Tag: Redi Tlhabi
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Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction 2018 longlist announced
The Alan Paton Award for Nonfiction 2018 longlist, part of the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2018 has been announced. Alan Paton was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist whose most famous work includes the novels Cry, the Beloved Country, and Too Late the Phalarope. In 1989, the Sunday Times newspaper in his country of…
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Abantu Book Festival 2017 unveils its artist line up
The Abantu Book Festival which is following on from its amazing debut year has announced the line-up for its second edition, which takes place on 7-10 December 2017. The Abantu Book Festival hit the South African literary scene with a bang when it ran from December 06 – 10, 2016 in Soweto, Johannesburg. The festival…
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Open Book Festival 2017 kicks off in Cape Town, South Africa
The Open Book Festival 2017 kicked off today in Cape Town, South Africa. The festival will run from September 6-10, 2017. The Open Book Festival is an annual literary festival held in Cape Town, South Africa with a focus on South African literature in an international context. The event, first held in 2011, includes over…
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Abantu Book Festival 2016 announces confirmed guests
The Abantu Festival 2016 set for 06 – 10 December in Soweto, South Africa have announced some of their guests and the lineup is epic. The Abantu Book Festival with Thando Mgqolozana as director and Panashe Chigumadzi as curator is organised under the theme, Our Stories. The new festival celebrates African stories through written and…