Bean-counters vs books
It has been a sad and bad year for the book world in Johannesburg.
Mining a seam of talent
Jo'burg's past, present and future hold rich challenges for writers and analysts.
Rare perspectives
Denis Hirson's forthcoming novel, Lemon Street, fits perfectly into the session Memories of the City.
Mail & Guardian Literary Festival 2011
Johannesburg's 125th birthday is the centrepiece and main theme for this year's M&G Literary Festival running from September 2 to September 4.
Egypt's future has been written
After the US's invasion of Iraq, the American military took to reading TE Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom for after-the-act advice.
Publish and be damned
Reviewers stand accused of being sycophantic about local books. Well, that is going to change.
