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‘I’m over it: African Immigrant Literature’– Siyanda Mohutsiwa explains why
Perhaps I had begun to truly believe that the importance of African literature was to connect us ordinary Africans to each other’s lives. Siyanda Mohutsiwa, a young writer from Botswana who is...
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The local non-fiction to look forward to in 2016 (Jan – June)
Books LIVE is proud to present the list of non-fiction books to look out for in the first half of 2016. * * * * * Click here for the fiction books to look out for The Local Books to Look Forward to...
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The local fiction to look forward to in 2016 (Jan – June)
Books LIVE is proud to present the list of fiction, short story collections and poetry to look out for in the first half of 2016. * * * * * Click here for the non-fiction books to look out for The...
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How an artificial language from 1887 is being enthusiastically adopted by...
Esperanto, a language invented by Polish physician and linguist LL Zamenhof in the late 1800s, is finding a new life online in 2016. Zamenhof wanted to create a language that was easy to learn and...
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Join all-star authors at the SAIR Book Festival pledge to collect 1 000 books...
Johannesburg readers, book lovers and friends – here’s an event you have to put in your diary: The 2016 South African Indie Revolution (SAIR) Charity Event, which will be bursting with local talent...
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Winners of the 2015 Artists In Residency Programme announced – including...
Alert! The Africa Centre has announced the winners of the 2015 Artists In Residency Programme. The residencies, which have been running since 2011, are available to artists in all stages of career...
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All the books to look out for in 2016
Books LIVE is proud to present the list of non-fiction, fiction, short story collections and poetry to look out for in the first half of 2016. Click on the links to see the full lists: The local...
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Michelle Newby reviews Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila for The Rumpus
Verdict: carrot With echoes of Flannery O’Connor, Ralph Ellison, and Joseph Conrad, Mujila’s language alchemizes epic poetry from violence, despair and distraction. He bebops in broken time with words...
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Nal’ibali calls for more books in local languages for International Mother...
Knowledge is power. Where do we keep knowledge? Books! So lots of books means … lots of power! This is the central message of an inspiring new video produced by Nal’ibali, the national...
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Adrian Nathan West reviews Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Verdict: carrot Contrasting the disused railway station servicing a country estate with a small novelty train that ushers tourists over the grounds, the narrator of W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn...
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Join Jenny Crwys-Williams for her Favourite Reads event at Delta Cafe
Tea, coffee, cake and books – what’s not to love? Jenny Crwys-Williams will be hosting her Favourite Reads event for March at Delta Café in Johannesburg. Join Crwys-Williams as she chats through her...
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Book Bites: 14 February 2016
Egg & Spoon Gregory Maguire (Candlewick Press) **** Book monster Like a set of Russian nesting dolls, Maguire offers up a series of interleading vignettes woven within a larger narrative. Set in...
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Love letter to the ordinary: Michele Magwood reviews Orhan Pamuk’s A...
A city and a mood take centre stage in Orhan Pamuk’s new novel, writes Michele Magwood for the Sunday Times A Strangeness in My Mind Orhan Pamuk (Faber & Faber) ***** (5 stars) Melancholy is Orhan...
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RIP Harper Lee (1926 – 2016)
Harper Lee, whose debut novel To Kill a Mockingbird became one of America’s most beloved classics, has died at the age of 89. Also read: RIP Umberto Eco (1932 – 2016) Lee passed away in the morning...
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RIP Umberto Eco (1932 – 2016)
Italian novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco has died, aged 84. Also read: RIP Harper Lee (1926 – 2016) The author, who had been suffering from cancer, died at his home in Bologna, Italy late on...
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin buys film rights for latest novel by South African...
Alert! Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin Partners has acquired movie rights to SL Grey’s upcoming novel The Apartment. The news was reported by Variety. Spielberg founded Amblin in...
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Winners of the 2015 Artists In Residency Programme announced – including...
Alert! The Africa Centre has announced the winners of the 2015 Artists In Residency Programme. The residencies, which have been running since 2011, are available to artists in all stages of career...
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin buys film rights for latest novel by South African...
Alert! Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin Partners has acquired movie rights to SL Grey’s upcoming novel The Apartment. The news was reported by Variety. Spielberg founded Amblin in...
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Book Bites: 21 February 2016
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara (Picador) ***** Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker prize, this is described as the queer novel of the decade. The 720-page tome is a psychological exhumation of the...
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9 thought-provoking quotations from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee died on 19 February, 2016, at at the age of 89. RIP Harper Lee (1926 – 2016) To celebrate the life of this remarkable novelist, we have collected some of the best quotations from her...
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