Category: South Africa
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Time of The Writer 2025 starts March 18
Time of The Writer 2025 with the theme “Imagination, Freedom & Accountability” runs in Durban, South Africa from March 18 – 23, 2025. Time of the Writer is a literary festival organised by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts, in Durban, South Africa. Usually held in March, it has featured some of the…
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Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
The Dublin International Literary Award 2025 longlist was announced in Ireland on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by the Dublin City Council, Ireland. If the winning…
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Book Digest: Nuzo Onoh, John van de Ruit, Vanda Machado, Cheryl S. Ntumy
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Nuzo Onoh, John van de Ruit, Vanda Machado, and Cheryl S. Ntumy Spud: The Reunion by John van de Ruit Publisher: Pan Macmillan South AfricaDate: November 8, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan South Africa John van de Ruit John Howard van…
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Cherise Morris wins Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize
Cherise Morris is the Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize winner with Desta Haile and Pamella Gysman coming runners up. The announcement was made on Thursday, December 5, 2024. The Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, open to emerging and established Black women writers globally, sought to celebrate the best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. The first jury was…
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South African poet and scholar Breyten Breytenbach has passed away.
South African poet, scholar, and activist Breyten Breytenbach died in Paris, France on Monday, November 25, 2024. Breyten Breytenbach was born on September 16, 1939, in Bonnievale, South Africa attended secondary school in the Western Cape, and studied fine arts at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. Breytenbach was…
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Shafinaaz Hassim to curate Time of The Writer 2025
Shafinaaz Hassim is the curator of the Time of The Writer 2025 literary festival to be held in Durban, South Africa. She will work with assistant curator Thalente Ndlovu Time of the Writer is a literary festival organised by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts, in Durban, South Africa. Usually held in March,…
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Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize shortlist announced
The Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize shortlist was announced on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, open to emerging and established Black women writers globally, seeks to celebrate the best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts. The first jury is chaired by award-winning author and Booker Prize 2019 winner Bernardine Evaristo, Ugandan…
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Gabrielle Mudiwa wins Achmat Dangor Literary Prize 2024
Gabrielle Mudiwa was awarded the Achmat Dangor Literary Prize 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Achmat Dangor was a South African writer, poet, and development professional. His most important works include the novels Kafka’s Curse and Bitter Fruit. He was also the author of three collections of poetry, a novella, and…
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South African Literary Awards 2024 winners announced.
The South African Literary Awards 2024 winners were announced in Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday, November 7, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly called the SALAs, organised by wRite associates have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo,…
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Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners were announced in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) is a private library, archive, writing residency, and museum dedicated to the work of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century…
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Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 winners were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday, October 31, 2024. The Sunday Times Literary Awards are awarded annually in fiction (since 1989) and nonfiction (since 2001). Organised by South African newspaper The Sunday Times, it has been won in recent times by Siphiwe Ndlovu and Terry Kurgan…
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Book Digest: Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, Evelyne Waithira Müller
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, and Evelyne Waithira Müller. you get better with love by Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya Publisher: Pan Macmillan South AfricaDate: October 8, 2024Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan South Africa Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya is…
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Literary Magazines: Ubwali, Johannesburg Review, Isele, Fiyah
New editions of Literary Magazines Ubwali, Johannesburg Review of Books, Isele Magazine, and Fiyah are now available. Johannesburg Review of Books The Johannesburg Review of Books is an independent literary review that publishes reviews, essays, poetry, photographs, and short fiction from South Africa, Africa, and beyond. The issue has contributions from Shayera Dark, Wamuwi Mbao,…
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African Women Writers Symposium 2024 for Johannesburg.
The tenth African Women Writers Symposium 2024 will be held in Johannesburg on Saturday, October 20 and 26, 2024. The African Women Writers Network has hosted symposia to bring together African women writers to engage in a dialogue about African women’s writing since 2010. These symposia are also aimed at establishing a network of African…
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Book Digest: Siphokazi Jonas, Anthony Joseph, Scola Moraa, Kwame Dawes
In our regular Book Digest segment, we wrap up book news for our readers with books from Siphokazi Jonas, Anthony Joseph, Scola Moraa, Kwame Dawes, and Chris Abani. This week, our focus is poetry by writers of African descent that is already in the market or forthcoming. When Love Says Goodbye by Scholastica Moraa Publisher: …