Tag: Barbara Boswell
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University of Johannesburg Prize 2025 winners announced
Barbara Boswell, Siphokazi Jonas, and Shubnum Khan were announced as the University of Johannesburg Prize 2025 winners on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises a main prize and a debut prize, given annually for…
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South Africa National Arts and Culture Awards 2025 winners announced
Here are the winners in the literary categories at the South Africa National Arts and Culture Awards 2025, announced in Johannesburg on Sunday, August 24, 2025.. The National Arts and Culture Awards, hosted by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, recognises excellence across South Africa’s creative industries. The new awards are dedicated to honouring…
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025 shortlist announced
The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025 shortlist, the second edition of the award, was announced on Monday, August 18, 2025. The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa recognises the publisher of the best African fiction or non-fiction title. It is open to writers from all over the African continent, with submissions reviewed by…
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The Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers 2025 for March 9
The Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers 2025 will be hosted in South Africa’s commercial capital on Sunday, March 9, 2025. The Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers is an initiative hosted by the University of Johannesburg’s Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies. Founded by South African poet, educator, and activist Barbara Masekela and first hosted in 2023,…
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Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni’s “The Ultimate Book Show” debuts in Edinburgh.
“The Ultimate Book Show” was presented by Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni at the Edinburgh Book Festival on August 20, 2021. “The Ultimate Book Show” presented by Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni is an exciting new show for those who follow the African literary scene. First introduced to the African literary community by our friends at Brittlepaper, the first season of…
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Makhosazana Xaba’s “Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000-2018″ out now.
Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000-2018, an anthology edited by Makhosazana Xaba and published by UKZN Press was launched in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on July 16, 2019. Makhosazana Xaba is an anthologist, essayist, short-story writer and poet. The South African has three collections of poetry: these hands (2005 and…
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The University of Johannesburg Prize 2017 shortlist announced.
The University of Johannesburg Prize 2017 shortlist was announced on September 11, 2018. Those in the running for the prize include Fred Khumalo, Lesego Rampolokeng, and Rehana Rossouw. The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. It comprises of a main prize…
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The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 longlist announced
The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 longlist for the Barry Rouge Fiction Prize was announced on April 1, 2018. In 1989, South African newspaper The Sunday Times started a new literary prize they called The Sunday Times Literary Prize. We aren’t sure if they were seeing what was happening as their country was in the…