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Phumlani Pikoli’s The Fatuous State of Severity a fresh collection of short...
‘Hauntingly engaging’ – Thandiwe Ntshinga, The South African ‘Crisp, experimental and beautifully weird’ – Phumlani S. Langa, City Press The Fatuous State of Severity is a fresh collection of short...
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Marcus Low’s Asylum shortlisted for the 2018 9mobile Prize for Literature
The 9mobile Prize for Literature recently announced their 2018 shortlist and local author Marcus Low’s remarkable debut novel, Asylum made the cut! Previously known as the Etisalat Prize for...
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Fiction Friday: read the opening chapter of NR Brodie’s Knucklebone
Just because you can see it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Sangomas and cops don’t mix. Usually. But this is Joburg, a metropolis that is equal parts flash and...
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“Why Life and Times of Michael K?” A Q&A with Nthikeng Mohlele
‘Those in the know claim Michael K disembarked from a diesel-smoke-spewing truck one overcast morning, looked around, and without missing a beat, chose a spot where he set down a small bucket (red,...
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Launch: Knucklebone by NR Brodie (22 February)
Sangomas and cops don’t mix. Usually. But this is Joburg, a metropolis that is equal parts flash and shadow, and where not everything can be easily explained. Ian Jack, a disillusioned former police...
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Launch: The Knock on the Door by Terry Shakinovsky et al. (27 February)
The Detainees’ Parents Support Committee (DPSC) was started in 1981 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was set up by the parents, spouses and families of activists who were detained and had no recourse...
View ArticleListen: Karabo Kgoleng discusses NR Brodie’s debut novel, Knucklebone
Just because you can see it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Sangomas and cops don’t mix. Usually. But this is Joburg, a metropolis that is equal parts flash and shadow, and where not everything can be...
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Launch: The Knock on the Door by Terry Shakinovsky, et al. (1 March)
The Detainees’ Parents Support Committee (DPSC) was started in 1981 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was set up by the parents, spouses and families of activists who were detained and had no recourse...
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Launch: Knucklebone by NR Brodie (13 March)
Just because you can see it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Sangomas and cops don’t mix. Usually. But this is Joburg, a metropolis that is equal parts flash and shadow, and where not everything can be...
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Discussion with Audrey Coleman, co-author of The Knock on the Door: 15 March
The Book Revue will be in conversation with Audrey Coleman, one of the many parents whose children were detained in the book The Knock on the Door: The Story of the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee...
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Listen: Angela Mahkolwa discusses The Blessed Girl with Sara-Jayne King
When you are accustomed to the finer things in life – designer shoes, champagne, VIP lounges, exotic holidays abroad, a luxury penthouse, expensive wheels – what independent young woman in her right...
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Launch: The Fatuous State of Severity by Phumlani Pikoli (5 April)
‘Hauntingly engaging’ – Thandiwe Ntshinga, The South African ‘Crisp, experimental and beautifully weird’ – Phumlani S. Langa, City Press The Fatuous State of Severity is a fresh collection of...
View ArticleListen: Nthikeng Mohlele discusses Michael K on SAfm Literature
‘Those in the know claim Michael K disembarked from a diesel-smoke-spewing truck one overcast morning, looked around, and without missing a beat, chose a spot where he set down a small bucket (red,...
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Silent auction at Phumlani Pikoli’s Cape Town launch
A few ruined paintings to create the perfect example of creation through destruction. Cape Town-based artist, Skubalisto, has created a painting which he describes as “the effect Phumlani Pikoli’s...
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Winging It is the poignant, tender and at times downright funny story of...
Jonathan Kaplan, celebrated international rugby referee and former world record-holder for most Test caps, had his fair share of challenging moments on the field. He was known for his commitment to...
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A woman’s quest to save wildlife turns lethal in Tony Park’s Captive
A very eager – and rather naive – Australian lawyer, Kerry Maxwell, flies into South Africa to volunteer at a wildlife orphanage run by notorious vet Graham Baird. Graham is as jaded and reckless as...
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Launch: Winging It by Joanne Jowell (17 April)
Jonathan Kaplan, celebrated international rugby referee and former world record-holder for most Test caps, had his fair share of challenging moments on the field. He was known for his commitment to...
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Watch: Phumlani Pikoli discusses The Fatuous State of Severity on Afternoon...
‘Hauntingly engaging’ – Thandiwe Ntshinga, The South African ‘Crisp, experimental and beautifully weird’ – Phumlani S. Langa, City Press The Fatuous State of Severity is a fresh collection of short...
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Launch: Michael K by Nthikeng Mohlele (19 April)
‘Those in the know claim Michael K disembarked from a diesel-smoke-spewing truck one overcast morning, looked around, and without missing a beat, chose a spot where he set down a small bucket (red,...
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Launch – Ministry of Crime: An Underworld Explored by Mandy Wiener (8 May)
As a follow up to the bestselling Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed (2010), the new book from Mandy Wiener, Ministry of Crime: An Underworld Explored, examines how organised crime, gangsters and...
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