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Zadie Smith Interviews Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie About Writing, Race, Fashion...
The New York Public Library has shared the podcast of a witty and insightful conversation between Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith that happened late last year. The two authors discuss a...
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Kom luister na internasionale storievertellers by die IBBY/Unisa...
IBBY SA en Unisa nooi jou graag na ‘n Afrikaans-Nederlandse storie-aand met verskeie internasionale kinder- en jeugboekskrywers en illustreerders. Die storie-aand vorm deel van Unisa se sewende...
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Fiction Friday: An Excerpt from Foreign Gods, Inc., the Acclaimed Novel by...
It’s Fiction Friday! Dip into an excerpt from Foreign Gods, Inc., the latest novel by Okey Ndibe, who will be in Cape Town for the Open Book Festival next week. The novel tells the story of Ike, a...
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5 Sunday Reads, Including a Review of Salman Rushdie’s Latest, a Short Story...
1. “Lemon Pancakes” by Judyanette Muchiri – short story From The Magunga: We will have a beautiful church wedding. We will celebrate, look at the people as they look at us and think how lucky we are....
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Book Bites: 6 September 2015
The Other Me Saskia Sarginson (Piatkus) **** Book buff Lying about her home and her past sets Klaudia Meyer, the daughter of a former Nazi soldier, free to be Eliza Bennet, an independent ballet dancer...
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2015 Open Book: Don’t Miss the Chance to Hone Your Writing Craft with...
There will be many wonderful authors at the 2015 Open Book Festival this week, as well as a fair few opportunities to work on joining their ranks. We’ve collected together all the information about...
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The Criminal Lives of Writers: William Saunderson-Meyer Reviews Stephen...
By William Saunderson-Meyer for the Sunday Times Finders Keepers Stephen King (Hodder and Stoughton) **** There are blockbuster authors whose adherence to formula is so slavish and predictable as to...
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15 of the Best Bookish Events at the 2015 Open Book Festival (9 – 13 September)
Alert! The Open Book Festival kicks off in Cape Town tomorrow morning. Check out a selection of the most exciting bookish events to hit the Mother City! For fiction fans, 2014 Sunday Times Fiction...
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2015 Open Book: Live!
The 2015 Open Book Festival runs from Wednesday, 9 September, to Sunday, 13 September. Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, you can follow all the social media chatter associated with the event. The...
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2015 Open Book Festival: Wednesday, Session 1 (12 AM)
The 2015 Open Book Festival is off to a great start! Check out Books LIVE’s coverage of the events as they unfold: The festival will be covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec...
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2015 Open Book Festival: Why Choose Fiction and What is Home? (Thursday, 4PM)
The second day of the 2015 Open Book Festival is underway! Check out Books LIVE’s coverage of the events as they unfold: The festival will be covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec...
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2015 Open Book Festival: Sexual Politics, Readings and a Draw Off (Thursday,...
It’s the second day of the 2015 Open Book Festival in Cape Town! Check out Books LIVE’s coverage of the events as they unfold: The festival will be covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec...
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2015 Open Book: Come With Us Now on a Journey Through Time and Space, with...
The third day of the 2015 Open Book Festival is about to begin! Here is one of the highlights from yesterday’s action: Erin Devenish covered “Sowing the Seeds”, in which Patrick Gale, Jacqui L’Ange...
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2015 Open Book Festival: Outsiders, Insiders, Piggy Boy’s Blues and Daughter...
Welcome to day three of the 2015 Open Book Festival! In the 12 PM session, “Daughter of the River”, Jacqui L’Ange spoke to Chinese author Hong Ying about her memoir. Erin covered the gig:...
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“I Was Terrified of Being a One-hit Wonder”– Award-winning Author Petina...
Lauren Beukes sat down with Petina Gappah to discuss her new novel, The Book of Memory, at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town last night. Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from...
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Lauren Beukes Wins 2015 Mbokodo Award for Creative Writing
Alert! Lauren Beukes has been awarded the 2015 Mbokodo Award for Creative Writing. The Mbokodo Awards, an initiative of Carol Bouwer Productions and the Department of Arts and Culture, are presented...
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Lauren Beukes Wins 2015 Mbokodo Award for Creative Writing
Alert! Lauren Beukes has been awarded the 2015 Mbokodo Award for Creative Writing. The Mbokodo Awards, an initiative of Carol Bouwer Productions and the Department of Arts and Culture, are presented...
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2015 Open Book: Rhodes Must Fall Assembly and Performance Poetry with Antjie...
It’s a glorious Saturday morning at the 2015 Open Book Festival! Erin tweeted from “Performance Poetry and Academia” with Katleho Shoro, RA Villanueva and Antjie Krog: Performance Poetry Not...
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2015 Open Book: How to Write Unfamiliar Landscapes and Homophobia: There and...
The fourth day of the 2015 Open Book Festival is in full swing! Jennifer Platt tweeted from “Homophobia: There and Here” with Masha Gessen, Mark Gevisser, Victoria Collis-Buthelezi and Derrick...
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2015 Open Book: Karen Joy Fowler, Letter to Jimmy and Novels as Battlegrounds...
The Open Book Festival is going strong, and the vibe around the Fugard Thaetre is only getting more fun. Jennifer Malec covered “James Baldwin” where Alain Mabanckou presents his literary tribute,...
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