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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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".

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.

Mining a seam of talent

Jo'burg's past, present and future hold rich challenges for writers and analysts.

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