by Amanda on 16 May 2012
Lucy Graham attended the recent launch of Andrew Brown‘s Solace at The Book Lounge and discovered just how Brown finds time to write in between his job as an advocate, police reservist and father of three. Graham expresses her thoughts on the event in an article for SLiPNet:
By the time Andrew Brown is seated on the small podium, along with Michiel Heyns, who will interview Brown on his latest novel, Solace, The Book Lounge is full to overflowing. The buzz in the room, I notice, is peculiar to the launch of crime fiction novels. It was the same vibe at the launch of recent novels by Deon Meyer and Margie Orford. Say what you like about South African crime fiction as a genre, but there is no denying its burgeoning readership and the interest – even now among academics – that it is garnering.
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by Tracey on 16 May 2012
On her Radio Today show “Reading Matters”, Sue Grant-Marshall talks to Patrick Flanery, author of Absolution about imagining narratives, the ongoing translation of the book into 9 different languages and the bidding war between three UK publishers for this extraordinary debut:
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by Amanda on 16 May 2012
Umuzi is giving away a copy of the new edition of Ivan Vladislavic’s The Restless Supermarket, hailed as a classic novel on the transition of South Africa and winner of the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2002.
To enter and stand a chance to win, simply answer the question below:
What is Aubrey Tearle’s profession in The Restless Supermarket?
A. Medical Sales Rep
B. Advertising Executive
C. Proofreader
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by Carolyn on 16 May 2012
Uitspraak: wortel
Die kamer langsaan is ‘n besondere roman wat ligvoets tussen erns en luim, tussen die tragiese en die romantiese beweeg. Dit sorg vir afwisseling en balans in die leser se ervaring. In die hoofkarakter is dieselfde tweeledigheid te bespeur. Sy wissel tussen speelse sensualiteit en diep hartseer, met ‘n gesonde skoot woede en opstand tussenin. Sy is ‘n karakter waarmee ‘n mens kan identifiseer, iemand wat jy graag sou wou ken.
Die verhaal binne ‘n verhaal herinner ‘n mens aan Eleanor Baker se Verbeelde werklikheid, een van my groot gunstelinge. Die hoofkarakter beleef haar eie verhaal terwyl sy dié van ‘n ander karakter opteken. En uiteindelik word verbeelding en werklikheid so inmekaar gevleg dat die leser nie meer heeltemal seker is waar die een ophou of die ander begin nie.
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by Claire on 16 May 2012
Jonathan Ball Publishers is thrilled to congratulate four of our authors for being shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2012.
For the Sunday Times Fiction Prize we have Michiel Heyns for his brilliant novel Lost Ground and for the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award we have Andrew Feinstein for the ground-breaking The Shadow World, Anton Harber for his incisive Diepsloot and two-time Alan Paton Award recipient Jonny Steinberg for the deeply affecting Little Liberia.
Jonathan Ball Dominates 2012 Sunday Times Literary Awards Shortlists
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by Suzann on 16 May 2012
Karla keer teen haar ouers se sin terug uit Australie, waarheen hulle vyftien jaar gelede geemigreer het nadat haar ouer broer op die plaas vermoor is. Hier ontmoet sy vir Chris – haar teenpool: selfversekerd, sjarmant, humoristies, in beheer van sy lewe en baie aantreklik. Oenskynlik volkome uitgesorteer, maar min mense weet wat in Argentinië met hom gebeur het. Mettertyd kom Karla – en hyself – agter hy het ook ’n stukkie onafgehandelde bagasie.
Oor die outeur
Alta Cloete het op ‘n skaapplaas naby die koudste dorp met die helderste sterre (Sutherland) grootgeword, maar oor die afgelope dertig jaar diep wortels in die ryk Bolandse grond gevorm. Sy het meer as ‘n kwarteeu gelede begin tydskrifverhale skryf terwyl sy bevoorreg was om ‘n tuisblyma te wees. En daar het die droom begin.
Later het die geleentheid gekom om haar liefde vir kleuters uit te leef in ‘n graad R-pos by ‘n seunskool. Sy kon ook haar opleiding as bibliotekaresse en liefde vir lees en boeke gebruik as bibliotekaresse by dieselfde skool.
Uiteindelik het sy die sprong gewaag om die onderwys te verlaat en voltyds te begin skryf. Iets wat totaal onmoontlik sou gewees het sonder haar kosbare manlief se ondersteuning. Omtrent vyftig tydskrifverhale en tien romanses het haar voorberei vir haar eintlike droom – liefdesromans.
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