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Fiction Friday: Read Excerpts from Nigerians in Space and We are the...
Deji Bryce Olukotun leapt onto the literary stage with his 2014 debut, Nigerians in Space, which Matt McGregor described in a review for Warscapes as “a transnational mystery novel replete with...
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Sunday Read: An Excerpt from Toni Morrison Upcoming Novel, God Help the Child...
In anticipation of her new novel which is set to be released later this week, The Telegraph’s Gaby Wood interviewed “the unwavering voice of black America” – Toni Morrison – about God Help the...
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Award-winning Mozambican Author Mia Couto’s Open Letter to Jacob Zuma on...
Mozambican author Mia Couto has written an open letter to Jacob Zuma concerning the current xenophobic violence in South Africa. Couto received the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for...
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A Deft Double Agent: Bron Sibree Speaks to Parker Bilal AKA Jamal Mahjoub...
By Bron Sibree for the Sunday Times The Burning Gates Parker Bilal (Bloomsbury) **** Four years and four novels into his double life as a writer of both literary and crime fiction, Jamal Mahjoub,...
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2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners for Journalism and the Arts Announced
The 2015 Pulitzer Prize winners – the 99th edition of the award – have been announced by Columbia University. South Carolina newspaper The Post and Courier, which has a staff of around 80 people,...
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Coming in July: The Swan Whisperer by Marlene Van Niekerk, Illustrated by...
The Swan Whisperer: An Inaugural Lecture by Marlene Van Niekerk, with drawings by William Kentridge, will be available mid-year: This playful, genre-bending cahier tells the story of pale, anxious...
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2015 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award Finalists Announced
Alert! The finalists for the 2015 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award – previously the European Union Literary Award – have been announced by the Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF). The award, which is open...
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Ben Okri to Feature as African Representative at 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) – set to take place from 18 to 24 May 2015 – will feature Ben Okri as one of the international highlights on the programme. He will be the only representative from...
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“I Remember You from Our Days in Mozambique”: President Jacob Zuma Responds...
President Jacob Zuma has responded to an open letter addressed to him by award-winning Mozambican author Mia Couto earlier this week on the subject of the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa....
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Six Authors, Including Teju Cole and Taiye Selasi, Object to Honouring of...
Six international authors have withdrawn as hosts of the PEN American Center’s annual gala, following the organisation’s decision to honour the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, with its...
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Book Bites: 26 April 2015
A Lion on the Landing: Memories of a South African Youth Elsa Joubert: translated by Irene Wainwright (Hemel & See Boeke) **** Book buff Elsa Joubert’s third-person, unsentimental memoir offers a...
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Forging Truth Out of Chaos and Violence: Donnay Torr Speaks to Ryan Gattis on...
By Donnay Torr for the Sunday Times All Involved Ryan Gattis (Picador) **** Ryan Gattis listens. It’s an innate skill, honed by more than two years of face-to-face research that fueled the creation of...
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Four South Africans on the Longlist for the 2015 Frank O’Connor International...
Alert! Ivan Vladislavić, SJ Naudé, Karen Jennings and Melissa de Villiers have all been longlisted for the 2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award – “the world’s richest prize for a...
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Lesley Nneka Arimah Named the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Africa...
Alert! Lesley Nneka Arimah has been announced as the Africa Regional Winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. South Africans Jayne Bauling and Fred Khumalo made the shortlist for the...
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Grethe Koen Reviews Close to Home by Cayleigh Bright
Verdict: carrot Bright’s characters might be fictional, but if you take a quick stroll through any of South Africa’s high-priced universities, you will see them in person, walking the lawns in designer...
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Fiction Friday: “Discovering Time Travel” by Nigerian Writer, Suleiman...
Don’t we all wish we could travel to simpler times, or foretell the future by experiencing it first-hand? Time travel. Such a powerful concept. A beautiful wish. An elusive dream. Especially after...
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Sunday Read: Meet Joss Whedon, Writer of Avengers, Buffy and Firefly and...
There’s a scene in the recently released Avengers: Age of Ultron movie where Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, uses a cuss word during battle and Captain America reprimands him to the amusement of the crew...
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Book Bites: 3 May 2015
You Are Dead Peter James (Macmillan) **** Book thrill The 11th Roy Grace crime thriller is masterful. A woman frantically calls her fiancé after being accosted in a parking garage. The last thing he...
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“Book Gluttony is Not Dangerous to Your Health”: Required Reading for the...
Sunday Times Guest Column – Ann Donald: Required Reading for the Franschhoek Literary Festival Published in the Sunday Times The 2015 Franschhoek Literary Festival is almost here, offering...
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Alain Mabanckou, Neil Gaiman and Others Step Up to Honour Charlie Hebdo at...
Six new authors have stepped up after six others, including Teju Cole and Taiye Selasi, had objected to PEN American Centre’s decision to honour the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, with...
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