M&G Literary Festival: A high school reunion of sorts
Verashni Pillay will chat to Anele Mdoda, Khaya Dlanga and others tonight at the M&G Literary Festival, in a session about being young in SA in 2012.
Surf the global tide in language and survive
The marginalisation of local languages will continue and nonstandard English is the future to embrace.
Refuge for the wretched
Although little known in the English world, Patrick Chamoiseau's novel Texaco should be read all over.
Literary Festival 2012: Meet the authors
The M&G Literary Festival features a lineup of well-known names from the worlds of media and publishing.
New honour for Serote
Mongane Wally Serote has joined Leopold Sedar Senghor of Senegal as the only other African winner of the Golden Wreath Award.
A festival wordy of note
Darryl Accone previews the line-up for the Mail & Guardian's annual celebration of literature.
Lightening up the fest
The LitFest brought out the M&G's core readership to witness some intellectually heady discussions. But what it lacked was a serious injection of hip.
Juxtaposing fantasy with the familiar
South African writers who dare to venture into the fantastical are accused of writing “untruths", it was suggested at the M&G LIterary Festival.
Bringing history to life
South Africa's most powerful struggle memoirs celebrate the personal as much as the political. That was the message of the M&G Literary Festival.
'ANC government protects white privilege'
The state has the power to bring balance to SA, but is instead acting as "a bodyguard of whiteness", Andile Mngxitama told the M&G Literary Festival.
M&G Literary Festival: 'The Johannesburg Moment'
The M&G Jo'burg Literary Festival opened on Friday night with an address by Professor Karl Von Holdt on the city's place in history and fiction.
Book extract: The Dancing and the Death on Lemon Street by Denis Hirson
Denis Hirson will be at the M&G Literary Festival on "Memories of the city".
A moment to dwell on the city
The festival will touch on personal and political memories of the city of Jo'burg.
Book extract: Foot Soldier for Freedom by Rica Hodgson
Veteran anti-apartheid activist Rica Hodgson (91) will be on stage with Hugh Lewin and Ronnie Kasrils in "Memory is the Weapon".
Building character
Jane Rosenthal on how the women portrayed in local fiction are a reflection of their changing status.
Book extract: Metal that Will Not Bend by Kally Forrest
Kally Forrest recounts the violence that has surrounded Numsa.
Book extract: Nineveh by Henrietta Rose-Innes
Henrietta Rose-Innes looks at the layers and lives of a city in her novel Nineveh (Umuzi). This is an extract from At the Gates.
Mining a seam of talent
Jo'burg's past, present and future hold rich challenges for writers and analysts.
