony 2012 and Jason Russell's Spectacular Meltdown http://t.co/zOM8w8hN #
I posted 14 photos on Facebook in the album "15th Time of the Writer Festival Opening Night" http://t.co/nwjKMCI7 #
Margot Pakendorf resenseer Snake deur Tracey Farren http://t.co/6yApN3Vc #
@DougCoupland (That's Douglas Coupland, folks!) reviews Hari Kunzru's Gods Without Men (via @TymonSmith) http://t.co/c0PIXNEV #
RT @randomstruik: Recipes from Savour: Glazed Salmon Steaks and Roquefort Salad http://t.co/pDlxUMHW #
RT @nbpublishers: Bekendstelling van Andre Brink se Herinneringe aan Parys by The Book Lounge http://t.co/jqdGEWDO #
RT @jonathanballpub: Win a Copy of The Man with the Black Dog by Mario Cesare http://t.co/3RH65hOx #
Oriyomi Adebare Reviews The Ghost of Sani Abacha by Chuma Nwokolo http://t.co/tnvmEF5J #
Extract from Letters to My Children by Jonathan Jansen http://t.co/pXM6cla2 #
Your weekly dose of literary mastication: John Crace digests "Gardening at Longmeadow" by Monty Don http://t.co/KUgKFloz #
The latest in Alex Smith's Proust Questionnaire series: @paigen, Cynthia Jele & Femi Terry http://t.co/YlsDm04f #
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Martin Williams Reviews Challenging Beliefs: Memoirs of a Career by Tim Noakes http://t.co/zXmW8g8V #
Jan-Jan Joubert resenseer Omstrede land deur Louis Changuion en Bertus Steenkamp http://t.co/2s8wOSmn #
Programme Highlights: National Arts Festival's 2012 WordFest http://t.co/HwucTn8Q #
On 28 March, @kalkbaybooks will launch the new book by Terence McNamee, On the Fault Line: http://t.co/UUO4dkCm #
Published Wordfest 2o12 Programme Final as of 14 March 2012 on Scribd http://t.co/SxvJ9vRW #readcast #
A review of Escape from Camp 14: the extraordinary true story of one man's escape from a North Korean prison camp: http://t.co/8NyPvIHn #
RT @randomstruik: Coming This April: Imraan Coovadia's New Novel, The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://t.co/8x0G5IBi #
RT @nbpublishers: Bekendstelling van Kaapstad Karma-polisie: Ontmoet die Bokke by The Book Lounge http://t.co/o2OsCdL0 #
Thrills for the Heart: An Interview with Karen Rose http://t.co/Lrg6XnTK #
RT @PanMacmillanSA Video: Jonathan Jansen Describes How He Started Writing Letters to my Children http://t.co/YzfTdU7v #
Tall Enough Reaches New Heights: An Interview with Mhlobo Jadezweni http://t.co/XYjsS3GD #
What I'm Reading: Alison Lowry http://t.co/tJ8bYayK #
Boyd Tonkin and Karabo Kgoleng Review No Time Like the Present by Nadine Gordimer http://t.co/5zHh9WLQ #
Last, Alt Sun read no. 5, DFW, tennis & how not to care: http://t.co/w93zMv17 #
Alt Sun read no. 4: what it's like to be a "skirt among men" – in an investment bank & as a novelist: http://t.co/C8IamsFx #
Alt Sun read no. 3: the video game you'll never beat is called English Country Tune: http://t.co/Bqu3EWzy #
Alt Sun read no. 2: an interview with Twitter funnyman @BorowitzReport: http://t.co/fekwRi9O #
Alt Sun read no. 1: Edgar Allen Poe was the worst American "great" writer ever: http://t.co/t9JPsskR #
Sunday Read: An Autopsy of the Encyclopedia Britannica (Print Ed.) http://t.co/Otc3Fem2 #

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