'I couldn't breathe': Dundee University award nominee owes his life to the city
South African-born BBC National Short Story Award nominee Nick Mulgrew reveals why he is eternally grateful to Dundee and its people
Source: thecourier.co.uk
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Open Book Festival Cape Town: A pick of not-to-be-missed events
This year’s Open Book Festival has it all – traitor cops, memorable misfits, survivors, sexual liberation and the future of SA publishing.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za
Celebrating Sindiwe Magona, a gift to the nation
If Sindiwe Magona were not so diminutive, you might call her a tall poppy. She is in so many ways outstanding, as a writer and a woman, to which two new books bear testimony as we honour her on 80th birthday, writes Nancy Richards
South Africa University Of The Western Cape Western Cape South African I Write The Yawning Void Wits University Georgia State University Ren
Source: timeslive.co.za
2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards Longlist
Announcing the longlists for SA’s most prestigious annual literary awards for non-fiction and the fiction award in partnership with Exclusive Books. Here are the picks of SA's literature published between December 2021 and December 2022.
North West South Africa Volgogradskaya Oblast South African Sean Davison Melinda Ferguson Oliver Tambo
Source: timeslive.co.za
Rights Roundup: Summer's International Rights Sales
Our July rights roundup has translation book deals from Taiwan, Czech Republic, South Africa, Finland, the United States, Germany, and Sweden
Source: publishingperspectives.com
So you want to be a writer? Open Book Festival announces "Workshop Week"
Experts will spend six days sharing skills and tools that will leave wannabe writers better equipped to tell their stories.
Source: capetalk.co.za
FIRST CHAPTER | 'Born with skin the colour of mud' – Elton Baatjies by Lester Walbrugh
It is two years since the discovery of the body – the first of six teenage boys who had been raped and murdered. Detective Junaid Japtha is no closer to cracking the case.
Source: news24.com
JENNIFER PLATT | It's Sunday Times Literary Awards time and here are the shortlists
Five fiction and the same number of non-fiction books will vie for this year’s title, while six others will look to bag a Booker
Sunday Times Literary Awards Platt Sunday Times Exclusive Books Sunday Times Literary Award Booker Prize Sunday Times
Source: timeslive.co.za