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A Strange but Delectable Beast: Rustum Kozain Reviews EC Osondu’s Novel This...
By Rustum Kozain for the Sunday Times This House is Not for Sale EC Osondu (Granta) **** This House is Not for Sale is 2009 Caine Prize winner EC Osondu‘s second book. It is a strange but delectable...
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Lydia Laceby Reviews Leaving Before The Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller
Verdict: carrot Leaving Before the Rains Come showcases Fuller at the peak of her abilities, threading panoramic vistas with her deepest revelations as a fully grown woman and mother. Fuller reveals...
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2015 PEN International/New Voices Award Longlist Announced – Including 2...
Alert! The 2015 PEN International/New Voices Award longlist has been announced, including Zimababwean Nozizwe Dube and South African Carien Smith. The PEN International/New Voices Award provides a...
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Call for Entries for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature
The Etisalat Prize for Literature has made a call for entries for the 2015 edition of the award. The Etisalat Prize is a pan-African award for debut authors of published works of fiction. The winner...
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Annie Gagiano Reviews Return to Dar Al-Basha by Hasan Nasr
Verdict: carrot Murtada al-Shamikh, the prodigal son of Tunis, takes his society’s measure by the state of the city, and the major achievement of the author is the authenticity with which he endows the...
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South African Author Ishtiyaq Shukri Releases Statement After Being Detained...
Ishtiyaq Shukri has released a statement of protest after he was detained and deported from Heathrow Airport in London. Shukri is the author of the 2004 European Union Literary Award-winning novel...
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Canongate Purchases World Rights to Gillian Slovo’s New Novel, Ten Days
Canongate Books has bought the world rights to Ten Days, the new thriller by novelist, playwright and memoirist Gillian Slovo. Slovo is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, both major figures in...
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Fiction Friday: Writivism Flash Fiction Stories, Including “The Miners” by...
For this week’s Fiction Friday we give you four short stories, written as part of the Writivism mentoring sessions held during the build-up to the announcement of the winner in June. Pemi Aguda Wins...
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Remembering Madiba: A Tribute to the Father of Our Nation on Nelson Mandela...
Today people all over the world are celebrating the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. The name Nelson Mandela means different things for different people, but on this day we forget our differences...
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Sunday Read: Writing by Abdellatif Laabi, Nobel Laureate Patrick Modiano and...
For this week’s Sunday Read we present to you a delicious platter served by Asymptote, the literary translation journal which took home the London Book Fair’s International Translation Initiative Award...
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International Film Adaptations Announced for Two South African Books:...
Film adaptations were announced for two South African books over the weekend. At the Durban International Film Festival, British producer Andrew Bendel announced that Blue Horizon Productions has...
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Friends and Colleagues of Ishtiyaq Shukri Draft Petition to South African UK...
A group of Ishtiyaq Shukri’s friends and colleagues have drafted a letter to the South African UK High Commission, expressing concern at his recent treatment. On his way to visit his wife at their...
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Judges Announced for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature
The Etisalat Prize for Literature has announced the panel of judges for the 2015 award, including South African Zukiswa Wanner. The third annual Etisalat Prize will be awarded this year, with prize...
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Book Bites: 19 July 2015
Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee (Penguin Random House) *** Book buff It’s heartbreaking and haunting in more ways than one. Not all the beloved central characters that Lee wrote about in To Kill A...
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Andrew Musk Reviews Under Ground by SL Grey
Verdict: carrot Under Ground is well paced and it certainly has the potential to become a classic thriller if it’s able to get the exposure it deserves on release. It’s full of well-developed...
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The Local Books to Look Forward to in 2015 (July – December)
The second half of the year is well underway, so take a look at what lies in store, books-wise, until December. Fiction fans have a lot to look forward to, with new novels from Fiona Snyckers, Deon...
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Win a Trip to Open Book!
The Open Book Festival and the Townhouse Hotel have put together a fantastic prize for this year’s event. To win a trip to the 2015 Open Book Festival in Cape Town for you and a partner, from any...
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The 2015 Mail and Guardian Literary Festival Programme
The annual Mail & Guardian Literary Festival will run from 1-2 August at the Turbine Hall in Newtown Johannesburg, as part of the 2015 South African Book Fair. Have a look at this year’s...
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Sunday Read: Excerpt from Ta-Nehisi Coates New York Times Bestseller, Between...
A number one New York Times bestseller and hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading” – read an excerpt from Between the World and Me, the new book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Framed as an eloquent...
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1. Haruki Murakami: the moment I knew I would be a novelist From The Telegraph: As Haruki Murakami’s early ‘kitchen-table novels’ are published in English for the first time, he reveals how a baseball...
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